11Competence of worker – general diving work

11 Competence of worker – general diving work

(1)  In this regulation –

general diving work has the same meaning as in the new regulations;

harvesting or scientific diving work means general diving work (other than incidental diving work and limited scientific diving work) that is carried out for the purposes of – 

(a) taking fish, shellfish or other marine or aquatic life (whether for food or for other purposes); or

(b) professional scientific research, natural resource management or scientific research as an educational activity;

incidental diving work has the same meaning as in the new regulations;

limited scientific diving work has the same meaning as in the new regulations.

(2)  A person is taken to have a qualification under regulation 171 of the new regulations in relation to general diving work if the person has –

(a) undertaken harvesting or scientific diving work during 2012; and

(b) completed at least 60 hours of harvesting or scientific diving work between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2012 (both days inclusive).