S.L. 465.2 Art. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Public Health Act;

"authorised officer" means any duly qualified person authorised by the competent authority to carry out any functions under the Act and includes any nominated officer; "competent authority" means the Superintendent of Public Health; "responsible person" means the person responsible for swimming pool and includes, in his absence, such employee or other person, being the senior employee or person present, engaged in operating the swimming pool at the time; such senior employee or person shall be presumed to be acting on the authority of the person responsible unless the person responsible produces proof to the contrary; "swimming pool" means a public or commercial swimming pool which shall include any artificial basin intended for recreational bathing, swimming, diving, or therapeutic purposes which is located either indoors or outdoors and is provided with controlled water supply and which is not used or intended to be used as a pool at a single family residence unless it is used or intended to be used for commercial or business purposes and shall also include wading pools, spas, whirlpools, hot tubs, diving pools and special purpose pools; "swimming pools" includes conventional pools used or intended to be used for recreational bathing, swimming and water recreation activities;

"wading pools" includes pools principally used or intended to be used for wading and recreational bathing by small children;

"spas" includes whirlpools, hot tubs and pools used for recreational bathing which are used in conjunction with high velocity air systems, high velocity water circulation systems, hot water, cold water, mineral baths or any combination of these items; "diving pools" includes pools used only for diving or training and practice of diving techniques; and "special purpose pools" include pools used exclusively for a particular purpose, including but not limited to water flumes, pools for scuba diving instructions, therapeutic pools, hydrotherapy pools, floatation vessels and pools used in aquatic programmes for handicapped persons.