Swimming Pools (Amendment) Regulations, 2008

L.N. 135 of 2008

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Swimming Pools (Amendment) Regulations, 2008

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 26 (iv) of the Public

Health Act, the Minister for Social Policy has made the following

regulations>-

The title of these regulations is the Swimming Pools Title.

(Amendement) Regulations, 2008 and they shall be read and construed

as one with the Swimming Pools Regulations, 2005, hereinafter referred L.N. 129 of 2005.

to as “the principal regulations”.

In the Maltese text of regulation 1 of the principal regulations, Amends

regulation 1

the words “(Sigurtà g[as-Sa[[a Pubblika)” shall be deleted.

of the principal

regulations.

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, for the definition Amends

regulation 2

“responsible person” there shall be substituted the following>

of the principal

regulations.

“responsible person” means the person responsible for

swimming pool and includes, in his absence, such employee or

other person, being the senior employee or person present, engaged

in operating the swimming pool at the time< such senior employee

or person shall be presumed to be acting on the authority of the

person responsible unless the person responsible produces proof

to the contrary<”.

In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 6 of the principal Amends

regulations, for the words “at all times<” there shall be substituted the regulation

the principal

words “at all times>”, and immediately thereafter there shall be added regulations.

the following proviso>

“Provided that in the case of pools used for hydrotherapy the

temperature of the pool water shall be between 28 o C to 35 o C,

whilst in the case of spa pools the water temperature shall not be

higher than 40 o C<”.

For paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (4) of regulation 8 of the Amends

regulation 8 of

principal regulations, there shall be substituted the following>

the principal

regulations.

“(d) Toilet, wash hand basin and shower fixtures shall be

maintained in proper repair and shall be of such a number as to

cater for the maximum bathing load.”

For sub-regulation (1) of regulation 10 of the principal

regulations, there shall be substituted the following>

“(1) When any pool is found not to meet the requirements

set by these regulations, or when a condition is found which may

constitute a public health risk or a health nuisance to bathers or

pool patrons, the competent authority shall order such pool to be

closed.”

Regulations 11 and 12 of the principal regulations shall be

renumbered as regulations 12 and 13 respectively.

Immediately after regulation 10 of the principal regulations

there shall be added the following new regulation>

(1) The provisions of regulations 3 to 9 of these

“Non-

applicability

regulations shall not be applicable to swimming pools which

are neither public nor commercial.

regulations

3 to 9.

(2) It shall be the duty of the responsible person to>

(a) prove to the satisfaction of the competent

authority that the pool is neither public nor commercial<

(b) ensure that the swimming pool is kept in such

a state as not to pose a risk to public health.”

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