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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 244.01
CONTROL OF SWIMMING POOLS REGULATIONS
5th June, 1998
LEGAL NOTICE 146 of 1998, as amended by Legal Notices 171 of 1998
and 108 of 1999.
Title.
Regulations.
Interpretation.
requires:
Cap. 244.
"Corporation" means the Water Services Corporation as set up
under the Water Services Corporation Act;
"licence" means the licence to operate and use a swimming pool;
"permit" means a permit to construct a swimming pool.
(2) Words and phrases used in these regulations shall have the
same meaning as is assigned to them in the Act.
Application for 
construction of a 
swimming pool.
3. (1) A swimming pool may not be constructed unless a
written permit for its construction has been issued by the Minister.
(2) The application for such a permit shall be made in a
specific form obtainable from the Corporation free of charge and
shall contain all relevant details, including the exact locality and
the volume of the swimming pool, the system of construction, the
source of supply, the method of filling and draining the pool and
the type of circulation and filtration pump to be installed, if any
such pump is going to be installed.
(3) An application shall not be entertained unless the
Superintendent of Public Health approves the type of circulation,
disinfection and filtration equipment to be installed or declares that
no such equipment is necessary in connection with a particular
swimming pool. 
(4) The application duly completed shall be accompanied by
the relative plans, which shall be to scale, and by all relevant data,
and shall be signed by a certified architect and civil engineer.
(5) Subject to the provisions of regulation 5(2), a permit
granted under subregulation (1) shall be deemed to include the
licence to operate and use the swimming pool after the completion
of its construction.
(6) Such permit shall expire on the last day of the calendar
year next following that during which it was issued.
Ready-made 
swimming pools.
4. An application for the grant by the Minister of a licence to
operate and use or to allow or permit the use of a swimming pool
already manufactured or ready-made shall be made to the
Corporation on a form obtainable from the Corporation free of
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charge:
Provided that a licence shall not be necessary if the
capacity of such swimming pool is not more than three cubic
metres (3m 3 ) and the provisions of regulation 6 are observed.
Filling of pools 
with water.
5. (1) A swimming pool may not be filled or partially filled
with water unless a licence for such filling or partial filling has
been issued by the Corporation.
(2) The Corporation shall grant such licence if the swimming
pool, equipment and related pipe-work, cisterns (if any) and sumps
serving such pool are completely water-tight, and conform with
these regulations.
Use of sea-water.
Amended by:
L.N. 108 of 1999.
6. (1) A swimming pool lying more than one hundred meters
away from the sea may not contain, be filled, be replenished or be
topped up with any water other than fresh water collected as
surface run-off or obtained from the public supply:
Provided that the Corporation may grant exemption from
the provisions of this regulation or from any part thereof to any
person who, prior to the coming into force of these regulations, had
a permit to use a swimming pool with sea water and such
exemption shall be valid for a period of four years from the coming
into force of these regulations.
(2) A swimming pool lying within a distance of one hundred
meters from the sea may be filled up or replenished by means of sea
water if the requirements of regulation 9 are observed.
Fees payable for 
issue or renewal of 
a licence.
7. (1) Prior to the issue or renewal of a permit or licence
under these regulations, the applicant shall pay to the Corporation
the fee shown in the Schedule:
Provided that, where, prior to the coming into force of
these regulations, a licence was issued for a swimming pool to be
filled with sea water, the fee shown in the said Schedule shall be
due only after the expiration of four years from the date of the
coming into force of these regulations.
(2) Every licence issued under these regulations shall expire
on the last day of the month of December of the year to which such
licence refers.
(3) It shall be the duty of the person operating the swimming
pool to apply for the renewal of the licence from year to year and to
effect the relative payment in time.
Unlicenced pools. 8. Where a swimming pool has been constructed without a
permit and/or is being used or operated without a licence, such
permit and/or licence shall be deemed to have been in force as from
the date which the Corporation indicates on such permit or licence
if the relative payment is effected within thirty days of its being
requested by the Corporation and is accompanied by a further
payment equivalent to one third (1/3) of the relative payment.
Emptying of sea 
water from pools.
9. Sea water, or any substance derived therefrom, shall not be
emptied from any swimmmg pool or discharged therefrom except
via impermeable pipes leading directly to the sea.
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Inspections.
to inspect or to cause inspection to be made, without prior notice,
of any swimming pool for the purpose of verifying whether the
provisions of the Act, of the Water Services Corporation Act, and
of these regulations are being complied with.
Revocation of 
permits.
11. Where the Minister is satisfied that any of the provisions of
these regulations is not being complied with, he may, without
prejudice to the taking of criminal proceedings under section 5 of
the Act, revoke any permit or licence granted by him or by the
Corporation under these regulations.
Permits, etc., under 
other laws.
12. The issue of a permit or a licence according to regulations
3, 4 and 5 shall not exempt the holder of such a permit or licence
from the obligation of obtaining any other permit or licence which
may be required under any other law.
Inspections and 
tests.
13. (1) The owner or owners of the swimming pool shall make
good any expenses incurred by the Corporation to carry out all the
necessary inspections and tests by any person authorised by it to do
so in order to establish:
( a ) the quality of the water in the swimming pool;
( b ) that the swimming pool, equipment and pipe-work for
same, cisterns (if any) and sumps serving such pool are
completely water-tight and conform to these
regulations;
( c ) any other fact which may need to be established so as
to ascertain that the pool is constructed and being
operated according to these regulations.
(2) Such inspections and tests are to be carried out whenever
deemed necessary by the Corporation.
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SCHEDULE
(Regulation 7)
Fees to be paid by the applicant to the Water Services Corporation for the issue or 
renewal of a permit to construct or for a licence to operate or use a swimming pool.
For a swimming pool used solely and exclusively by
the applicant and his family:
(i) with fresh water .............................................. Lm1 per m 3  capacity
(ii) with sea water according to regulation 6(2) ..... Lm25
For a swimming pool used solely and exclusively by
a philantropic society ................................................... nil
For any other swimming pool:
( a ) used with fresh water ...................................... Lm1.50 per m 3  capacity:
So, however, that the fee shall not exceed Lm1 ,000;
( b ) used with sea water according to regulation
6(2) ............................................................................. Lm150.
