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Swimming Pools Regulation 2018
31Existing complying swimming pools may continue to comply with earlier standards
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#### 31 Existing complying swimming pools may continue to comply with earlier standards
31 Existing complying swimming pools may continue to comply with earlier standards
> > (1) This clause applies to a swimming pool the construction or installation of which was completed before 1 September 2008 and that complied with Part 2 of the [Swimming Pools Regulation 1998](/view/html/repealed/current/sl-1998-0479) as in force immediately before the repeal of that Regulation.
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> > (2) It is sufficient compliance with Part 2 of the Act for a swimming pool to comply with that Part on the basis of the requirements of Part 2 of the [Swimming Pools Regulation 1998](/view/html/repealed/current/sl-1998-0479) (as an alternative to compliance on the basis of the requirements of Part 2 of this Regulation).
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> > (3) However, this clause does not apply to—
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> > > (a) an outdoor swimming pool—if the child-resistant barrier by which access to the swimming pool is restricted is substantially altered or rebuilt, and
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> > > (b) an indoor swimming pool—if the premises in or on which the swimming pool is situated are substantially altered or rebuilt in a way that affects the means of access to the swimming pool.