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This legislation has been repealed.

SWIMMING POOLS REGULATION 1998 - REG 4

Definitions

4 Definitions

(1) In this Regulation:
"AS 1926" means the standard published by the Standards Association of Australia, numbered AS 1926-1986 and titled Fences and Gates for Private Swimming Pools , as published on 4 August 1986.
"child-safe" means:
(a) in the case of a door--being of substantial construction and (when the door is locked, latched, bolted, chained or otherwise secured) having no opening below 1.5 metres above finished floor level (either in the door or between the door and the doorway) through which it is possible to pass a standard test bar, and
(b) in the case of a window--being of substantial construction and being so fixed (by means of a keyed locking device or other child-resistant device) that it has no opening through which it is possible to pass a standard test bar, and
(c) in the case of a wall--being of substantial construction, having vertical sides and having a height of at least 1.2 metres and (in the case of a wall which has above its top a gap of 105 millimetres or more) having no footholds wider than 10 millimetres within 1.1 metres of the top of the wall, and
(d) in any other case--being of substantial construction and having no opening through which it is possible to pass a standard test bar.
"Department" means the Department of Local Government.
"Director-General" means the Director-General of the Department.
"standard test bar" means a round bar having a diameter of 105 millimetres, plus or minus 1 millimetre.
"the Act" means the Swimming Pools Act 1992 .
(2) In this Regulation, a reference to finished floor level, in relation to a door or window, is a reference to the finished floor level or finished ground level at the base of the door or window.
(3) In this Regulation, a reference to a numbered form is a reference to a form so numbered set out in Schedule 1.



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