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Building Act 1975
sec.233Constructing regulated pool—requirement for warning sign
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### sec.233 Constructing regulated pool—requirement for warning sign
This section applies to each relevant person for a regulated pool, other than a portable swimming pool.
The relevant person must ensure that, before construction of the pool starts, a warning sign, complying with the requirements for a warning sign prescribed under a regulation, is displayed on the land on which the pool is situated in the way prescribed under a regulation.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
The relevant person must ensure the warning sign is displayed until a building certifier has provided a certificate in the approved form stating the pool is a complying pool.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
In this section—
portable swimming pool means a swimming pool that is designed to be readily assembled by hand and moved from place to place.
relevant person , for a regulated pool, means—
the person who is or is to become the owner of the pool; or
the builder of the pool.
s 233 ins 2003 No. 53 s 5
sub 2010 No. 35 s 14
amd 2011 No. 27 s 233
(sec.233-ssec.1) This section applies to each relevant person for a regulated pool, other than a portable swimming pool.
(sec.233-ssec.2) The relevant person must ensure that, before construction of the pool starts, a warning sign, complying with the requirements for a warning sign prescribed under a regulation, is displayed on the land on which the pool is situated in the way prescribed under a regulation. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.233-ssec.3) The relevant person must ensure the warning sign is displayed until a building certifier has provided a certificate in the approved form stating the pool is a complying pool. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.233-ssec.4) In this section— portable swimming pool means a swimming pool that is designed to be readily assembled by hand and moved from place to place. relevant person , for a regulated pool, means— the person who is or is to become the owner of the pool; or the builder of the pool.
- (a) the person who is or is to become the owner of the pool; or
- (b) the builder of the pool.