Queensland Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATION 2006 - SCHEDULE 2C

SCHEDULE 2C – Repairs, maintenance and other work for regulated pools

1 Repairs and maintenance of barriers for a regulated pool

(1) Repairing or adjusting part of the existing barriers for a regulated pool is prescribed if—

(a) the repairing or adjusting of the part is carried out to comply with the pool safety standard; and

(b) the part repaired or adjusted is no longer than a total of 2.4m and includes no more than 2 posts.

(2) Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to the following repairs or maintenance to a barrier for a regulated pool—

(a) reducing a gap under the barriers for the pool other than by lowering the panels or palings of the barriers;

Example of reducing a gap under the barriers for the pool—

laying paving to reduce the gap under the barriers

(b) increasing the height of the barriers for a regulated pool other than by raising the panels or palings of the barriers;

Example of increasing the height of the barriers for the pool—

installing capping along the top of the barriers

(c) installing shielding material;

(d) work mentioned in section 5 of this schedule.

(3) The work prescribed in subsection (1) includes the following—

(a) repairing, replacing or adjusting loose or damaged palings for the barriers for the pool;

(b) raising the panels of the barriers for the pool to increase the height of the barriers;

(c) lowering panels of the barriers for the pool to reduce a gap under the barriers;

(d) replacing brackets or other fixings for panels of the barriers for the pool.

2 Repairs of gates

(1) Repairing, replacing or adjusting a gate in the barriers for a regulated pool is prescribed if the repairing, replacing or adjusting of the gate is carried out to comply with the pool safety standard.

(2) The work prescribed in subsection (1) includes the following—

(a) replacing, adjusting or installing strikers or latches;

(b) tightening, adjusting or installing hinges to ensure they are capable of holding the gate;

(c) tightening, adjusting or installing a self-closing mechanism on a gate to ensure the gate self-closes;

(d) replacing, repairing, adjusting or installing hinges to ensure a gate self-closes;

(e) making alterations to a gate to change the direction of the gate’s swing.

3 Repairs of protected windows and doors

(1) Protecting a window or door for a regulated pool is prescribed if the protecting of the window or door is carried out to comply with the pool safety standard.

(2) The work prescribed in subsection (1) includes the following—

(a) permanently disabling a window or door opening;

(b) stopping a window or door from opening more than 100mm;

(c) installing a security screen for a window or door;

(d) inserting rivets, screws or chocks in windows;

(e) removing tracks and running gear from a window or door.

4 Non-climbable zone works

(1) Work to protect the barriers for a regulated pool, including the fencing or a gate for the pool, or an object adjacent to the barriers, is prescribed if the work is carried out to ensure a person is not able to climb the barriers for the pool.

(2) The work prescribed in subsection (1) includes the following—

(a) installing shielding material that is suitably durable to protect footholds in the barriers for the pool;

(b) removing a climbable object adjoining the barriers for the pool;

(c) installing shielding material that is suitably durable on a part of the barriers for the pool that adjoins a retaining wall;

(d) closing gaps between a part of the barriers for the pool and another part of the barriers for the pool or a dividing fence for the land;

(e) installing material to make the barriers for the pool non-climbable;

(f) installing shielding material that is suitably durable in front of a latch on a gate;

(g) removing or shielding footholes or other climbable objects that affect the barriers for the pool;

(h) trimming or removing trees, branches or vegetation on or adjoining the barriers for the pool.

5 Work for barriers for regulated pools in particular circumstances

(1) The following work is prescribed in relation to a regulated pool if the matters in subsection (2) are satisfied—

(a) constructing a fence that forms the whole or part of a barrier for the regulated pool;

(b) repairing, replacing or adjusting an existing fence that forms the whole or part of a barrier for the regulated pool.

(2) For subsection (1) , the matters are—

(a) either—

(i) the only part of the building assessment provisions that applies to the work is the pool safety standard; or

(ii) both of the following apply—

(A) the pool safety standard and any other part of the building assessment provisions apply to the work;

(B) the work would be accepted building work if only that other part of the building assessment provisions applied to the work; and

(b) either of the following applies—

(i) the fence is no higher than 2m above its natural ground surface;

(ii) if the fence is situated on an existing retaining wall, on part of an existing class 1a or class 10 building or on another existing structure—the fence is no higher than 2m above the wall, building or structure and no part of the fence that is higher than 2m above its natural ground surface is within 1.5m of a boundary; and

Note—

See QDC, MP 1.1, MP 1.2 and MP 1.3 for siting requirements for buildings and structures.

(c) either—

(i) the work is carried out during the reinspection period stated in a nonconformity notice given for the regulated pool; or

(ii) the regulated pool is a specified pool in relation to which no nonconformity notice has been given and, before the work commences, the owner of the regulated pool has arranged for an inspection of the pool by a pool safety inspector on a day that is not more than 3 months after the day the owner arranged the inspection.

Note—

If work prescribed under this section is carried out in relation to a regulated pool, the owner of the pool must ensure the pool is inspected in the way required under section 16DA .