Chapter:	132CA	Title:	SWIMMING POOLS REGULATION	Gazette Number:	L.N. 320 of 1999
Section:	6	Heading:	Conditions for issue of licence	Version Date:	01/01/2000

(1) No such licence shall be granted unless the Director is satisfied in relation to the swimming pool in respect of which the application for such licence was made, and in relation to the premises pertaining to such swimming pool, that-

(a) the plan referred to in section 5 has been approved by the Director and the swimming pool conforms thereto;
(b) the source of the water with which the pool will be filled is suitable;
(c) the underwater surfaces of the pool are made of impervious material and sufficiently smoothed to prevent undue accumulation of dirt;
(d) every junction between a horizontal surface and a vertical surface inside the swimming pool is coved;
(e) the pool is fitted with scum gutters of suitable size and adequate drainage;
(f) sidewalks, not less than 1.2 m in width and paved or covered with suitable non-slip material, are provided on all sides of the pool, and such sidewalks are laid with falls away from the edge of the pool and drained to channels laid to falls; (L.N. 89 of 1979)
(g) all parts of the floor of any dressing room and any room containing any shower, bath, foot bath or latrine are readily accessible for cleaning and are surfaced with impervious material and coved at their junction with any wall;
(h) not less than one watercloset is provided for every 25 persons who may be accommodated in the pool and not less than one urinal, fitted with a splash plate, is provided for every 50 such persons:
Provided that, where the Director is satisfied that sufficient water for flushing purposes is not available or cannot reasonably be obtained, the Director may accept equivalent dry latrine accommodation, such as aqua-privies and chemical closets, approved by the Director;
(i) the pool is provided with filtration or purification plant, or other means of purifying the water therein, capable of maintaining the purity of such water at all times to a standard not less than B. coli absent in 100 cm³ of water;
(j) the filtration or purification plant, or other means provided for purifying the water in the pool, is capable of changing the water in the pool, either by circulation through a filtration system or by renewing the water from source, not less than once in every 4 hours in the case of a covered pool or once in every 6 hours in the case of an open air pool; and
(k) where underwater electric lighting is provided-
(i) all underwater lights are supplied at a voltage not exceeding 25;
(ii) 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 pool and completely inaccessible to bathers; and
(iii) all wiring from the transformer to the underwater lights is carried out in screwed galvanized conduit or mineral insulated copper covered cable.