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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Public Health Act 1997 INSTRUMENT NO. 260 OF 1999 DETERMINATION OF CODE OF PRACTICE Pursuant to Section 133 of the Public Health Act 1997,1, MICHAEL JOHN MOORE, Minister for Health and Community Care, do by this instrument, hereby determine that the Public Swimming and Spa Pools Code of Practice to be Code of Practice for the purposes of the Public Health Act 1997. DATED this 261H day of October 1999 Michael Moore Minister for Health and Community Care Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel-also accessible at .au AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Public Health Act 1997 IINSTRUMENT NO. 260 OF 1999 Determination of a Code of Practice for the Operation of Swimming and Spa Pools Section 133(1) of the Public Health Act 1997 (the Act) provides that the Minister may, by instrument, determine Codes of Practice setting minimum standards or guidelines for the purposes of the Act. Section 133(2) of the Act provides that the Code of Practice may apply, adopt, incorporate any matter contained in the instrument or other writing as in force from time to time. This instrument declares the Swimming and Spa Pools Code of Practice to be a Code of Practice for the purposes of the Act. Any Code of Practice determined under Section 133 is enforceable through the Act. Legal proceedings may follow for failure to comply with Codes of Practice. A determination under Section 133 of the Act is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of Section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989. Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel-also accessible at .au ACT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE A CODE OF PRACTICE TO MINIMISE THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS FROM SWIM