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Faros Beach · Kato Paphos

Pool Regulations

Draft · For committee approval

A Practical Guide for Pool Users

The Faros Beach swimming pool is provided for the enjoyment of owners, residents, tenants and their guests.

These Pool Regulations bring together the legal obligations placed on bathers by the Cyprus Swimming Pool Regulations of 2025 and the practical safety and hygiene arrangements applying at Faros Beach.

The official poolside notice displayed in Greek and English remains the formal statutory notice. This online guide does not replace that notice, the Swimming Pool Law of 2025, K.D.P. 231/2025 or any instruction issued by a competent authority.

Everyone using the pool or poolside area is asked to read and follow these rules.

1

Who May Use the Pool

The pool is intended for owners, residents, tenants and invited guests associated with an apartment at Faros Beach.

Guests must follow the same safety, hygiene and conduct requirements as residents.

Owners, residents and tenants are responsible for making sure that the people they invite understand the pool rules.

The pool must not be used for external commercial activities, organised lessons, events or admission of members of the public unless the necessary permission has first been obtained.

Please observe any maximum capacity displayed at the pool and avoid entering when the area is already crowded. The 2025 Regulations require the maximum permitted number of bathers to be calculated and displayed.

2

Opening Hours and Temporary Closure

The pool may be used only during the opening hours displayed at the pool entrance.

The current opening hours are 08:00 to 20:00.

The pool must not be used after dark, outside the displayed hours or whenever a closure notice or barrier is in place.

The pool may be closed temporarily because of maintenance, water quality, contamination, severe weather, equipment failure or another health or safety concern.

Please do not enter the water or remove a closure notice until the pool has officially reopened.

3

Health and Fitness to Swim

All pool users must be healthy enough to swim safely and must use the pool and its facilities properly.

Anyone suffering from a communicable illness must not enter the pool.

People with skin conditions, abrasions or wounds should avoid entering because of the risk of infection.

Please do not swim if you are experiencing vomiting, diarrhoea, fever or another illness that could affect the health of other users.

Anyone who becomes unwell while swimming should leave the water immediately and seek appropriate assistance. These health requirements reflect the mandatory bather obligations in the Fourth Appendix of K.D.P. 231/2025.

4

Shower Before Swimming

Every bather must shower before entering the pool.

Please shower again before re-entering after using sun cream, exercising, eating or leaving the pool area for an extended period.

Showering helps protect water quality and reduces the amount of perspiration, cosmetics, oils and other substances entering the water.

5

Suitable Swimwear

The pool may be used only while wearing clean swimwear intended for aquatic use.

Ordinary clothing and shoes must not be worn in the water.

Swimwear designed to provide greater body coverage is welcome, provided that it is made for swimming and does not create a safety risk.

Children who are not fully toilet trained should wear a suitable swim nappy.

6

Children and Supervision

Children under the age of ten must be accompanied and actively supervised by a parent or guardian while using the swimming pool.

Appropriate flotation aids must be provided before children under ten enter the pool, as required by the 2025 Pool Regulations.

Supervision should be close and continuous. Watching from an apartment, balcony or distant sun lounger is not sufficient.

Older children who cannot swim confidently should also remain under close adult supervision.

Flotation aids can support a child but do not replace active supervision.

7

Safe Behaviour

Running is not permitted around the pool.

Diving is not permitted.

Dangerous or excessively vigorous games are not permitted in the water.

Please do not push, fight, race, jump or swing from the bridge or pool edge.

Ball games are not permitted in or around the pool area.

Inflatables and swimming toys must be used considerately and must not obstruct other swimmers, create overcrowding or interfere with visibility across the pool.

Do not sit, climb or play on rescue equipment, safety signs, lighting, plant equipment or other pool installations.

The statutory rules expressly prohibit running, diving and dangerous games.

8

Glass and Breakable Items

Glass bottles, glasses, jars, ashtrays and other breakable items are not permitted in the pool or poolside area.

Please use safe, unbreakable containers.

Broken glass can require the pool to be closed and drained and can create a serious hidden danger to swimmers.

9

Food and Pool Cleanliness

Please keep food and chewing gum away from the immediate pool edge and out of the water.

Do not spit, urinate or dispose of food, drinks, cigarettes, litter or any other substance in the pool.

Please clean up immediately after eating or drinking and place all waste in the appropriate bin.

Personal toys, lilos, towels and other belongings should be removed when leaving the pool area.

10

Alcohol, Medication and Safe Swimming

Do not enter the pool if alcohol, medication, drugs, illness or another condition has impaired your judgement, balance or ability to swim safely.

Anyone responsible for supervising a child must remain alert and capable of responding immediately.

Alcohol must never be used as a reason to ignore the pool rules or behave in a way that disturbs or endangers other users.

11

Animals

Animals must not enter the swimming pool.

An assistance animal may remain with its handler in an appropriate poolside location but must remain under control and outside the pool water.

Owners and handlers are responsible for maintaining hygiene and preventing disturbance to other pool users.

The prohibition against animals entering the swimming pool forms part of the official 2025 bather obligations.

12

Water Quality and Maintenance

Please do not enter the pool if the water appears unusually cloudy, discoloured or contaminated, or if you cannot clearly see the bottom.

Report suspected contamination, damaged equipment, exposed electrical items, loose tiles or another safety concern immediately.

Do not enter the plant room or interfere with pumps, filters, dosing equipment, valves, electrical equipment or testing instruments.

Water quality is monitored and the pool may be closed when testing, treatment or maintenance is required. The 2025 Regulations require appropriate chemical and microbiological water quality, including regular microbiological testing.

13

Rescue Equipment and Emergencies

Rescue equipment and first aid supplies are provided for emergencies and must not be moved, played with or misused.

In a serious emergency, call 112 and provide the name and location of Faros Beach Apartments.

Alert other people nearby and use rescue equipment only where it is safe to do so.

The presence of other residents, contractors or maintenance staff does not replace parental supervision or each swimmer’s responsibility to act safely.

All accidents, injuries and significant incidents should be reported to the Management Committee as soon as reasonably possible.

The 2025 Regulations require suitable rescue equipment, first aid materials and emergency contact information to be available at swimming pools.

14

Following Instructions

Please follow any reasonable safety or hygiene instruction given by the pool responsible person, an authorised contractor, the Management Committee or a competent public authority.

A person who does not comply with the statutory requirements applying to bathers or visitors may be refused admission or asked to leave the pool.

A person creating an immediate health or safety risk may also be asked to stop the activity and leave the pool area.

Any longer term matter involving an owner or lawful occupier will be addressed through the owner and the procedures available under applicable law and regulations.

Thank You

Thank you for helping to keep the Faros Beach swimming pool safe, clean and enjoyable.

Please take a moment to read the official notices displayed at the pool and help children and guests understand the rules before they enter the water.