Victorian Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 147C

The owner of the land on which a swimming pool or spa is located must ensure that one or more of the following barriers are in place to restrict access to the part of the land on which the swimming pool or spa is located—

        (a)     a wall of a building, but only if—

              (i)     any door or gate in the wall complies with regulation 147D; and

              (ii)     any openable part of any window in the wall complies with regulation 147E ;

        (b)     a fence and gate complying with AS 1926.1—1993 Swimming pool safety Part 1: Fencing for swimming pools, published 26 July 1993 as in force or as issued from time to time;

        (c)     a paling or imperforate fence if—

              (i)     it is at least 1·5 m in height measured above the ground level on the approach side; and

              (ii)     any door or gate in the fence complies with regulation 147D.

Penalty:     50 penalty units.

Reg. 147D inserted by S.R. No. 116/2019 reg. 11.