Pool legislation -follow-up Inspections
· Rockhampton Building Approvals will conduct a review of all pool approvals within 6 months of the approval date and 2 weeks prior to a pool approval lapsing, to see whether either a Temporary pool fence or final pool fence inspection has been conducted. (Subdivision 4A Part 35A – of the Building regulations)
· If an inspection has not been performed within 6 months, Rockhampton Building Approvals will ring whoever is responsible for the pool fence and arrange a time to meet on-site (it doesn’t matter if the pool has not been started we still need to inspect, even if there is no water in the pool, RBA still need to inspect, to ensure a temporary fence is in place.)
· If Rockhampton Building Approvals cannot contact the person responsible for the fence, an inspection still needs to be carried out.
· If an inspection fails, a Form 61(Non-compliance Notice) will be issued to the applicant and owner. If there is water in the pool, this immediately goes to the Local Authority & the QBCC (no follow-up is required by Rockhampton Building Approvals for either non-conformities) (Subdivision 4A Part 35A – of the Building regulations).
· If only a temporary pool fence inspection is conducted, a note will be stated on the inspection slip that this inspection is only valid for 3 months. Rockhampton Building Approvals will then issue a reminder letter 2 weeks prior to this date to advise the temporary fence Certificate is due to expire (this is a courtesy only). You will either need to book a final inspection, or another temporary inspection to extend the temporary pool fence Certificate and this New Certificate is only valid for another 3 months. Then this process starts again. (If no re-inspection is requested Rockhampton Building Approvals are required to send a Form 61(Non-compliance Notice) to the Local Authority & the QBCC).
If the above inspections / timeframes are not kept by the owner/applicant, Rockhampton Building Approvals will use our discretion as to whether an Invoice will be sent.
If you have any queries regarding this information sheet, please contact Rockhampton Building Approvals on 07 4926 7000