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SWIMMING POOL SAFETY ACT - SECT 29

No residential lease of small premises with swimming pool unless certified or notified

    (1)     A landlord must not enter into a tenancy agreement in relation to small premises at which there is a swimming pool unless the swimming pool is certified or notified and there is no contravention of section 31 or 32 (as applicable).

Penalty:     10 penalty units.

    (2)     If a tenancy agreement is entered into in contravention of subsection (1), the landlord must, within a reasonable period after the agreement is entered into, take all reasonable steps to ensure that a compliance certificate or acknowledgment notice may be issued in respect of the swimming pool.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.

    (3)     In this section:

"landlord" has the same meaning as in the Residential Tenancies Act .

"tenancy agreement" has the same meaning as in the Residential Tenancies Act and includes an agreement to renew or extend a tenancy.



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