• 26. (1) No operator, pursuant to paragraph 6(1)(a), or diving contractor, pursuant to subsection 9(1), shall engage the services of a person as a diving safety specialist unless the person holds a diving supervisor’s certificate that is issued pursuant to section 71 and that is appropriate to the category of dive in respect of which that person will be giving advice and

  • (a) has passed a test that

    • (i) is acceptable to the Chief Safety Officer, and

    • (ii) indicates that the person has an adequate knowledge of the safety, personnel, technical, operational, management, marketing and regulatory aspects of diving operations appropriate to the category of diving supervisor’s certificate that person holds; or

  • (b) until December 31, 1990, has satisfied the Board that the person’s knowledge is equivalent to the knowledge described in paragraph (a).

• (2) A person who has been engaged as a diving safety specialist for a diving program by an operator, pursuant to paragraph 6(1)(a), shall

  • (a) advise the operator on all safety aspects of the diving program including

    • (i) the application for authorization, under paragraph 138(1)(b) of the Act, for the diving program,

    • (ii) any application made by the operator for authorization pursuant to subsection 151(1) of the Act, and

    • (iii) any decision by the operator to interrupt or discontinue the diving program or any portion of the diving program for safety reasons; and

  • (b) be available on a 24 hour a day basis to advise any person involved in the diving program, including persons making decisions affecting the safety of divers involved in the diving program, on the safety aspects of the diving program.

• (3) A person who has been engaged as a diving safety specialist for a diving operation by a diving contractor, pursuant to subsection 9(1), shall

  • (a) advise the diving contractor on all safety aspects of the diving operation; and

  • (b) be available on a 24 hour a day basis to advise any person involved in the diving operation, including any person making decisions affecting the safety of divers involved in the diving operation, on all safety aspects of the diving operation.

• (4) A diving safety specialist referred to in subsection (2) or (3) shall, in advising any person pursuant to those subsections, take into account as a primary consideration the safety of any divers involved in the diving program or diving operation, as the case may be.

27. No person shall supervise a category I diving operation unless the person

• (a) has been appointed in writing pursuant to paragraph 9(3)(a);

• (b) has been certified to be medically fit

  • (i) to dive, in accordance with paragraph 53(b), or

  • (ii) to supervise by a medical doctor who has examined the person not more than 12 months prior to the date on which the diving operation is to be conducted and who has recorded the results of the examination on a medical examination record in the form set out in Schedule V, or another form acceptable to the Chief Safety Officer, and in a diving supervisor’s medical certificate in that person’s supervisor’s logbook, referred to in section 51;

• (c) holds a valid diving supervisor’s certificate issued pursuant to section 28, 30, 32 or 71, or a valid document that is

  • (i) issued on the basis of training and experience that is equivalent to the training and experience required of a person to obtain a certificate pursuant to section 28, 30 or 32, and

  • (ii) acceptable to the Chief Safety Officer; and

• (d) has satisfied the diving contractor who conducts the diving operation that

  • (i) the person has sufficient diving and supervisory experience and adequate knowledge in the use of the diving plant and equipment to be used in the diving operation, or a similar type of diving plant and equipment, and the breathing mixture to be used in the diving operation and is familiar with the relevant provisions of the procedures manual referred to in paragraph 4(4)(a) and the contingency plan referred to in paragraph 4(4)(i) to be used in the diving operation, and

  • (ii) the person’s involvement in the diving operation is in no way contrary to any restriction, pursuant to section 35, in that person’s supervisor’s certificate or attached to that person’s document referred to in paragraph (c).