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PUBLIC BATHS AND PUBLIC BATHING ACT 1956 - SECT 17

Offences

A person shall not—

        (a)     bring into, or have in his or her possession in, any public baths any intoxicating liquor; or

        (b)     enter or remain in any public baths while in a state of intoxication; or

        (c)     behave in any public baths, to the annoyance of the public, in an unseemly, improper, riotous or offensive manner; or

        (d)     use profane, indecent or obscene language in any public baths; or

        (e)     deposit, other than in a receptacle provided for the depositing of rubbish, any broken glass or earthenware, or any article of glass, earthenware or tin, in any public baths; or

        (f)     fail to collect and deposit in a safe place all parts of any article of glass or earthenware broken by him or her in any public baths; or

        (g)     break, damage or interfere with any lock, valve, tap, pipework, machinery or apparatus of any kind, furniture, fittings, showers, conveniences or dressing rooms in any public baths; or

        (h)     damage, disfigure or write upon any part of any public baths; or

              (i)     bring into, or deposit in, any public baths any filth, rubbish or other offensive matter; or

        (j)     deposit in a pool (including a foot pool) in any public baths any soap, tobacco, matches or any article or substance that is likely to pollute the water in the pool or make that water unfit for the use for which it is intended; or

        (k)     without the consent of the manager of the baths, or, in this absence, of an attendant at the baths, bring into, or have in his or her possession in, a swimming pool of any public baths

              (i)     an article used as an aid in swimming; or

              (ii)     a ball or other article used in playing games; or

              (iii)     a toy; or

              (iv)     an article the presence of which would tend to interfere with the use of the pool by another person; or

        (l)     enter a swimming pool in any public baths

              (i)     before he or she has used the shower baths; or

              (ii)     while he or she is in an unclean condition; or

              (iii)     while he or she has on his or her person any substance which is likely to make the water in the pool discoloured or otherwise unfit for bathing; or

        (m)     cause or permit an animal belonging to, or under the control of, the person to enter or remain in—

              (i)     if the animal is a guide dog accompanying a blind person or a hearing dog accompanying a deaf person—a swimming pool in any public baths; or

              (ii)     in any other case—any public baths; or

        (n)     expectorate in any public baths except into a receptacle provided for the purpose; or

        (o)     smoke in any open space in any public baths; or

        (p)     enter or remain in any public baths while the person is knowingly suffering from a skin disease or infection; or

        (q)     seek admission, by forcible or other improper means, to a dressing room, shower or convenience in any public baths when that dressing room, shower or convenience is occupied by another person; or

        (r)     use the seats in a dressing room in any public baths for a purpose other than that for which they are provided; or

        (s)     compel another person, by forcible or other improper means, to enter a swimming pool in any public baths; or

        (t)     go upon a springboard in any public baths while another person is on that springboard; or

        (u)     climb on a part of the framework supporting a springboard in any public baths other than the ladder provided for the purpose of approaching the springboard.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     for paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (r), (t) or (u)—1 penalty unit; and

        (b)     for paragraph (g)—10 penalty units; and

        (c)     for paragraph (h), (i), (q) or (s)—5 penalty units.



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