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Swimming Pool Safety Inspection Certificate of Compliance
E1 – Accreditated Certifier – Swimming Pool Certification – Registration No. BPB3002
Professional, Authorised & Licensed Swimming Pool Safety Inspector for Canberra and surrounding NSW. If you’re buying or renting a property with a Swimming Pool, contact us for a Swimming Pool Certificate of Compliance
Service Area – Canberra, Queanbeyan, Jerrabomberra, Yass, Bungendore, Murrumbateman, Royalla – BOOK NOW
National Pool Safety is a Canberra owned and operated business specialising in pool safety in residential buildings that require a Certificate of Compliance before sale or leasing of the property.
As a pool owner, it is crucial that your pool meets the current standards for pool barriers and is as safe & secure as possible.
We work with home owners, Real Estate agents, Property Managers, Conveyancers and Body corporate managers across Canberra, ACT and surrounding NSW to get your pool compliant as smoothly and swiftly as possible.
To ease the pressure on property owners to comply with the modern safety standards the reforms will start from the 1st of May 2024 with a 4 year transition period
The new rules apply to all ACT home swimming pools and spas that can contain water to a depth greater than 300mm and are associated with a residential building such as a house, unit, townhouse or block of apartments. This includes in-ground and above-ground pools, temporary and permanent pools, wading pools, demountable pools, portable pools, kids’ pools and spas.
If your inflatable pool can be inflated and deflated, and does not have a filtration system, you are excluded from the scheme.
If the pool has a filtration system, it will become a demountable swimming pool and therefore covered by the scheme. This is a change to existing rules.
Currently these types of pools are subject to the same requirements as all backyard swimming pools and spas in the ACT. This means, a demountable pool up for 1 day requires the same level of safety barrier as a permanent below-ground pool.
The new rules change this requirement by introducing an exemption for a temporary or demountable pool that is up for a period no longer than three consecutive days.
The installation or construction of a pool may need to be undertaken by a licensed builder and signed off by a licensed building surveyor.
The Building (General) Regulation 2008 (schedule 1, Parts 1.2 and 1.3) sets out what requires approval and what is exempt or partially exempt building work. Some partially exempt building work does not need to be signed off by a builder or building surveyor, but some does require sign off by a building surveyor.
Pool safety barriers are partially exempt from getting approval if the:
If there is other building work taking place which needs approval, it may need to be undertaken by a licensed builder and signed off by a licensed building surveyor.