The client must-
(a) prepare a suitable, sufficiently documented and coherent site-specific health and safety specification for the intended diving project for integration with the employer’s risk assessment;
(b) include the health and safety specification in the tender documents;
(c) ensure that potential employers submitting tender documents have made adequate provision for the cost of health and safety measures;
(d) ensure that the employer to be appointed is registered and in good standing with the compensation fund or with a licensed compensation insurer as contemplated in the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and
Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993);
(e) appoint, in writing, an employer who is registered with the chief inspector to perform the diving project;
(f) ensure that the employer takes the prepared health and safety specification into consideration during the
planning and execution of the diving project;
(g) ensure that the employer carries out all responsibilities contemplated in these regulations;
(h) take reasonable steps to ensure co-operation between the employer and other persons on site who may
affect or be affected by the diving operation, to enable the employer to comply with these regulations;
(i) ensure that an initial baseline health and safety audit and document verification is conducted before the
commencement of the diving project;
(j) ensure that periodic health and safety audits and document verification are conducted, at intervals mutually
agreed upon with the employer;
(k) ensure that a copy of the health and safety audit contemplated in paragraphs (i) and (j) is provided to the
employer within seven days after the audit;
(l) stop any employer from executing a diving project which poses a risk to the health and safety of persons, or
which is not in accordance with the client's health and safety specifications for the site;
(m) where changes are made to the diving project, make sufficient health and safety information and
appropriate resources available to the employer to execute the diving project safely; and
(n) ensure that the health and safety file is kept and maintained by the employer and available at the work site.