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Newfoundland Regulation 1997 Public Pools Regulations (Amendment) (Filed May
15, 1997) Under the
authority of section 11 of the Public
Health Act, I make the following regulations. Dated at Lloyd Matthews REGULATIONS Analysis 1. S.6
Amdt. 2. S.
8 Amdt. 3. S.10
Amdt. 4. S.12
R&S 5. S.14
Amdt. 6. S.16
Amdt. CNR 1023/96 1. Subsection 6(1) of the Public Pools Regulations is amended by deleting the phrase
"or another officer". 2. Paragraph 8(g) of the regulations is amended by
adding immediately after the word "cover" the phrase "to prevent
accidental entrapment of bathers". 3. Subsection 10(10) of the regulations is
repealed and the following substituted: (10) A
deck along the egress side of a receiving pool shall have non-slip surfaces and
be sloped away from the receiving pool to drainage or to deck drains and a deck
at the entrance to the top of a water slide flume shall be non-slip and drained
in a similar manner. 4. Section 12 of the regulations is repealed and
the following substituted: Disinfection 12. (1)
Where disinfecting of water is provided by means of compressed gas, the gas
storage room and equipment shall comply with these regulations. (2) So
far as practicable, the gas storage room shall be located wholly above ground
level with an exit door leading directly to the open air, and the walls shall
contain screened openings to the open air at floor and ceiling levels. (3) The
gas storage room shall be provided with emergency mechanical ventilation having
sufficient capacity to produce 30 air changes per hour by means of suction at
floor level and that ventilation system shall discharge directly to the open
air. (4) There
shall be provided for use by a person operating the gas equipment a
satisfactory self-contained or air supplied respiratory protective device
located immediately outside the area of probable contamination and located
within a dust tight cabinet to which access may be obtained without a key. (5) Gas
cylinders shall be anchored, and valve protection hoods shall be kept in place
when the cylinder is not connected to the disinfecting equipment. (6) All
disinfecting equipment shall be installed and maintained in good condition and
operated by or under the supervision of a responsible and experienced person
trained in the operation of disinfection equipment. 5. Subsection 14(2) of the regulations is amended
by deleting the phrase "pool surface area" and substituting the
phrase "area of the pool surface". 6. (1) Subsection 16(4) of the regulations is
amended by adding the word "currently" immediately before the phrase
"trained in Emergency First Aid". (2) Paragraph
16(15)(b) of the regulations is amended by deleting the figure "(11)"
and substituting the figure "(14)". (3) Paragraph
16(15)(c) of the regulations is amended by deleting the phrase "and that
sign shall be" and substituting the phrase "with the wording". (4) Subsection
16(19) of the regulations is amended by deleting the phrase "a modified
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