New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SWIMMING POOLS ACT 1992 - SECT 15

15 Maintenance of child-resistant barrier in good repair

(1) Despite any other provision of this Act, the occupier of any premises on which a child-resistant barrier:

(a) is required by this Act to be installed in relation to a swimming pool, or

(b) is, at the commencement of this Act or at any later time, installed in relation to a swimming pool, whether or not it is required by this Act to be installed,

must, so long as the swimming pool exists, maintain the barrier in existence and in a good state of repair as an effective and safe barrier.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2) The regulations may prescribe standards of maintenance for the purposes of this section.

(3) A person who complies with the standards prescribed by the regulations is taken to have complied with this section.