New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SWIMMING POOLS ACT 1992 - SECT 8

8 Exemption for all existing swimming pools and exemption for new swimming pools on very small properties

(1) This section applies to existing swimming pools and also applies to new swimming pools that are situated, or proposed to be constructed or installed, on premises having an area of less than 230 square metres.

Note: 230 square metres is the smallest area on which a dwelling-house may currently be erected.

(2) The child-resistant barrier surrounding the swimming pool is not required to separate the swimming pool from any residential building situated on the premises so long as the means of access to the swimming pool from the building are at all times restricted in accordance with the standards prescribed by the regulations.

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