PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BYLAWS

PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BYLAWS

PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BYLAWS

ARRANGEMENT OF BYLAWS

Bylaw Page
1. Citation .............................W 2
2. Application ..........................BS 2
3. Interpretation ................................................................................................... BS 2
4. General offences ..................... W 2
5. Restriction on trading and begging in precincts of swimming pool BS 3
6. Exclusion of adults from children's pools BS 3
7. Exclusion from dressing rooms allocated to persons of the other sex BS 4
8. Personal hygiene .....................BS 4
8A. Exclusion of persons suffering from certain diseases ......... BS 4
8B. Power to exclude or remove certain persons BS 4
9. Opening and closing of swimming pool . BS 4
10. Fees and charges ............................................ BS 5
11. Fees for the use of public address system BS 5
12. Penalty for obstructing attendants or supervisors BS 6
13. General penalties and power to remove offenders from swimming pool BS 6
14. Name in which proceedings for offences may he brought BS 6
Schedule. Fees ...........................BS 6





PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BYLAWS

(Cap. 132, section 42)
[21 July 19751L.N. 169 of 1975

L.N. 229 of 1973 - L.N. 86 of 1976, L.N. 137 of 1980, L.N. 2 of 1984, L.N. 67 of 1985, L.N. 72 of
1986, 10 of 1986, L.N. 237 of 1987, R. Ed. 1987, L.N. 58 of 1988, L.N. 108 of 1988, L.N. 65 of
1989, L4j,~q,~o.

1. Citation
These bylaws may be cited as the Public Swimming Pools (Regional
Council) Bylaws.
(10 of 1986 s. 32 (2)

2. Application
These bylaws apply only to public swimming pools in the Regional
Council area.
(10 of 1986 s. 32(2)

3. Interpretation
In these bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires-
,,attendant' means a person employed as an attendant at any swimming pool;
'communicable disease' includes amoebiasis, cerebrospinal meningitis, cholera,
diphtheria, dysentery, enteric fever, gastroenteritis, acute inflammation of
the throat, infectious hepatitis, leprosy, any form of tinea infection,
tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, pediculosis, scabies, scarlet fever, smallpox, any
venereal disease or any generalized skin infection, trachoma and acute
conjunctivitis; (L.N. 237 of 1987)
'Council' means the Regional Council;
'plastic foam' means polystyrene and any other man-made plastic material;
~4supervisor' means a person appointed by the Director of Regional Services to
manage or assist in the management of a swimming pool; (L.N. 237 of
1987)
'swimming pool' includes any children's swimming or paddling pool.
(10 of 1986 s. 32(2)

4. General offences
No person. within a swimming pool or the precincts thereof, shall-
(a)spit, except into a spittoon or other receptable provided by the
Council for that purpose;
(b)conduct himself otherwise than in a quiet, decent and orderly
manner;





(e)do any act which is likely to endanger, obstruct, inconvenience or
annoy any person;
(d)throw or otherwise dispose of any litter, paper or rubbish, except
into bins or containers provided by the Council therefor;
(e)break, deface, foul, soil or otherwise damage any wall, building,
fence, seat, diving board, swing or any other equipment,
apparatus or facility or any place, or foul or pollute any water;
remove or interfere with any life saving apparatus or equipment;
(g)without reasonable cause, utter any cry or make any noise or
disturbance, with the intention of causing alarm or anxiety to
spectators, attendants or bathers;
(h)smoke in the swimming pool or upon any sidewalk immediately
adjacent thereto or upon any diving board or other apparatus or
facility adjoining the swimming pool;
(i)except with the permission of an attendant, enter a swimming
pool or walk or stand upon any sidewalk immediatey adjacent
thereto unless dressed for bathing;
(j)except with the permission of an attendant, introduce into a
swimming pool any soap, towel or clothing, or any ball, model
boat or other toy, or bring into the precincts of a swimming pool
any deck chair, sunshade, umbrella, musical instrument, wireless
set or other like object, or any kind of food or drink, or any
animal, or any glass swimming goggles or any objects made of
plastic foam;
(k)except in any dressing room, appear or go about naked or so
sparsely clad as to offend against public decency.
(10 of 1986 s. 32 (2)

5. Restriction on trading and begging
in precincts of swimming pool

No person within the precincts of a swimming pool, except with the written
permission of the Council, shall sell or let to hire, or offer or expose for sale or
letting to hire, any article or thing or any personal services, or shall beg for alms
or solicit gifts or contributions to charity.
(10 of 1986 s. 32(2)

6. Exclusion of adults from children's pools

Except with the permission of an attendant, no person over the age of 14
years shall enter any part of a swimming pool designed or set apart for children
unless he be in company with and in charge of a child.





7. Exclusion from dressing rooms allocated
to persons of the other sex

No person over the age of 8 years shall enter the dressing room or other
compartment reserved for the opposite sex.

