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Special provi-

sion for existing

swimming pools.

Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought,

(b) fails to comply with any of the requirements of a notice served upon him under the provisions of paragraph (2) of regulation 14.

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) In the event of any contravention of any of the provisions of regulation 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 16 or of paragraph (1) of regula- tion 14, paragraph (2) or (3) of regulation 15 or paragraph (2) of regulation 17, the licensee of the swimming pool shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) In the event of any swimming pool being used at any time by more than the maximum number of persons prescribed by regulation 8, the licensee of the swimming pool shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) Any person who is guilty of an offence under these regulations shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and, where the offence is a continuing offence, shall be liable in addition to a fine of ten dollars for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the offence bas continued.

20. Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of regulation 2, the owner of a swimming pool the construction of which was completed before the commencement of these regulations shall, before the 1st day of April 1970, ensure that it complies with regulation 6 and apply for a licence as provided by these regulations.

21. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enact- ment relating to the prosecution of criminal offences and without prejudice to the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the prosecution of such offences, prosecutions for an offence under any of the provisions of these regulations Ypay be brought in the name of the Director.

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The principal object in providing for the licensing of swimming pools is to prevent the construction of unsatisfactory pools and so to avoid the expense and difficulty of remedying defects after work has been done. Regulation $ accordingly requires the submission of a plan to the Director of Urban Services and sets out the matters to be shown on the plan. Regulation 6 sets out the matters on which the Director must be satished before a licence may be granted.

Regulation 13 requires each licensee of a swimming pool, unless specially exempted by the Director, to provide at least two life saving attendants at all times when the pool is open to bathers

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The effect of regulations 2(3) and 20 is that these regulations will not apply to existing swimming pools until lat April 1970.

(Secretariat GR L/M B 1746/65)

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

27th May 1969.

Clerk of Councils.

Explanatory Note.

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

These regulations provide for the licensing of swimming pools in the New Territories and correspond with the Swimming Pools By-laws in force in the urban areas,