Swimming Pool Inspection Policy review

Council is seeking feedback on its Swimming Pool Inspection Policy.

Under the Swimming Pool Act Council must develop and adopt a program for the inspection of swimming pools in its area to ensure compliance with the Act.

The Policy deals with issues such as:

•  The inspection of residential properties at point of sale or lease
• The inspection of properties used for tourist visitor accommodation
• The charging of fees for undertaking inspections.

 The adopted approach of this Policy, therefore, is to: 

1.  Limit the inspections to those where there is a statutory obligation to do so, that is: 
   1. Commencing 29 March 2016 (or such other time that may be specified by the Department of Local Government, Council will undertake inspections (where requested to do so) at the point of sale/point of lease. 
   2. Commencing 29 March 2014, Council will undertake inspections (where requested to do so) of all tourist and visitor accommodation or more than 2 dwellings  
2. Continue to investigate swimming pools that do not comply with the applicable standards.  Where swimming pools do not comply, rectification will be required and a swimming pool compliance certificate issued. 
3. Periodically review the inspection regime to determine the number of inspections being undertaken on an annual basis. 
4. Charge the full fee as allowed for under the Swimming Pools Regulation for the carrying out of inspections. 

The draft Swimming Pool Inspections Policy is provided in the document library and is on public exhibition from 3 July 2023 to 31 July 2023.