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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
181Use of dive safety log
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181 Use of dive safety log
(1) This regulation applies to a person conducting a business or
undertaking at a workplace where general diving work is carried
out.
(2) The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure
that, after each dive carried out in connection with the general
diving work is completed, the return of each diver is verified in the
dive safety log, as soon as practicable after the return, by:
(a) the diver; and
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(b) a competent person appointed under regulation 177 to
supervise the diving work.
(3) If workers are carrying out general diving work from a vessel, the
person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure that a
competent person appointed under regulation 177 to supervise the
diving work makes and verifies entries in the dive safety log of the
number of workers and other persons on board the vessel:
(a) before the diving work commences; and
(b) before the vessel leaves the location after the diving work is
completed.
(4) The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure
that the dive safety log is kept for at least 1 year after the last entry
is made.
(5) In this regulation, an event is verified in the dive safety log:
(a) by signing; or
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(b) if the log is electronic, by entering the verifier's unique
identifier.