is it commercial filming?

[KevinJ]

Originally Posted by Sixsquid

Favours for sex ? Only if the entire male population are bad

Yep, I think this thread has now reached the critical mass where it usually becomes obscene Aint YD great. (rhetorical)

[David]

Originally Posted by David

would it not be more of a problem if you did this a lot....

doing once might be wrong :-) but if you then find out it is wrong what is the worst that can happen, your told not to do it again or we (HSE) will take you to court.

but if your planning to do this alot then you might need part4 !

sorry folks my english is bad on a good day... I dont work for the hse.
I can not even think why I typed that that way...

[Steve Summers]

Originally Posted by David

sorry folks my english is bad on a good day... I dont work for the hse.
I can not even think why I typed that that way...

I can, you've been sniffing too much [or not enough] WD40?

Safe diving,
Steve

[scuba g]

Originally Posted by KevinJ

So it's only really academic at this point.

I have on occasion given underwater photographers a light or two to use with the proviso that they give us some sexy pics (of the light) to use for marketing purposes. Does this mean that they're breaking the law ?

Does this make me ... Bad ?

Kevin

Only if your wearing womans underwear and a pair of waders and singing the lyrics to a popular musical song, like "Annie wheres your gun"!.....Apart from that, not really

[A. Berk]

I reckon everyone has given the right answer here; A and B get an invite to dive off an already chartered boat, they shoot some vid and give a copy to the charterers - no probs - when all goes well. However, I wonder what action the HSE would take should there be an unfortunate incident? Would they round on the TV company and/or boat owner with intent to prosicute? It all suddenly becomes a grey area.

Berko

[stevechesh]

Aha, well, it might not be such a grey area anymore (for this thread anyway!)....Looks like the TV company have a "proper" diving contractor lined up . . . .

[Marc T]

Originally Posted by A. Berk

I reckon everyone has given the right answer here; A and B get an invite to dive off an already chartered boat, they shoot some vid and give a copy to the charterers - no probs - when all goes well. However, I wonder what action the HSE would take should there be an unfortunate incident? Would they round on the TV company and/or boat owner with intent to prosicute? It all suddenly becomes a grey area.

Berko

Ditto
Good answer,the HSE will only get involved in the unfortunate case of an incident.
Then as Berko suggests if any sort of litigation were involved it could all start to get rather messy with the comeback probably in the direction of the production co.
HTH

Marc

[Okeanos]

You can supply some existing footage and get paid, no problem. You can take footage of an event while others are on site and sell you footage afterwards, no problem.

If you get asked to take footage of something, it becomes a problem. You can't be commissioned to do a job unless you have HSE Scuba.

I took footage & stills of the Dollar Cove stuff, BBC wanted it, so they paid me fot it.

[MattS]

Originally Posted by cave_troll

how about extending this to other "not being paid" situations?
If my local dive school ask me to come along and be the body for a Rescue course, and offer to pay my entrance to the puddle and buy me lunch, is that "working"?

Your local dive School are getting paid to provide the course presumably. Therefore you are at work and entitled to the full 'protection' of the HSE - whether you like it or not.

[sch]

Originally Posted by MattS

Your local dive School are getting paid to provide the course presumably. Therefore you are at work and entitled to the full 'protection' of the HSE - whether you like it or not.

I know it now looks academic anyway,but going back to the original question, surely the tv company expect to get paid at some point, so wouldn't the same thing apply?

Simon