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Regulation 19
1. In regulation 7(f) of the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982(1), for the words “the Diving Operations at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994” there shall be substituted the words “the Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005”.
2. In regulation 3(2) of the Construction (Head Protection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990(2), for the words “a diving operation as construed in accordance with regulation 2(2)(a) of the Diving Operations at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983” there shall be substituted the words “a diving project within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005”.
3. In regulation 2(1) of the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(3), for the definition of “diving bell” there shall be substituted the following definition –
““diving bell” means any compression chamber which is capable of being manned and is used or designed for use under the surface of water in supporting human life being a chamber in which any occupant is or may be subjected to a pressure of more than 300 millibars above atmospheric pressure during normal operation;”.
4. In the Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(4) –
(a)in regulation 2(1) –
(i)for the definitions of “diving contractor” and “diving operation” there shall be substituted the following definition –
““diving contractor” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;”; and
(ii)after the definition of “diving contractor” there shall be inserted the following definition –
““diving project” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005”; and
(iii)in sub-paragraph (a)(vii) of the definition of “responsible person”, for the words “diving operation” there shall be substituted the words “diving project”;
(b)in paragraph 10 of Schedule 2, for the words “diving operation”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “diving project”.
5. In the Confined Spaces Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(5) –
(a)in regulation 1(2), for the definition of “diving operation” there shall be substituted the following definition –
““diving project” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;”;
(b)in regulation 2, for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –
“(c)any diving project to and in relation to which the Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 apply by virtue of regulation 3 of those Regulations.”;
(c)in Schedule 1 –
(i)in paragraph 1(1) the following definition shall be inserted –
““diving project” has the same meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 save that it includes an activity in which a person takes part as a diver wearing an atmospheric pressure suit and without breathing in air or other gas at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure;”
(ii)paragraph 1(3) shall be omitted; and
(iii)in paragraph 4(1)(b) and (c) and in head (f) of the definition of “pipeline works” in paragraph 6(2) for the words “diving operations” there shall be substituted the words “a diving project”.
6. In the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(6) –
(a)in paragraph 7 of part I of Schedule 1 for the words “regulation 5(1)(d) of the Diving Operations at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 and used or intended to be used in the course of a diving project” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 6(3)(b) of the Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005”;
(b)in Schedule 4 –
(i)in paragraph 1(1) of the definition of “activity” for the words “diving operation” there shall be substituted the words “diving project”;
(ii)for the definition “diving operation” there shall be substituted the following definition –
““diving project” has the same meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 save that it includes an activity in which a person takes part as a diver wearing an atmospheric pressure suit and without breathing in air or other gas at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure;”; and
(iii)in paragraph 2(1)(c) and in head (f) of the definition of “pipeline works” in paragraph 4(2) and in paragraph 6(d) for the words “diving operation” there shall be substituted the words “diving project”.
7. In regulation 3(2) of the Work in Compressed Air Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(7), for the words “to any diving operation as construed in accordance with regulation 2(2)(a) of the Diving Operations at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994” there shall be substituted the words “to any diving project within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005”.
S.R. 1982 No. 429 as amended by S.R. 1993 No. 323; S.R. 1994 No. 146; S.R. 1999 No. 150 and S.R. 2000 No. 388
S.R. 1990 No. 424 as amended by S.R. 1993 No. 20 and S.R. 1999 No. 150
S.R. 1993 No. 221 as amended by S.R. 1995 No. 340, S.R. 1995 No. 345, S.R. 1996 No. 228 and S.R. 1999 No. 150
S.R. 1997 No. 455 as amended by S.R. 1998 No. 375; S.R. 1999 No. 150, S.R. 2000 No. 375 and S.R. 2001 No. 436
S.R. 1999 No. 13 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 150
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