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Building Act 2004
83NFailure to maintain swimming pool safety barrier
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83N Failure to maintain swimming pool safety barrier
(b) the person fails to maintain a safety barrier for the pool that is
an effective and safe child-resistant barrier.
(2) For subsection (1) (b) a safety barrier is an effective and safe
child-resistant barrier if the barrier—
(a) complies with the safety standards for a regulated swimming
pool; or
(b) if the swimming pool is subject to a Ministerial exemption—
complies with the safety standards to the extent the pool is not
exempt from the standards; or
(c) complies with a requirement prescribed by regulation.
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution against this section if the defendant
proves that the regulated swimming pool is subject to a standing
exemption.
Note The defendant has a legal burden in relation to the matters mentioned in
s (4) (see Criminal Code, s 59).