Amendments of the Public Baths Regulations (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

Regulations 1952. No. 16.

Regulations under the Public Baths Ordinance

1931-1940.*

I W I L F R E D , the Interior, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Public

S E L W Y N K E N T H U G H E S , the Minister of State for

Hflhx Ordinance 1031-1040, hereby make the following Regulations.

Dated this twenty-fourth dav of October, 1052.

y W. S. K E N T H U G H E S

Minister of State for the Interior.

A M E N D M E N T S OF T H E PUBLIC BATHS R E G U L A T I O N S .

1. After regulation 1 of the Public Baths Regulations the following

regulation is inserted :—

" 1A. I n these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Definitions

' family ' means the parents of a child or children under the age

of fifteen years and that child or those children;

' lost property ' means an article which has been, or appears to

a person finding it to have been—

(«) lost in public baths; or

(b) left in public baths by a person who is no longer in

the baths.".

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2. Regulation (5 of the Public Paths Regulations is repealed and the

following regulations are inserted in its stead:—

4.->;s;i.—PRICE 3n.

" 0.— (1.) A person who finds lost property in public baths shall u,st nrnPert>

forthwith deliver that property to the superintendent or a bath-

attendant of the baths.

t	take possession of lost property found by, or delivered to, him and shall " (2.) The superintendent or a baths attendant of public baths may
enter a description of, and particulars relating to, lost property of
which he takes possession in a register, to be known as the Lost Property Register, to be kept for the purpose.
" (3-) A person who satisfies the superintendent or a baths attendant of public baths that he is entitled to possession of lost property in the possession of the superintendent or an attendant of the baths may, upon entering his signature and address in the Lost Property Register, be given possession of the property.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 30th October, 1952.

" (4.) No action lies against the Commonwealth or against the superintendent or a baths attendant of public baths by reason of the taking or giving of possession of lost property by the superintendent or attendant pursuant to this regulation.

Sale of

unclaimed	" 6A.—(1 . ) Where lost property remains in the possession of a the date on which a description of the property was entered in the Lost Property Register, the property may be sold by public auction by an officer authorized by the Minister to conduct such sales, and, for the purpose of that sale, the Commonwealth shall be deemed to be the absolute owner of the property.
property	superintendent or a baths attendant for a period of three months after
by auction.
" (2.) The officer shall fix a time and place for the holding of the • sale and shall give notice of the sale and of that time and place ~%V advertisement published at least seven days before the date fixed for the" sale in a newspaper circulating in the Territory. *U " (3.) If lost property submitted for sale at an auction sale held
pursuant to this regulation is not sold, it may be disposed of or destroyed in such manner as the Minister directs.
" (4.) Moneys received from the sale of lost property shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
" (5.) No action lies against the Commonwealth or any person by reason of the sale, disposal or destruction of property pursuant to this regulation.".
charges for	3. Regulation 10 of the Public Baths' Regulations is amended—

admission, &c. ° °

(a) by omitting the table set out in sub-regulation (1.) and

inserting in its stead the following table:—

III Hire Hire oj' 2.

Monthly s,,s„„ i i f l.nUiiim

Ticket. Ticket. Towel. Costume. 3

•v. d. .v. d. £ s. d. 6'. d. .«. d. s. d^

Person aged 15 years

or more 0 9 10 6 1 17 6 0 6 1 0

0 ™	Mr
or

per day

o 0

per annum

Person under the age

of 15 years 0 3 3 (i 0 J"> 0 0 (> 1 0 0 3

per day

ur

5 0 \

per annum

Family 15 0 •2 12 0

(b) by omitting sub-regulations (3 . ) , (4.) and (5.) and inserting

in their stead the following sub-regulation :—

" (3.) A charge shall not be made for the admission to

public baths—

(a) of a child under the age of six years;
(b) of a school child in the care of a teacher; or

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(c) between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning and twelve o'clock noon on any day other than Saturday or Sunday, of a child under the age of fifteen years who, in the opinion of the superintendent, is in the care of a responsible person.".

4. After regulation 10 of the Public Baths Regulations the following

regulation is inserted :—

" 1 0 A . — (1.) A person who hires a bathing costume shall pay a Deposits on •deposit of One pound, a person who hires a towel shall pay a deposit of towels and Ten shillings and a person who is supplied with a key for a locker shall '"*'

pay a deposit of One shilling.

" (2.) Upon the return of the bathing costume, towel or key, as the

case may be, in good order and condition, at or before the termination of

^	the period for which the costume or towel was hired or the key was supplied, the deposit shall be refunded.".
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Ky Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra,