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Dripool proves the safety of their covers with
an illustration of the weight a cover can take.
Says Ian McMath of Dripool: ”Safety around
swimming pools is as important as safety
around the house.”
Boom time in the business of
safer pools
Stricter and more formal laws governing safety around swimming pools
are likely to make a big impact in the next few years. An already strong
business in safety pool covers in the UK is likely to be enhanced as
European Union demands to bring more international type regulations for
better child safety and anti-entrapment laws are adopted
afety measures in and around the regulations on a comparable level with “It can’t be too long before the EU
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UK’s swimming pools could move pool safety laws in Australia, the United looks at imposing many aspects of public
to being a legal requirement within States, South Africa and other parts of safety issues across boundaries. There have
the next three years. Europe is already being seen as a potential already been discussions in Brussels which
One consumer lawyer has already boost for the specialist trade. suggest common EU regulations.
suggested that European law is moving Richard Shinwell, a Manchester based “Laws which have succeeded and been
toward Britain having to follow for European consumer law specialist, says accepted in France and Spain could be
example France where safety covers are a that the move toward equity for safety introduced into the UK without too much
legal requirement. regulations across Europe is already well hindrance. Safety is now being seen as a
Any such move which will only get UK advanced. truly international requirement.”
“LAWS WHICH HAVE SUCCEEDED AND BEEN ACCEPTED IN
FRANCE AND SPAIN COULD BE INTRODUCED INTO THE UK
WITHOUT TOO MUCH HINDRANCE. SAFETY IS NOW BEING
SEEN AS A TRULY INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENT”
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