Town Police Clauses Act, 1847

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Byelaws for regulating public bathing-places.

69. Where any part of the sea-shore or strand of any river used as a public bathing-place is within the limits of the special Act, the commissioners may make byelaws for the following purposes; (that is to say,)

For fixing the stands of bathing machines on the sea-shore or strand, and the limits within which persons of each sex shall be set down for bathing, and within which persons shall bathe:

For preventing any indecent exposure of the persons of the bathers:

For regulating the manner in which the bathing machines shall be used, and the charges to be made for the same:

For regulating the distance at which boats and vessels let to hire for the purpose of sailing or rowing for pleasure shall be kept from persons bathing within the prescribed limits.