8. Personal hygiene

No person shall enter a swimming pool without first having passed
through a shower bath and foot bath.
(L.N. 237 of 1987)

8A. Exclusion of persons suffering from certain diseases
No person shall enter the precincts of a swimming pool while knowingly
suffering from any communicable disease.
(L.N. 237 of 1987)

8B. Power to excluse or remove certain persons
(1) Any person to whom this bylaw applies may be refused admission to
the precincts of a swimming pool or be ordered by any attendant or supervisor
forthwith to leave those precincts and, in the event of failure to comply with
such order, be removed, if need be, by force.
(2) This bylaw applies to any person who in the opinion of the supervisor
of the swimming pool-
(a) may be suffering from a communicable disease;
(b) is under the influence of drink or drugs;
(c) has an open cut or wound; or
(d)is otherwise in such a physical condition that his presence in the
precincts of the swimming pool would not be in the interests of
other bathers.
(L.N. 23 7of 198 7)

9. Opening and closing of swimming pool
The Council may specify-
(a)the days on which swimming pools may be open or closed to the
public;
(b) the opening and closing times of swimming pools; and
(c) the number of sessions in a day and the duration of each session,
and may direct that any swimming pool or any part thereof be closed to the
public on any occasion for the purpose of carrying out repairs or other works
or for the purpose of organized swimming practices or contests, aquatic sports
or similar entertainments.
(L.N. 86 of 1976; 10 of 1986 s. 32(2)





10. Fees and charges
(1) Subject to this bylaw, a person using a swimming pool shall pay to the
Council a fee in the amount indicated in the Schedule. (L.N. 65 of 1989)
(2) In the case of any organized party of persons sponsored by and under
the care of any organization approved by the Council, the Council may reduce
or waive the fees prescribed in paragraph (1) or may permit such organization
to pay a compounded fee in respect of the use of a swimming pool by such
party, or any number of such parties, over such period of time as may be agreed
between the Council and the organization.
(3) In any case where a swimming pool is closed to the public under
bylaw 9 for the purpose of any organized swimming practice, contest, aquatic
sport or entertainment, the Council may make such charges for the use of a
swimming pool or the entry of spectators thereto as the Council shall consider
reasonable, or, in the case of any other persons organizing the same, may make
such consolidated charge against such persons as shall be agreed between the
Council and such persons, and in addition thereto may prescribe such
limitations or restrictions upon the charges which such persons may recover
from the public in respect of the use of or entry to a swimming pool as the
Council may consider reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) The Council may reduce or waive the fees prescribed in paragraph (1)
and may permit a person to pay a compounded fee for the use of a swimming
pool for such period and in respect of such sessions as the Council may see fit.
(L.N. 108 of 1988)
(5) The Council may waive or reduce the fees prescribed under para-
graph (1) in respect of the use of a children's swimming or paddling pool.
(6) Except with the prior permission of an attendant, no person shall
enter the precincts of a swimming pool-
(a) without first having paid-
(i)the appropriate fee prescribed in paragraph (1) or that fee
reduced by the Council in accordance with this bylaw; or
(ii) where applicable, the appropriate fee or charge payable
under paragraph (3); or
(b) unless the appropriate fee compounded under paragraph (2) or

(4) has been paid. (L.N. 86 of 1976; 10 of 1986 s. 32(2)

11. Fees for the use of public address system
The following fees shall be payable to the Council for the use of the public
address system installed at swimming pools-
For the first hour ........................$100
For each additional hour or part thereof ..$30.
(L.N. 137 of 1980; L.N. 2 of 1984; 72 of 1986; 10 of 1986 s. 32(2);
L.N. 58 of 1988)





12. Penalty for obstructing attendants or supervisors

Any person who obstructs or resists any attendant or supervisor in the
exercise of his duty or who fails to comply with any reasonable direction given
by such attendant or supervisor for the purpose of giving effect to any of the
provisions of these bylaws shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine of $50.
(10 of 1986 s. 32(2); L.N. 237 of 1987)

13.General penalties and power to remove
offenders from swimming pool

(1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of bylaw 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 8A or 10(6) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a
fine of $1,500. (L.N. 86 of 1976)
(2) In addition to any penalty prescribed by this bylaw any person
contravening any of the provisions of the bylaws mentioned in paragraph (1)
may be ordered by any attendant or supervisor of a swimming pool forthwith
to leave the precincts thereof and, in the event of failure to comply with such
direction, he may be removed, if necessary, by force.
(10 of 1986 s. 32(2); L.N. 237 of 1987)

14. Name in which proceedings for
offences may be brought
Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment 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 bylaws may be brought in
the name of the Council.
(10 of 1986 s. 32(2)

SCHEDULE[bylaw 10(1)]
FEES
1.Fees payable by persons who are under 14 years old or who are 60 or more years
old-
(a) for a session on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday $ 5
(b) for a sessjofi on any other day that is-
(i)the first session of the day ........$ 3
(ii)any other session ...................$ 4
2.Fees payable by persons who are 14 or more years old but who are under 60
years old-
(a) for a session on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday $10
(b) for a sesskon on any other day that is-
(i) the first session of the day .......$ 6
(ii)any other session ....................$ 8
(L.N. 65 of 1989)

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