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Conditions

for issue and

renewal of

licence.

6. No licence shall be granted or renewed unless the Director is satisfied in relation to the swimming pool in respect of which the application for a licence was made, and in relation to the premises pertaining to such swimming pool, that—

(w) the plan referred to in regulation 5 has been approved by the Director and the swimming pool conforms thereto;

(b) the source of the water with which the swimming pool

will be filled is suitable;

(c) the underwater surfaces of the swimming pool are made of impervious material and sufficiently smoothed to pre- vent undue accumulation of dirt;

(d) every junction between a horizontal surface and a ver-

tical surface inside the swimming pool is coved;

(e) the swimming pool is fitted with scum gutters of suitable

size and adequate drainage;

(f) sidewalks, not less than four feet in width and paved or covered with suitable non-slip material, are provided on all sides of the swimming pool, and such sidewalks are laid with falls away from the edge of the swimming pool and drained to channels laid to falls:

(g) all parts of the Bloor of any dressing room and any room containing any shower, bath, foot bath or latrine are readily accessible for cleaning and are surfaced with im- pervious material and coved at their junction with any wall;

(k) not less than one watercloset is provided for every twenty-five persons who may be accommodated in the swimming pool and not less than one urinal, fitted with a splash plate, is provided for every fifty such persons or. if the Director is satisfied that sufficient water for flushing purposes is not available or cannot reasonably be obtained, equivalent latrine accommodation, such as aqua-privies and chemical closets, approved by the Director:

(f) the swimming pool is provided with filtration or purifi- cation plant, or other means of purifying the water there- in, capable of maintaining the purity of such water at all times to a standard not less than B. coli absent in one hundred cubic centimetres of water:

(f) the filtration or purification plant, or other means pro- vided for purifying the water in the swimming pool, is capable of changing the water therein, either by circula- tion through a filtration system or by renewing the water

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from source, not less than once in every four hours in the case of a covered swimming pool or once in every six hours in the case of an open air swimming pool; and (k) where underwater electric lighting is provided-

7.

(i) all underwater lights are supplied at a voltage not exceeding twenty-five;

(i) such low voltage supply is given by a double wound transformer in an earthed metal casing, with the centre point of the low voltage winding earthed and the transformer located at a safe distance from the swimming pool and completely inaccessible to bathers; and

(B) all wiring from the transformer to the underwater lights is carried out in screwed galvanized conduit or mineral insulated copper covered cable.

After the grant or renewal of any such licence. no licensee shall, save with the permission in writing of the Director. cause or permit to be made in respect of the swimming pool to which the licence relates

(a) any alteration or addition which would result in a material deviation from the plan approved under regula- tion 5: or

(6) any material alteration in respect of any matter referred

to in regulation §.

8. The number of persons who may be accommodated in any swimming pool shall be based on the maximum capacity thereof and determined at the rate of one person for every thirty square feet of the water surface of the swimming pool.

9. No person shall place, or permit to be placed, any electrical equipment, fitting or wiring in such a position that it is likely to

(a) come into contact with the water in any swimming

pool; or

(b) be accessible to any person bathing in any swimming pool or standing on any part of the sidewalk surrounding any swimming pool or on any diving board, chute or other like structure used by bathers.

10. Every licensee of a swimming pool shall, at all times during which the swimming pool is in use by bathers, cause the water therein to be completely changed by circulation through a filtration system or by renewal from source—

(a) in the case of a covered swimming pool, not less than

once in every four hours; und

Restriction on alterations after grant of a licence.

Maximum number of persons who

may use swim- ming pool.

Safety precau- tions relating

to electrical equipment,

Changing of

water.