Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 246DG

246DG Requirements for pool safety inspectors

(1) The chief executive may approve requirements for pool safety inspectors who are not building certifiers.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the requirements may comprise successful completion of a course of training or a test or both.

(3) The chief executive may amend or replace an approval under this section.

(4) The chief executive must publish a notice of an approval, or the amendment or replacement of an approval, on the department’s website.

(5) The notice must state the day the approval, or the amendment or replacement of the approval, takes effect.

(6) The day stated in the notice must not be earlier than the day the notice is published.

(7) During the relevant period following the amendment or replacement of an approval, both of the following are taken to be approved requirements for pool safety inspectors who are not building certifiers—

(a) the approved requirements as in effect immediately before the amendment or replacement takes effect;

(b) the approved requirements as amended or replaced.

(8) For subsection (7) , the
"relevant period" is—

(a) the period stated in the notice of the amendment or replacement of the approval; or

(b) if no period is stated in the notice of the amendment or replacement of the approval—6 months after the day the notice is published.