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Building Act 1975
sec.245XCWalls on common boundary
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### sec.245XC Walls on common boundary
This section applies if—
there is a wall of a building along the common boundary of 2 parcels of adjoining land; and
there is, or is proposed to be, a regulated pool on the adjoining land without the building.
A pool owner may use any part of the wall as part of a pool barrier that would, without alteration, comply with the pool safety standard.
The pool owner would need to construct a separate barrier for any part of the wall that does not comply with the pool safety standard. For example, a window in the wall.
However, despite any right of a pool owner under this division, the wall may not be altered, demolished or replaced without the agreement of the owner of the adjoining land on which the building is located.
s 245XC ins 2011 No. 27 s 218
(sec.245XC-ssec.1) This section applies if— there is a wall of a building along the common boundary of 2 parcels of adjoining land; and there is, or is proposed to be, a regulated pool on the adjoining land without the building.
(sec.245XC-ssec.2) A pool owner may use any part of the wall as part of a pool barrier that would, without alteration, comply with the pool safety standard. The pool owner would need to construct a separate barrier for any part of the wall that does not comply with the pool safety standard. For example, a window in the wall.
(sec.245XC-ssec.3) However, despite any right of a pool owner under this division, the wall may not be altered, demolished or replaced without the agreement of the owner of the adjoining land on which the building is located.
- (a) there is a wall of a building along the common boundary of 2 parcels of adjoining land; and
- (b) there is, or is proposed to be, a regulated pool on the adjoining land without the building.