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96Light dive craft#
(1)The operator must ensure that any light dive craft that is used for a diving project is
(a)fit for the purposes for which it is to be used; and
(b)designed to withstand or avoid, without loss of its overall structural integrity or failure of its main safety functions, all foreseeable site-specific physical and environmental conditions or any foreseeable combination of those conditions.
(2)The operator must ensure, during all dives from a light dive craft, the availability of a dive support vessel that
(a)is fitted with emergency equipment, including a fast rescue boat, that can provide assistance to the light dive craft in any foreseeable emergency situation; and
(b)has a launch and recovery system for the light dive craft that has been verified and certified by the certifying authority as being fit for the purposes for which it is to be used.
(3)In this section, light dive craft means a small vessel or secondary craft that is equipped to deploy divers from a primary vessel.
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