31Existing complying swimming pools may continue to comply with earlier standards

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 as in force immediately before the repeal of that Regulation.

(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 (as an alternative to compliance on the basis of the requirements of Part 2 of this Regulation).

(3) However, this clause does not apply to—

(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

(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.