Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

SWIMMING POOL SAFETY ACT 2004 - SECT 6

    (1)     A swimming pool is an excavation, structure or vessel (including a spa bath outside a building and a spa pool) that:

        (a)     is capable of being filled with water to a depth of 300 millimetres or more at the deepest point of the swimming pool; and

        (b)     is used, or is designed, manufactured or adapted to be used, solely or principally for swimming, wading, paddling or another human aquatic activity.

    (2)     A swimming pool does not include any of the following structures:

        (a)     a spa bath within a building;

        (b)     a structure within a bathroom that is within a building;

        (c)     a structure within a building to which all points of entry consist of doors, gates or windows that are self-closing and self-latching;

        (d)     a structure that is exempted by the Regulations from the application of this Act.

    (3)     A reference in this Act to a swimming pool includes a reference to the swimming pool barrier, unless the contrary intention appears.