ontario regulation 140/25

made under the

Occupational Health and Safety Act

Made: June 26, 2025
Filed: June 27, 2025
Published on e-Laws: June 27, 2025
Published in The Ontario Gazette: July 12, 2025

Amending O. Reg. 629/94

(DIVING OPERATIONS)

1. Section 4.1 of Ontario Regulation 629/94 is amended by adding the following subsections:

(8) Subsection (2) does not apply to an employer in respect of a person participating in a diving operation in the screen industry unless that person is,

(a) a standby diver, diver’s tender, diving supervisor, hyperbaric chamber operator or life support technician; or

(b) performing work underwater that is intended to support the health and safety of persons participating in the diving operation.

(9) In subsection (8),

“screen industry” means the industry of producing visual, audio or audio-visual entertainment, educational or advertising content that is intended to be recorded or to be a live or broadcast performance for viewing or listening in cinemas, as part of a television broadcast, on the internet or on a computer, video game device, phone with a display screen or other similar device.

2. Subsection 20 (6) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(6) Each employer associated with a diving operation and the diving supervisor for a diving operation shall ensure that any cable used with a crane or other hoisting device in the diving operation is used in accordance with the Code for Cable, Slings and Rigging issued by the Ministry, as it may be amended from time to time.

3. Clause 32 (2) (b) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(b) be performed in accordance with the Code for the Medical Examination of Divers issued by the Ministry, as it may be amended from time to time.

Commencement

4. This Regulation comes into force on the later of July 1, 2025 and the day it is filed.