{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-diving-safety-regulations-2002/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-diving-safety-regulations-2002/regulation-11.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/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Duties of diving supervisor",
  "text": "(1) In respect of a diving operation for which he has been appointed the diving supervisor shall:\n(a) before the diving operation commences, ensure that each person taking part is aware of the contents of the diving project plan which relate to that operation,\n(b) before the diving operation commences, and at appropriate intervals during it, consult with the master of the craft from which the diving project is, or will be, undertaken, and\n(c) during the course of the diving operation ensure that it is undertaken, so far as is reasonably practicable:\n(i) without risk to the health and safety of any person taking part in the operation or of other persons who may be affected thereby,\n(ii) in accordance with the requirements imposed on him by these Regulations, and\n(iii) where this would not conflict with either sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) above, in accordance with the diving project plan, and\n(d) during the course of the diving operation keep a record of that operation in accordance with the requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice 1762 (M) + (F).\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a diving supervisor may dive during a diving operation in respect of which he is appointed if:\n(a) he is guiding persons engaged in, or training persons to carry out or teach, recreational diving, or\n(b) the dive is for educational purposes and takes place in a tank or pool artificially constructed for the purpose of swimming or diving,\nand the persons taking part in the dive, including the diving supervisor, use only self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.\n(3) A diving supervisor may only dive as referred to in paragraph (2) if:\n(a) he can do so without risk to the health and safety of any other person taking part in the diving operation or of any other person who may be affected thereby, and\n(b) the diving project plan which relates to the diving operation specifically provides for the supervisor to dive.",
  "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/11",
    "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."
}