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BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 147R

Relevant council must give a notice to the applicant of registration of swimming pool or spa and certain other matters

    (1)     After registering a swimming pool or spa on the register, the relevant council must give a notice in writing to the applicant for registration of the swimming pool or spa of the following matters—

        (a)     that the swimming pool or spa has been registered;

        (b)     the date of construction of the swimming pool or spa determined under regulation 147T;

        (c)     the applicable barrier standard for the swimming pool or spa barrier;

        (d)     that the owner of the land may appeal to the Building Appeals Board under section 144(2) of the Act against a determination by the relevant council of the date of construction of the swimming pool or spa within 30 days after the owner receives the determination;

        (e)     for a swimming pool or spa registered under regulation 147L, the date by which the first certificate of pool and spa barrier compliance is required to be lodged with the relevant council;

        (f)     for a swimming pool or spa registered under regulation 147M, the date by which the next certificate of pool and spa barrier compliance is required to be lodged with the relevant council;

        (g)     for a relocatable swimming pool or relocatable spa registered under regulation 147N, the date by which the first certificate of pool and spa barrier compliance is required to be lodged with the relevant council.

    (2)     For the purposes of subregulation (1)(e), the date specified in the notice must be—

Reg. 147R(2)(a) amended by S.R. Nos 42/2020 reg. 7(1), 128/2021 reg. 4(1).

        (a)     1 June 2022, for a swimming pool or spa with a date of construction on or before 30 June 1994; or

Reg. 147R(2)(b) amended by S.R. Nos 42/2020 reg. 7(2), 128/2021 reg. 4(2).

        (b)     1 June 2023, for a swimming pool or spa with a date of construction on or after 1 July 1994 and before 1 May 2010; or

Reg. 147R(2)(c) amended by S.R. Nos 42/2020 reg. 7(3), 128/2021 reg. 4(3).

        (c)     1 June 2024, for a swimming pool or spa with a date of construction on or after 1 May 2010.

    (3)     For the purposes of subregulation (1)(f), the date specified in the notice must be 4 years after the date that the first certificate of pool and spa barrier compliance was lodged with the relevant council.

    (4)     For the purposes of subregulation (1)(g), the relevant council must specify a date that is no later than 30 days after the date that the relocatable swimming pool or relocatable spa was registered with that council.

Reg. 147R(5) amended by S.R. Nos 42/2020 reg. 7(4), 128/2021 reg. 4(4).

    (5)     Despite subregulation (1), if a relevant council is satisfied that a registered swimming pool or registered spa (other than a relocatable swimming pool or relocatable spa) was constructed before 1 November 2020 without a building permit in force, the relevant council may specify in the notice under subregulation (1) a date that is no earlier than 1 June 2022.

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



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