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Building (General) Regulation 2008
36EStanding exemptions—circumstances—Act, s 83C
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36E Standing exemptions—circumstances—Act, s 83C
(1) A circumstance mentioned in table 36E, column 3 is prescribed for a
regulated swimming pool mentioned in column 2.
Table 36E Standing exemptions
item
pool
circumstances in which pool is exempt from
safety standard
1 a regulated swimming
pool
demountable pool in place for not more than
3 consecutive days
2 a regulated swimming
pool
spa (wherever located) covered and secured by a
lockable child-resistant structure (such as a door,
lid, grille or mesh) that—
(a) is of substantial construction and having no
opening through which it is possible to pass
a testing apparatus, and
(b) is securely fastened by a device that is itself
of substantial construction and has no
opening through which it is possible to pass
a testing apparatus
3 a regulated swimming
spa (located on apartment balcony) if the balcony is
accessible only through self-closing and self
latching doors or windows
spa—see the Act, section 83B (2).
testing apparatus means a cylindrical test object that has—
(a) a diameter of 105 millimetres, plus or minus 1 millimetre; and
(b) at least 1 solid flat-faced end.