15ABuilding regulations with respect to swimming pools

15A Building regulations with respect to swimming pools

S. 15A(1)(a) amended by No. 3/2020 s. 22(2)(a).

(a) the construction, installation, maintenance and operation of swimming pools and associated services; and

(b) the construction, installation, maintenance, operation and use of—

S. 15A(1)(b)(i) amended by No. 3/2020 s. 22(2)(a).

(i) equipment associated with swimming pools, including safety equipment; and

S. 15A(1)(b)(ii) amended by Nos 46/2018 s. 26(1), 3/2020 s. 22(2)(b).

(ii) swimming pool barriers and associated services; and

S. 15A(1)(c) inserted by No. 46/2018 s. 26(2), amended by No. 3/2020 s. 22(2)(a).

(c) requirements relating to the safety of swimming pools, including signage.

(2) Despite section 262(f), regulations made under subsection (1) may impose penalties not exceeding 50 penalty units for a contravention of those regulations.

S. 15A(3) inserted by No. 46/2018 s. 26(3).

(3) In addition to the regulations that may be made under subsection (1), the Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to—

S. 15A(3)(a) amended by No. 3/2020 s. 22(3).

(a) the registration of swimming pools by councils for the purposes of a swimming pool register including—

S. 15A(3)(a)(i) amended by No. 3/2020 s. 22(4).

(i) the requirement for owners of land on which swimming pools are located to register those swimming pools with the relevant council; and

S. 15A(3)(a)(ii) substituted by No. 3/2020 s. 22(5).

(ii) the procedures for applying to councils for registration of swimming pools, which may be for a limited or indefinite period; and

S. 15A(3)(a)(iii) substituted by No. 3/2020 s. 22(5).

(iii) the procedures for the registration of swimming pools and, if registration is for a limited period, the renewal of the registration of swimming pools by councils; and

S. 15A(3)(a)(iv) substituted by No. 3/2020 s. 22(5).

(iv) the information, records and documents to be recorded in swimming pool registers by councils; and

S. 15A(3)(a)(v) amended by No. 3/2020 s. 22(6).

(v) the procedures for maintenance by councils of swimming pool registers; and

S. 15A(3)(b) amended by No. 3/2020 s. 22(6).

(b) the requirements on owners of land to arrange for mandatory inspections of swimming pool barriers on the land for compliance with this Act and the building regulations, including the frequency and circumstances of those inspections; and

S. 15A(3)(c) amended by No. 3/2020 s. 22(7)(a).