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Transitional provisions. (G.N.A. 260/49).

Provisions of by-laws

to be in

subeduplom

for provisions

of Swimming

Pools By-laws.

20. (1) Any licence granted under the Swimming Pools By-laws which is in force at the commencement of these by-laws shall be deemal to be a licence granted under these by-laws.

(2) Upon application for the renewal of any licence under ther by-laws which is a licence thereunder by virtue of the provisions q paragraph (1), the Council shall grant to the applicant a renewal thereof.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph (1), wher it appears to the Council that any swimming pool in relation to which a licence was granted under the said Swimming Pools By-laws is in any particular unsatisfactory having regard to the provisions of these by. laws, the Council may serve upon the licensee a notice requiring him, æ a condition precedent to any renewal of the licence subsequent to the renewal thereof provided for in paragraph (2), to carry out or cause ▷ be carried out such alterations or additions in respect of such swimming pool as may be specified in the notice, and, if it thinks fit, to supply t the Council a plan of the swimming pool in the manner required by the provisions of by-law 5.

(4) Nothing in these by-laws shall entitle any person to a refund of the whole or any part of any fee paid under the said Swimming Pool By-laws.

21. It is hereby declared that, for the purposes of subsection (1) d) section 150 of the Ordinance, the provisions of these by-laws shall be is substitution for the provisions of the Swimming Pools By-laws.

Made by the Urban Council this 7th day of February, 1961.

of rousedying defects after the work has been done. To this end, by-law 5 requires the submission of a plan for approval by the Council and sets out the matters to be shown on the plan. By-law 6 specifies the conditions which must be satisfied before the Council may grant a licence.

1. A detailed Comparative Table is annexed to this Note.

COMPARATIVE TABLE,

By-law.

Corresponding existing by-laws,

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3

1

2

1

B

10A(c), (d) & (e)

1.

Se

Approved by the Legislative Council this 1st

saven littery

50113

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601X) & (8)

of March, 19|

1t

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

1st March. 1961.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

12

10A() & (6)

Explanatory Note.

(This Note is not part of the by-laws, but is intended to indicate their general purport).

13

10 and 12

These by-laws replace, with amendment, the existing Swimming Pool

By-laws.

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2. The principal object in the preparation of these by-laws has been simplify the procedure for the licensing of swimming pools and to prevent the construction of unsatisfactory pools and thus to avoid the expense and differer

Remarks.

Cluation.

Application.

Interpretation.

This by-law has been extended so as to prohibit persons from taking part in the management of unlicensed swimming pools.

New. To provide for the submission and approval of plans 1000 application for licences.

Amended in detail only.

New. To make alterations to swimming pools after grant of a licence subject to consent.

This deals with safety precautions in the Case of clectrical fittings. Underwater lighting will no longer be prohibited, but will be subject to the provisions of by- law 6(K)

These two by-laws re-enact, in substance, the existing provisions as to purity and circulation of water used in swimming pools. The effect of the existing by-law 6(2) is now contained in section "125(1)(a) of the Ordinance,

New. To require the water in swimming pools to be changed not less than once in each year, and to enable the Council by notice to require additional changes in special cases if necessary.

This by-law re-enacts the existing provi- sions as to life guards, but renders the provisions relating to certificates of com- pelent more flexible.

This by-law repeats the substance of the existing by-laws 10 and 12, omitting the proviso to by-law 12.

This repeats the substance of the existing by-law 7, but adds provisions for the dis- infecting of spittoons and receptacles where they are provided.

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