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ACT 6 — Swimming Pool Construction
Application:
This requirement is to be applied in conjunction with Part 3.9.3.
Indoor or outdoor permanent bathing, wading and swimming pools must—
where the capacity of the pool exceeds 10 m3—
be of the recirculation type in which the water circulation is maintained through the pool by pumps, the water drawn from the pool being clarified and disinfected before being returned to the pool; and
have means of egress provided in the form of ladders, steps in the floor of the pool or a ramp; and
be capable of being completely emptied and any discharge or overflow and pool backwash filter must be connected to the sewer drainage system.