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Regulation 2
Regulation
2(1)
Guide
2(1)
Regulation
2(2)
Guide
2(2)
Regulation
2(1)
Guide
2(1)
Regulation
2(1)
Regulation 8
Regulation
8(3)
Guide
2(1), 8(3)
Definitions in the Regulations
(1) "diver" meansaperson atwork who dives;
14 'Atwork' means as an employee oras a self-employedperson. The
phrasecovers divers who dive as part oftheir duties as an employee and divers
who are in business ontheir own accountduringthe time that they devote
themselves to work as a self-employedperson. Diving doesnot have to be the
main activity ofthe employee or the self-employedperson. The Diving
Regulations apply to any divingprojectwhenat leastone person is atwork.
(2) Forthepurposes ofthese Regulations aperson "dives"if -
(a) he enters -
(i) wateroranyotherliquid; or
(ii) a chamberin which he is subjecttopressure greaterthan
100 millibars above atmospheric pressure; and
(b) in orderto survivein such an environment he breathes in air or other gas
atapressure greaterthan atmospheric pressure.
15 Environmentssuch as scientific cleanrooms orsubmersiblecraftsubjectto
an internalpressureoflessthan 100 millibarsabovelocal ambientatmospheric
pressurearenot coveredby theDivingRegulations.
(1) "divingproject" means anyactivity, madeupofone or more diving
operations, in which atleastone person takespart orwill takepart as a diverand
extendsfrom the timewhen thatperson, orthefirst such person, commencesto
prepare to dive untilthat person, or thelastsuch person, has left thewater,chamber
orother environment in which thedive, oranypart ofthe dive, took place andhas
completedany requisitedecompressionprocedures, including, where it may be
reasonably anticipatedthat this will be needed, any therapeutic recompression.
16 'Diving project' is the termusedfor the overall divingjob - whetherit
lasts two hours or two months.
17 A divingprojectis made up ofone or more diving operations.
(1) "divingoperation"means adivingoperation identified in the diving
projectplanpursuant to regulation 8(3);
(3) The divingprojectplan shall identify each divingoperation which makes
up the divingprojectand thenature andsize ofanydiving operation so identified
shall besuch thatit can be safely supervised by one person.
18 'Diving operations'can be madeup ofeithera numberofdives or even a
single dive. Adiving operation is the portionof a divingprojectidentifiedin
the divingprojectplan whichcan be safelysupervised by one supervisor.
Itwill normally be evident what this portionofwork is, butfactors such as the
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