New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

SWIMMING POOLS REGULATION 2018

- Made under the Swimming Pools Act 1992
- As at 28 July 2023
- Reg 503 of 2018

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Regulation
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      References to compliance with AS 1926.1--2007 or Building Code of Australia

   PART 2 - RESTRICTION OF ACCESS TO SWIMMING POOLS
   Note

           Division 1 - Outdoor swimming pools

   5.      General requirements for outdoor swimming pools
   6.      Standards required for certain swimming pools to be exempt from requirement to separate swimming pool from residential building
   7.      Standards required for swimming pools on large or waterfront properties to be exempt from requirement to surround swimming pool

           Division 2 - Indoor swimming pools and spa pools

   8.      General requirements for indoor swimming pools
   9.      Standards required to be exempt from requirement to surround spa pool

   PART 3 - WARNING NOTICES

   10.     Contents of warning notices
   11.     Legibility of warning notices

   PART 4 - EXEMPTIONS FROM BARRIER REQUIREMENTS GRANTED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES

   12.     Application for exemption
   13.     Fee for determining whether to grant exemption
   14.     Circumstances that justify an exemption
   15.     Notice concerning certain decisions on exemptions

   PART 5 - INSPECTIONS AND CERTIFICATES

   16.     Community engagement
   17.     Time for carrying out inspections
   18.     Time for entering information on Register
   19.     Fee for inspection
   20.     Notices by local authority if pool does not comply
   21.     Certificates of non-compliance if pool does not comply
   22.     Special provision relating to acquired premises
   23.     Council reporting requirements for inspections

   PART 6 - REGISTRATION OF SWIMMING POOLS

   24.     Registration information
   25.     Fee for provision of registration information
   26.     Authorised persons who may access Register

   PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

   27.     (Repealed)
   28.     Directions by local authorities
   29.     Public access to Australian Standards, Building Code of Australia and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Guideline
   30.     Effect of changes to prescribed standards for existing complying swimming pool barriers and means of access
   31.     Existing complying swimming pools may continue to comply with earlier standards
   32.     Savings
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