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PART 7Pilots (continued)

Pilot’s Logbooks

  •  (1) A pilot must keep a logbook that is permanently bound, has numbered pages and contains the name and signature of the pilot and a photograph that is a likeness of the pilot.

  • (2) A pilot must, as soon as possible after making a dive, enter in the pilot’s logbook referred to in subsection (1), for each dive made by the pilot,

    • (a) the date of the dive;

    • (b) the name of the diving contractor, if any, who conducted the dive;

    • (c) the name of the operator or the operator’s representative responsible for the dive;

    • (d) the name or other designation and the location of the craft or installation from which, or other dive site at which, the dive was conducted;

    • (e) the dive identification number referred to in paragraph 49(1)(e);

    • (f) the name of the ADS supervisor who supervised the dive;

    • (g) the maximum depth, the bottom time and the total dive time of the dive;

    • (h) the work performed by the pilot;

    • (i) a description of any discomfort, injury or illness suffered by the pilot; and

    • (j) any other factor relevant to the safety or health of the pilot.

  • (3) A pilot must, after completion of an entry in the pilot’s logbook in accordance with subsection (2), immediately sign the entry and request the ADS supervisor who supervised the dive to countersign the entry as soon as possible.

  • (4) A person must not make any alteration to an entry in a pilot’s logbook referred to in subsection (1) unless the alteration is initialled by the pilot and by the ADS supervisor who countersigned the entry.

  • (5) A pilot must produce, on request, the pilot’s logbook referred to in subsection (1) for inspection by the diving doctor or medical doctor who examines the pilot for the purposes of these Regulations, at the time of the examination.

  • (6) A pilot must keep in the pilot’s logbook referred to in subsection (1)

    • (a) the pilot’s certificate or equivalent document;

    • (b) any certificates or other evidence of qualification in addition to those referred to in paragraph (a); and

    • (c) any certificates or other evidence of medical examination received from a diving doctor or medical doctor.

  • (7) A pilot must retain the pilot’s logbook referred to in subsection (1) for a period of not less than two years after the day on which the last entry is made in it.

PART 8Additional Provisions

Persons Who Have First-aid or Medical Training

  •  (1) A specialized diving doctor who is involved in a diving operation must not assume responsibility for any aspect of the diving operation other than the medical aspect.

  • (2) A person who has first-aid or medical training and who is employed in a diving operation must report, without delay, to the supervisor any medical consultation that the person had involving a diver or pilot employed in the diving operation and any medical advice or treatment that the person provided to the diver or pilot.

Permanent Certificates

  •  (1) When a person holds a certificate issued by the Chief Safety Officer under section 27, 29, 31, 33, 53, 55, 57 or 63 or a valid document that has been accepted by the Chief Safety Officer under paragraph 26(c), 28(c), 30(c), 32(d), 33(1)(a), 52(d), 54(1)(b), 56(1)(b) or 62(d) and has held the certificate or document for at least five years, the Chief Safety Officer may, on application, issue to the person a certificate for the same category as the certificate or document that is held, and that certificate is to be valid, subject to section 35, 59 or 65, as applicable, for as long as the person is certified to be medically fit in accordance with paragraph 26(b), 52(b) or 62(b), as applicable.

  • (2) If a person satisfies the Chief Safety Officer that, for at least the five-year period before the date of making an application under this subsection, the person would have qualified for a certificate under these Regulations if the person had applied for one, the Chief Safety Officer may, on application, issue to the person a certificate for the same category as the certificate that the person would have qualified for, and that certificate is to be valid, subject to section 35, 59 or 65, as applicable, for as long as the person is certified to be medically fit in accordance with paragraph 26(b), 52(b) or 62(b), as applicable.

Offences

 Any contravention of any of sections 5, 6, 8 to 26, 28, 30, 32, 36 to 52, 54, 56, 60 to 62, 66 and 67 is an offence under the Act.

 

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