Control of Swimming Pools (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

L.N. 107 of 2009

Swimming Pools Control Act

(Cap. 244)

Control of Swimming Pools (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

IN exercise of the powers conferred by sub-article (1) of article

4 of the Control of Swimming Pools Act, the Minister for Resources

and Rural Affairs has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Control of

Swimming Pools (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 and they shall

be read and construed as one with the Control of Swimming

Pools Regulations, 1998, hereinafter referred to as “the principal

regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come

into force on the 1st January, 2009.

(1) In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the principal

regulations, immediately after the definition “the Act” there shall be

inserted the following new definition

“the Authority” means the Malta Resources Authority

established by article 3 of the Malta Resources Authority

Act;”; and

(2) The definition “Corporation” shall be deleted.

In sub-regulation (2) of regulation 3 of the principal

regulations, for the words “from the Corporation free of charge”,

there shall be substituted the words “from the Authority in terms of

Schedule 2 to these regulations”.

In regulation 4 of the principal regulations, for the words

“shall be made to the Corporation on a form obtainable from the

Corporation free of charge:”, there shall be substituted the words

“shall be made to the Authority on a form obtainable from the

Authority in terms of Schedule 2:”.

In sub-regulations (1) and (2) of regulation 5 of the principal

regulations, for the word “Corporation” wherever it occurs, there

shall be substituted the word “Authority”.

In regulation 6 of the principal regulations –

(a) for the words “obtained from the public supply:”,

there shall be substituted the words “obtained from the public

supply.”; and

(b) the proviso to sub-regulation (1) thereof shall be

deleted.

In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 7 of the principal

regulations for the word “Corporation” wherever it occurs, there

shall be substituted the word “Authority”.

In regulation 8 of the principal regulations for the word

“Corporation” wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the

word “Authority”.

In regulation 10 of the principal regulations, for the words

“the Corporation” wherever they occur, there shall be substituted

the words “the Authority” and for the words “of the Water Services

Corporation Act,”, there shall be substituted the words “of the Malta

Resources Authority Act,”.

In regulations 11 of the principal regulations, for the word

“Corporation” there shall be substituted the word “Authority”.

In regulation 13 of the principal regulations for the word

“Corporation” wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the

word “Authority”.

(1) The Schedule to the principal regulations shall

be renumbered as “Schedule 1” thereof and shall be amended as

follows:-

(a) for the words “to the Water Services Corporation”

there shall be substituted the words “to the Malta Resources

Authority”;

(b) in item (i) thereof, for the words “€2.33 per m 3

capacity” there shall be substituted the words “€4.00 per m 3

capacity”;

(c) in item (ii) thereof, for the words “€58.23”, there

shall be substituted the words “€100”;

(d) in paragraph (a) thereof, for the words “€3.49 per

m capacity”, there shall be substituted the words “€6.00 per

m 3 capacity:”;

(e) in paragraph (b) thereof, for the words “€349.41”,

there shall be substituted the words “€600”.

(2) For the word “Schedule” wherever it occurs in the

principal regulations, there shall be substituted the words “Schedule

1”.

Immediately after Schedule 1 to the principal regulations

as renumbered, there shall be added the following new schedule:-

“SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 3 (2)

Administrative fee to be paid by the applicant to the Malta

Resources Authority for the issue of a permit to construct or for

a licence to operate or use a swimming pool.

In addition to the fees established in the Schedule 1, an

administrative fee of €50 shall be paid by the applicant to the Malta

Resources Authority for the issue of a permit to construct or for a

licence to operate or use a swimming pool for any of the reasons

mentioned in the Schedule.”.

€0.28