{
 "answer": "The Regional municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Halifax Regional Municipality Swimming Pool By-law S-700, verified 2026-09-27.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003141",
 "municipality": "Halifax",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.halifax.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Halifax Regional Municipality Swimming Pool By-law S-700",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2002-01-22",
   "document_url": "https://www.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/city-hall/legislation-by-laws/By-lawS-700.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires every outdoor swimming pool to be enclosed to prevent unauthorized access: a vertical barrier at least 5 ft (1.5 m) high, no openings over 4 in wide, self-closing/self-latching gates. Amended most recently effective September 26, 2020 to close a Section 4 gap.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "afe75d7c3fb72180bcf9a596d587459794b850aec4f276ad9edcb58adf28f96e",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "S-700",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/afe75d7c3fb72180bcf9a596d587459794b850aec4f276ad9edcb58adf28f96e.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "pool_enclosure": "Pools completely separated by fence, building, deck; minimum height five feet; no opening exceeding four inches; no member facilitate climbing; gates self closing, self latching."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 7(1), (2), (4)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/halifax/fences/bylaw-s-700/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/halifax/fences/"
}