(1) The local authority may, by order in writing served on the owner of any
premises in or on which a swimming pool is situated, direct the owner to take,
within such reasonable time as is specified in the direction, such measures as
are so specified to ensure that the swimming pool or premises comply with the
requirements of this Part or of a condition of an exemption granted under
section 22.
(2) Such a direction is of no effect to the extent to which it
purports to impose requirements more onerous than the requirements of this
Part or of a condition of an exemption granted under section 22.
(3) A person
on whom a direction is served must not fail to comply with the requirements of
the direction.
: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.
(4) A direction does not
cease to have effect merely because there is a change in the ownership of the
premises to which the direction relates, but applies to the new owner in the
same way as it applied to the old.
(5) A direction may not be served under
this section unless the local authority has, at least 14 days before, served
on the owner of the premises a notice of intention to serve the direction.
(6) A local authority may serve a direction under this section without serving
a notice under subsection (5) if it considers that the safety of a person
would be at risk if the requirements of the direction were not carried out as
soon as possible.
