1989 Ed.]
Swimming Pools (Urban Council) Bylaws
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[Subsidiary]
(2) Whenever the Council declares any disease to be a communicable disease for the purposes of these bylaws, a notification of such declaration shall be published in the Gazette.
4.
Prohibition of unlicensed swimming pools, etc.
(1) Save under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Council, no person shall establish or maintain a swimming pool.
(2) No person shall take any part in the management of a swimming pool the establishment or maintenance of which has not been licensed.
5. Application for licence
(1) Every application for any such licence shall be made in writing, addressed to the Secretary of the Council, and shall be accompanied by 3 copies of a plan, as nearly as may be to scale, of the swimming pool and the whole of the precincts thereof, and such plan shall include the following particulars-
(a) the size and design of the pool;
(b) the depth of water in all parts of the pool;
(c) the position and size of all scum gutters;
(d) all drainage and intake vents;
(e) the position of any filtration or purification plant;
(f) the position of any permanent steps or ladders leading into the pool and any hand rails or like fittings of a permanent nature provided for the use of bathers;
(g) the position, height and type of any diving boards, chutes, rings or like fittings of a permanent nature provided for the use of bathers;
(h) the layout of any paths or open spaces surrounding or adjacent to the pool, together with the means of entry to and exit from the immediate precincts of the pool;
(i) the layout of any dressing rooms, wash rooms, showers, foot baths, latrines, canteens, stalls or other structures ancillary to the swimming pool; and
(j) every part of the drainage system.
(2) Every plan submitted for approval pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by a statement in writing declaring
(a) the source of the water with which the pool will be filled;
(b) the type and capacity of any filtration or purification plant which is provided; and
(c) the material used for surfacing the internal surfaces of the pool and any sidewalk or standing space immediately adjoining the rim of the pool.