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Building Act 2004
83MFailure to lodge compliance status certificate etc for
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83M Failure to lodge compliance status certificate etc for
regulated swimming pool
(b) the pool was built before 1 May 2013; and
(c) the pool is not subject to complete exemption; and
(d) the relevant documents have not been issued for all of the safety
barrier for the pool; and
(e) the person is given a compliance status certificate by an
authorised person before 1 May 2028; and
(f) the person fails to lodge the compliance status certificate, with
any partial exemption certificate, with the construction
occupations registrar within 30 days after the day the person
receives the compliance status certificate; and
(g) a document required to be lodged under paragraph (f) has not
been lodged by a previous owner of the premises.
partial exemption certificate means an exemption certificate that
exempts a regulated swimming pool from only part of the safety
Swimming pool safety Division 5A.3
relevant documents, in relation to a safety barrier for a regulated
swimming pool, means both of the following:
(a) a building approval for the erection or alteration of a safety
barrier for the pool that, if erected or altered in accordance with
the plans, will comply with the safety standards, to the extent
that the pool is not subject to a partial Ministerial exemption;
(b) a certificate of occupancy for the pool stating that the safety
barrier was erected or altered in accordance with the building
approval mentioned in paragraph (a).