Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 38AA

38AA Swimming pool safety

(1) A local government must not make a local law that regulates—

(a) the construction or maintenance of barriers for a regulated pool; or

(b) a matter for ensuring the safety of persons using a regulated pool and prescribed under the Building Act , section 231D (1) , definition pool safety standard , paragraph (b) .

(2) If a local law that is in force before the commencement of this section contains a provision that regulates a matter mentioned in subsection (1) , the local government—

(a) must not amend the provision after the commencement; and

(b) must repeal the provision by 1 January 2017.

(3) A local law, to the extent that it is contrary to this section, has no effect.

(4) In this section—

"barriers" , for a regulated pool, includes any of the following—

(a) the fencing for the pool;

(b) the walls of a building enclosing the pool;

(c) another form of barrier mentioned or provided for in the pool safety standard under the Building Act .