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Notice 1593 of 1970: Transvaal Provincial Gazette vol 212 no 3488 dated 30 December 1970

Transvaal Provincial GovernmentRef: provincial-gazette-ZA-transvaal-vol-212-no-3488#nADMIN-1593

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Source domain: archive.opengazettes.org.za

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What this means

The document is a government gazette entry announcing that Louis Trichardt Municipality adopted standard by-laws regulating safeguarding of swimming pools and excavations, with an added exemption provision for certain non-dangerous pools. It includes the Administrator's notice publishing the adoption and a related notice in Afrikaans confirming the same. It also contains a brief note about a Johannesburg town-planning amendment approval, dated 30 December 1970.

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exemption from local regulationsOngoing

Exemption from swimming pool and excavation safeguarding by-laws

Owners or occupiers of swimming pools, holes, wells, pits, excavations, ponds, or similar structures in Louis Trichardt may apply for exemption if the structure does not pose a danger to children under four years old. The council may grant the exemption after investigation and subject to any conditions it deems fit.

Who it is for: owners or occupiers of swimming pools or excavations in Louis Trichardt
How to act on it: Apply to the Town Council of Louis Trichardt after conducting a thorough investigation to determine whether the structure poses no danger to children under four years old.

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7. Where the Council, after thorough investigation, has good reason to believe that a swimming pool, hole, well, pit, excavation, pond and the like contemplated in section 2 does not constitute a danger or a potential danger for safety of children under the age of four years. it may, upon application by the owner or occupier of such premises and subject to such conditions, if any, as it deems fit. exempt such swimming pool, hole, well, pit, excavation, pond and the like from the provisions of these by-laws.

Facts

Places

City of Johannesburg, Gauteng

Reference

provincial-gazette-ZA-transvaal-vol-212-no-3488#nADMIN-1593

Key Takeaways

entity: Louis Trichardt Municipality
subject: Standard By-Laws Regulating the Safeguarding of Swimming Pools and Excavations
section added: 7
exemption condition: Pools/excavations not dangerous to children under four may be exempted on owner/occupier application
reference notice: Administrator's Notice 423 (22 April 1970) amended by addition of section 7
administrative action: adoption under Local Government Ordinance 1939, section 96bis(2)
date: 30 December 1970
Afrikaans version: Administrateurskennisgewing 1592
Johannesburg amendment: Town Planning Scheme No. 1, 1946 amended per Dorpsbeplanning and Dorpe Ordinance 1965

Dates

Opening Date

30 December 1970