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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION: LICENCES (DIVING BUSINESS)
REGULATIONS
[1st September, 1991]
SI.48 of 1991.
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Licences (Diving Business)
Regulations.
2.
In these Regulations“diving business” means the business of a dive centre or a dive operator
for the provision of facilities for recreational diving;
“dive centre” means a person or a body of persons engaged in the
teaching of diving;
“dive operator” means a person or a body of persons engaged in
conducting diving excursions.
“power diving” means a system of diving in which a person is connected
to a floating unit that is towed along the surface supporting air supply.
3.
(1) An application for a licence to engage in a diving business shall be in
the Form provided by the Authority.
(2) An application for a licence under subregulation (1), shall be
accompanied by the fees set out in Schedule 1 and, where applicable, by the
surcharge under regulation 8.
4.
(1) An applicant for a diving business licence shall, production of the
documents relevant thereto, satisfy the Authority(a) in the case of a business of a dive centre, that he is, or has in
his employment, an Open Water Instructor holding the
qualifications specified in subregulation (2);
(b) in the case of a business of a dive operator, that he is, or has
in his employment, a Divemaster holding the qualifications
specified in subregulation (3);
(c) that he has taken out a policy of insurance to the satisfaction
of the Authority covering his staff, those availing of his services
and the public for personal injury or damage to their properties;
(d) that the staff employed by him in the diving business, other
than secretarial and office staff, has successfully completed a
Rescue Technique Speciality Course approved by the Authority.
(1A) An application for a diving business (power diving) licence shall-