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shall inspect the swimming pool before giving their recommendations in writing to the
Chairman of the Committee.
(5) The Chairman of the Committee shall issue or refuse to issue a No Objection
Certificate to operate the swimming pool based on the recommendations of the members of
the Committee. Where the Chairman of the Committee refuses to issue No Objection
Certificate, he shall give reasons in writing for such refusal.
5. Inspection of Swimming Pool.—Regular and random inspections of swimming
pools shall be carried out by the Executive Authority and the Inspecting Authority. If the
Executive Authority finds out any defects in a swimming pool during such inspection, he
shall issue a show cause notice to the owner or occupier of that swimming pool and he may
also specify a period within which the defects are to be rectified. The reply to the show cause
notice shall be submitted within seven days from the date of receipt of the notice or within
the time prescribed, if any, in the show cause notice. The Executive Authority may order
suspension of usage of the swimming pool even before the receipt of the reply for the show
cause notice. He may also suspend the usage of the swimming pool, if the defects pointed
out in the show cause notice are not rectified within the time given in the notice or on the
advice of the inspection Authority. If the inspection carried out by any Inspecting Authority
reveals any defects, he shall intimate the same to the Executive Authority immediately and
the Executive Authority shall take further action as prescribed above. After rectification of
the defects, the Executive Authority may allow operation of the swimming pool after getting
the report from the respective Inspecting Authority The defects shall be categorized as
construction and Civil wrk, water Quality (Health & Sanitation) and Fire & Rescue Safety.
6. Appeal.— Any person aggrieved by the order of the Executive Authority / Competent
Authority under clause (b) of sub-rule (2) of rule 3 or sub-rule (4) of rule 3 shall make an
appeal to the Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department within
a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the order. The decision on order of the
revisionary authority shall be final.
7. General provision for penalty, punishment of offences.— whoever contravenes any
of the provisions of these rules, shall be imposed with a penalty of Rs.100 shall be levied. If
such contravention of rules is repeated by the owner or occupier of the swimming pool, the
usage of the pool shall be suspended by the Executive Authority immediately on its notice
till the violation is rectified.
8. Existing Swimming Pool.— In respect of existing swimming pools for which
approvals are issued prior to 07.07.2015 there is no requirement of obtaining a separate
NoC for operation of swimming pool.
9. Dimensions.- (1) A Swimming pool may be of any shape and of any dimension.
However, in case of swimming pools in Educational Institutions, their dimensions and shape
shall be as mentioned below:-
(a) The shape shall be rectangular only; and
(b) The dimensions shall be:-
(i) category-I: 50m x 25m;
(ii) category-II: 25m x 16m;
(iii) category-III: 15m x 10m; or
(iv) category-IV: 10m x 6m.
(2) In case, a pool is designed to have zero depth edge, the transition from
shallow to zero depth should be a distance over and above the minimum pool
dimension.
10.
Structure.—(1) In case of educational institutions, there shall be swimming pool-in
ground only and there shall be no pool-on ground or suspended pool.
(2) The prospective New Swimming Pool shall be so designed that it shall
withstand all anticipated hydraulic structural loadings for both full and empty
conditions. All appurtenances to the pool, such as diving boards and slides, shall be