169Certificate of medical fitness

169 Certificate of medical fitness

A certificate of medical fitness must –

(a) be issued by a registered medical practitioner with training in underwater medicine; and

(b) state the following:

(i) the name of the person to whom it is issued;

(ii) its date of issue and its expiry date;

(iii) whether or not the person to whom it is issued is, in accordance with the fitness criteria, medically fit to carry out diving work;

(iv) any conditions in relation to the type of diving work the person to whom it is issued is fit to carry out, or the circumstances in which the person is fit to carry out general diving work, including, in the case of a person who is under 18 years of age, any particular conditions applicable to the age of the person.