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Building Act 1975
sec.245UInterference with barriers for regulated pools
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### sec.245U Interference with barriers for regulated pools
A person must not wilfully interfere with a barrier for a regulated pool to which the pool safety standard applies in a way that renders the pool noncompliant with the standard.
Maximum penalty—165 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person—
carrying out fencing work under part 2A , division 3 ; or
attaching a thing to the barrier if attaching the thing does not unreasonably and materially alter or damage the barrier; or
altering a wall of a building along a common boundary.
In this section—
fencing work see the Neighbourhood Disputes Act , section 16 .
s 245U ins 2010 No. 35 s 14
amd 2011 No. 25 s 105 sch 1 pt 2
sub 2011 No. 27 s 216
(sec.245U-ssec.1) A person must not wilfully interfere with a barrier for a regulated pool to which the pool safety standard applies in a way that renders the pool noncompliant with the standard. Maximum penalty—165 penalty units.
(sec.245U-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person— carrying out fencing work under part 2A , division 3 ; or attaching a thing to the barrier if attaching the thing does not unreasonably and materially alter or damage the barrier; or altering a wall of a building along a common boundary.
(sec.245U-ssec.3) In this section— fencing work see the Neighbourhood Disputes Act , section 16 .
- (a) carrying out fencing work under part 2A , division 3 ; or
- (b) attaching a thing to the barrier if attaching the thing does not unreasonably and materially alter or damage the barrier; or
- (c) altering a wall of a building along a common boundary.