S-3.1.02 - The Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act

Updated to 17 June 2009

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chapter S-3.1.02

The Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act

1. The object of this Act is to promote the protection of persons by creating a uniform framework governing residential swimming pool safety.

To that end, the Government may, by regulation,

(1)  set residential swimming pool safety standards; and

(2)  determine when non-compliance with a standard set under subparagraph 1 constitutes an offence and establish the fines for such offences.

The first regulation made under the second paragraph must be examined by the competent committee of the National Assembly before it is adopted by the Government.

2007, c. 11, s. 1.

2. Local municipalities are to be responsible for ensuring compliance with the regulation made under section 1.

2007, c. 11, s. 2.

3. This Act does not prevent a local municipality from adopting safety standards stricter than those set out in the regulation made under section 1, provided they are not incompatible with them.

A municipal by-law containing a standard that is less strict than the standard set by the regulation made under section 1 is deemed to have been amended, and the standard set out in the by-law is deemed to have been replaced by the standard set by the regulation made under section 1.

2007, c. 11, s. 3.

4. The Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy is responsible for the administration of this Act.

2007, c. 11, s. 4; 2009, c. 26, s. 109.

5. (Omitted).

2007, c. 11, s. 5.

REPEAL SCHEDULE

In accordance with section 9 of the Act respecting the consolidation of the statutes and regulations (chapter R-3), chapter 11 of the statutes of 2007, in force on 1 August 2008, is repealed, except section 5, effective from the coming into force of chapter S-3.1.02 of the Revised Statutes.