HAZARDS ON PROPERTY
Protection Of Public Under common law, persons who had recognised hazards on their land had a responsibility to see that reasonable measures were taken to protect the public, said the chairman (Mr D. B. Rich) at a meeting of the Waimairi County Council last evening. He was commenting on a letter from Mrs M. Tasker, of 140 Condell Avenue, who asked the council whether it did not feel the time had arrived to pass a by-law to protect persons from hazards arising from swimming pools on private sections. Mrs Tasker referred to the recent drowning of a child in a pool at Rossiter Avenue, and said that the accident had apparently occurred because a gate was left open and a child had wandered into the pool. Mr Rich said he did not see how it would be possible to frame a by-law to protect persons from the many potential hazards in the community. After the chief building inspector (Mr E. Hughes) had said that there were no formal requirements for the siting of swimming pools, the county engineer (Mr A. J. W. Lamb) was asked to investigate.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31864, 17 December 1968, Page 1
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