{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-diving-safety-regulations-2002/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-diving-safety-regulations-2002/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1587",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Diving Safety) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-diving-safety-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Diving supervisor",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a diving contractor shall appoint a person to be the diving supervisor in respect of a diving operation.\n(2) Where a diving contractor:\n(a) is competent and (where appropriate) suitably qualified to act as diving supervisor, and\n(b) has recorded in writing, before the commencement of the diving operation, that he intends to act as diving supervisor,\nhe may act as the diving supervisor for that diving operation.\n(3) A diving contractor who appoints a person as diving supervisor shall:\n(a) before the commencement of the diving operation, make the appointment, and record it in writing,\n(b) before the commencement of the diving operation, supply the person appointed with a copy of any part of the diving project plan which relates to that diving operation, and\n(c) as soon as possible after the appointment, provide the person appointed with a written copy of his appointment.\n(4) A diving contractor shall not appoint a person as a diving supervisor unless that person is competent and (where appropriate) suitably qualified to perform the functions of diving supervisor in respect of the diving operation for which he is the diving supervisor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1587/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:54:39.919460+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}