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Building Act 2004
83OFailure to close swimming pool safety barrier
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83O Failure to close swimming pool safety barrier
(a) the person is the occupier of premises on which a regulated
(b) the person fails to ensure all access points for the pool’s safety
barrier—
(i) are securely closed when they are not in use; or
(ii) for a spa with a safety barrier that is a lockable
child-resistant structure—the structure is securely fitted
and locked when the spa is not in use.