O. Reg. 293/17: PUBLIC POOLS

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ontario regulation 293/17

made under the

Health Protection and Promotion Act

Made: July 26, 2017
Filed: July 28, 2017
Published on e-Laws: July 28, 2017
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 12, 2017

Amending Reg. 565 of R.R.O. 1990

(PUBLIC POOLS)

1. (1) Subsection 17 (2) of Regulation 565 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) Subject to subsections (3), (13), (14), (15), (16), (18), (19) and (20), every owner and every operator shall ensure that where a public pool is open for use there are on duty on the deck lifeguards and assistant lifeguards trained in the emergency procedures for the pool and in such numbers that the total provided is in accordance with either of the following Tables and the number of assistant lifeguards does not exceed the number of lifeguards:

Table 1
Minimum Number of Lifeguards FOR A PUBLIC POOL WITH A WATER SURFACE AREA OF 500 SQUARE METRES OR LESS (OTHER THAN A WAVE ACTION POOL) Where there are only Lifeguards on Duty

Number of bathers on the deck and in the pool	Minimum number of lifeguards where there are only lifeguards on duty
0 - 30	1
31 - 125	2
126 - 250	3
251 - 400	4
400 or more	One additional lifeguard for each additional 150 bathers or fraction thereof

 

Table 2
Minimum Number of Lifeguards and Assistant Lifeguards FOR A PUBLIC POOL WITH A WATER SURFACE AREA OF 500 SQUARE METRES OR LESS (OTHER THAN A WAVE ACTION POOL) Where both Lifeguards and Assistant Lifeguards are on Duty

Number of bathers on the deck and in the pool	Minimum number of lifeguards and assistant lifeguards where both are on duty
0 - 30	1
31 - 100	2
101 - 200	3
201 - 300	4
300 or more	One additional lifeguard or assistant lifeguard for each additional 100 bathers or fraction thereof

 

(2) Subsection 17 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “in the Table in subsection (2)” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “in the applicable Table in subsection (2)”.

Commencement

2. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

 

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