Diving Regulations 2025 - Health and Safety Legislation Consultations

Overview

The Isle of Man (IOM) holds jurisdiction over its territorial waters but currently lacks a comprehensive offshore health, safety, and environmental framework. To address this, the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA) is reviewing and updating legislation to align with UK offshore Health and Safety Executive (HSE) legislation and standards, ensuring internationally recognised safety regulations for future offshore energy developments are in place. 

In order to avoid different health and safety standards applying to the same work in the Island and its territorial sea, the offshore standards will also cover onshore work activities (where that is the case in the UK).  A phased implementation of new and updated legislation will allow IOM-based businesses time to prepare for this introduction.

This is the second consultation in the overall process and refers to the following draft legislation:

• Diving at Work Regulations 2025

Why your views matter

This consultation gives stakeholders, industry, and the public the chance to provide feedback on the proposed Regulations. Your views will help ensure that the legislation is clear, practical, and effective in protecting workers’ health.

Reasonable adjustments and alternative formats

The Department is committed to equal opportunities and our aim is to make our documents easy to use and accessible to all.

The Department will take steps to accommodate any reasonable adjustments and provide such assistance as may reasonably be required to enable access or reply to this consultation.

If this document is required in another format or assistance is required with accessing or replying to this consultation, please email DEFAOffshore@gov.im

Responding to this consultation and questions

This consultation can be responded to by clicking on the 'Online survey' link below.

Alternatively you can download a paper version of this consultation from the 'Related' section below and email it to DEFAOffshore@gov.im or post it to:

The Offshore Team,
Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture,
Thie Slieau Whallian,
Foxdale Road,
St John’s,
Isle of Man,
IM4 3AS