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180Additional control—dive safety log to be kept
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180 Additional control—dive safety log to be kept
A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace where general diving work is carried out must keep a dive safety log that contains the following information about each dive carried out by a worker:
(a) the name of the worker who carries out the dive;
(b) the name of any other person with whom the dive is carried out;
(c) the name of the competent person appointed under regulation 177 to supervise the diving work;
(d) the date and location of the dive;
(e) the time each diver enters and leaves the water;
(f) the maximum depth of the dive;
(g) any incident, difficulty, discomfort or injury that occurs or is experienced during the dive;
(h) if the dive was carried out using a dive computer—the dive time;
(i) if the dive was carried out using dive tables—the repetitive dive group, if available, and either the bottom time or the dive time;
(j) if the repetitive group and surface interval result in a repetitive factor—the surface interval and the repetitive factor;
(k) if the dive is carried out using EANx:
(i) the oxygen content of the EANx; and
(ii) the maximum operating depth of the EANx;
(l) if the dive is carried out using mixed gas:
(i) the oxygen content and the nitrogen content (if any) of the gas; and
(ii) the maximum operating depth of the mixed gas; and
(iii) the minimum operating depth of the bottom mix.
Note: Section 12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section 12F of the Act includes these Regulations.