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Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)

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Commercial Diving Regulations, 2022

3. Registration

 

(1)
(a) Subject to subregulation (1), a commercial diving contractor must within 3 months of this gazette, be registered as a commercial diving contractor by the Chief Inspector.

[Regulation 3(1) substituted by Notice No. R. 2692 of GG47413, dated 31 October 2022]

 

(2) A registered commercial diving school must undertake only commercial diver, commercial diving supervisor and chamber operator training for which it is registered by the chief inspector.

 

(3) Subject to subregulation (1), a commercial diving school must be registered with IMCA when conducting class II commercial diver training.

 

(4) A registered commercial diver must perform diving projects in terms of these regulations.

 

(5) A registered commercial diving supervisor must perform diving projects in terms of these regulations.

 

(6) A registered diving instructor must provide training and assess the competency of learners in terms of these regulations.

 

(7) A registered recompression chamber operator must operate a chamber in terms of these regulations.

 

(8) Subject to subregulation (12), a registered commercial diving contractor must be registered with the chief inspector to undertake commercial diving projects.

 

(9) Designated medical practitioners must be registered with the chief inspector.

 

(10) All the registered entities in terms of subregulations (2) to (9) must be issued with a registration certificate approved by the chief inspector.

 

(11) The registration of commercial diving schools, commercial divers, diving supervisors, instructors, recompression chamber operators and designated medical practitioners, contemplated in subregulations (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (9), is valid for a period of four years.

 

(12) The registration of diving contractors contemplated in subregulation (8) is valid for a period of one year.