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171Competence of worker—general diving work—general qualifications
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171 Competence of worker—general diving work—general qualifications
(1) A person must not carry out any type of general diving work unless the person holds a certificate for general diving work, issued by a training organisation, that demonstrates that the person has acquired the relevant competencies for that type of general diving work.
(2) This regulation does not apply in relation to incidental diving work or limited scientific diving work.
(3) In subregulation (1), relevant competencies means the competencies specified in Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4005.2:2000 (Training and certification of recreational divers) or Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2815 (Training and certification of occupational divers) that are relevant to the type of general diving work to which subregulation (1) applies.