Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/2021-248)

Marginal note:Dive record

• 173 (1) Every dive contractor must make and sign a record that sets out, in respect of each dive carried out under its direction or control,

  • (a) the date and location of the dive;

  • (b) the names of all divers, standby divers and dive supervisors;

  • (c) the task carried out;

  • (d) a list of the tools and equipment used that includes, in respect of each piece of equipment that is part of the diving apparatus, its type and serial number;

  • (e) the breathing mixture used;

  • (f) the time the diver began their descent from the surface;

  • (g) the maximum depth attained;

  • (h) the time spent at the maximum depth;

  • (i) the time the diver began their ascent from the maximum depth;

  • (j) the time the diver reached the surface;

  • (k) the surface interval, in the case of a repetitive dive;

  • (l) the type of decompression carried out and the decompression table used;

  • (m) the environmental conditions during the dive; and

  • (n) any remarks, including with respect to any unusual occurrences during the dive.

• Marginal note:Retention of record

  (2) The dive contractor must retain the record for five years after the day on which the dive is completed.

• Marginal note:Retention of recordings

  (3) The dive contractor must retain all recordings referred to in paragraphs 171(3)(c) and 172(1)(q) for 48 hours after the diver has returned to the surface or living chamber, as the case may be, or any longer period that is necessary to enable the operator to investigate an occupational disease, accident, incident or other hazardous occurrence under subsection 210.017(2) of the Act.

PART 33Related Amendments to the Nova Scotia Offshore Certificate of Fitness Regulations

174 [Amendments]

175 [Amendments]

PART 34Coming into Force

Marginal note:January 1, 2022

176 These Regulations come into force on January 1, 2022, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.