New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

SWIMMING POOLS REGULATION 2008 - REG 9

9 Standards required to be exempt from requirement to surround spa pool

For the purposes of section 20 of the Act, the prescribed standards in accordance with which access to the water contained in a spa pool is to be restricted are that the spa pool must be covered and secured by a lockable child-safe structure (such as a door, lid, grille or mesh) that is:

(a) of substantial construction and having no opening through which it is possible to pass a testing apparatus, and

(b) fastened to the spa pool by a device that is itself of substantial construction and having no opening through which it is possible to pass a testing apparatus.