New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SWIMMING POOLS ACT 1992 - SECT 7

7 General requirements for outdoor swimming pools

(1) The owner of the premises on which a swimming pool is situated must ensure that the swimming pool is at all times surrounded by a child-resistant barrier:

(a) that separates the swimming pool from any residential building situated on the premises and from any place (whether public or private) adjoining the premises, and

(b) that is designed, constructed, installed and maintained in accordance with the standards prescribed by the regulations.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2) The diagrams in Part 1 of Schedule 1 illustrate the provisions of this section.

Section 7 should be read in conjunction with the other provisions of Part 2 including, in particular:

• section 8 (which concerns existing swimming pools and new swimming pools situated on very small properties), and

• section 9 (which concerns properties with an area of 2 hectares or more), and

• section 10 (which concerns waterfront properties), and

• section 18 (which allows the owner of premises to decide the exact location of a required child-resistant barrier), and

• section 19 (which allows a wall of a residential building to form the whole or any part of a required child-resistant barrier), and

• section 22 (which allows a local authority to grant exemptions from barrier requirements that are impracticable or unreasonable in particular cases).