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[接上页] (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. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(h), the number of persons who may be accommodated in any swimming pool shall be based on the maximum capacity of the pool and determined at the rate of one person for every 3 m2 of the water surface of the pool. (L.N. 89 of 1979) (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132CA s 7 Restriction on alterations after grant of a licence After the grant or renewal of any such licence, no licensee shall, save with the permission in writing of the Director, cause or permit to be made in respect of the swimming pool to which the licence relates- (a) any alteration or addition which would result in a material deviation for the plan approved under section 5; or (b) any material alteration in respect of any matter referred to in section 6. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132CA s 8 Safety precautions relating to electrical equipment No person shall place, or permit to be placed, any electrical equipment, fitting or wiring in such a position that it is likely to- (a) come into contact with the water in any swimming pool; or (b) be accessible to any person bathing in any swimming pool or standing on any part of the sidewalk surrounding any swimming pool or on any diving board, chute or other like structure used by bathers. Cap 132CA s 9 Changing of water Every licensee of a swimming pool shall, at all times during which the swimming pool is in use by bathers, cause the water therein to be completely changed by circulation through a filtration system or by renewal from source- (a) in the case of a covered pool, not less than once in every 4 hours; and (b) in the case of an open air pool, not less than once in every 6 hours. Cap 132CA s 10 Quality of water A licensee of a swimming pool shall cause the water in the swimming pool to be maintained to- (a) a standard of bacteriological quality, such that- (i) Escherichia coli is absent in pool water samples of 100 mL each, taken at any time at any location in the swimming pool; and (ii) the total bacterial count as determined by the 48-hour plate count method at 37OC does not exceed 200 bacteria per mL of pool water sample taken at any time at any location in the swimming pool; and(b) a standard of clarity, such that- (i) the turbidity of water as expressed in Nephelometric Turbidity Units does not exceed 5; and (ii) the colour of water as expressed in Hazen Units does not exceed 5; and(c) a standard of pH value of not less than 7.0 and not more than 7.8. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132CA s 11 Annual emptying of swimming pools Every licensee of a swimming pool shall cause the pool to be emptied of water and thoroughly cleaned not less than once in every year and at such other times as the Director may require by notice in writing served upon the licensee. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132CA s 12 Life saving and first aid attendants Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 59 of 2000 s. 3 Every licensee of a swimming pool shall cause to be in attendance at the pool, at all times during which such pool is open to bathers, not less than 2 life saving attendants possessing valid certificates of competency in life saving and first aid issued by an association approved by the Director for that purpose and certifying a standard of competency not less than that of a holder of the bronze medallion of the Hong Kong Life Saving Society: |