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Swimming Pools Act 1992
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#### 22B Mandatory pool inspection program by local authority
22B Mandatory pool inspection program by local authority
> > (1) A local authority must, within 6 months after the commencement of this section, develop and adopt a program for the inspection of swimming pools in its area to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Part.
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> > (2) Within 12 months after the commencement of this section, the program must make provision for the inspection, at least once every 3 years, of any swimming pool situated on premises on which there is tourist and visitor accommodation or more than 2 dwellings.
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> > (3) The program is not to require the inspection of a swimming pool in respect of which there is a valid certificate of compliance or a relevant occupation certificate.
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> > (4) A local authority must inspect swimming pools in its area in accordance with its program.
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> > (5) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the development and adoption of programs for the inspection of swimming pools including—
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> > > (a) the form and content of programs, and
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> > > (b) the manner in which the public is to be consulted during the development of any such program, and
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> > > (c) the carrying out of inspections under the program.
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> > (6) In this section—
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> > dwelling has the same meaning as in the Standard Instrument.
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> **s 22B:** Ins 2012 No 77, Sch 1 \[16\].