The NSW Department of Fair Trading has advised Pool Inspectors that all pools must now be assessed under the current Australian Standard AS 1926.1 – 2012 unless the inspecting Certifier has documentary evidence of a pool and barrier existing in place on 31 August 2008 and also to have documents Read more…
Article by Andrew Taylor, SMH. Drownings have doubled among young children, reversing a slow decline in the number of toddlers who have lost their lives from drowning amid fears more time at home during lockdown may have contributed. Data from the Royal Life Saving Australia’s National Drowning Report shows that Read more…
From July 1 2020, a new Building and Development Certifiers Act was legislated in NSW. There are two main changes to be aware of: Cl.30, B&DC Reg: A contract must include a declaration by the person for whom the certification work is to be carried out confirming that the person: Read more…
Two young brothers, aged 2 and 16 months pulled unconscious from a backyard pool in Brisbane’s north earlier this month, died in hospital. The toddlers were found at a home in Morayfield. They were in a critical condition in the Queensland Children’s Hospital paediatric intensive care unit, but passed away. Read more…
On September 1, 2018, the Swimming Pools Regulation 2008 of NSW was revoked and the Swimming Pools Regulation 2018 took effect. Under the new Regulation 2018, the following changes occured : The local authorities can now of charge fees for the third and every succeeding swimming pool inspections. The maximum Read more…
Federal Senator David Leyonhjelm has been ordered by a Magistrate to pay the City of Canada Bay $4,300 including court costs for refusing to register a pool at his Drummoyne home. Council had previously sent three notices to the Senator asking him to register his pool plus a fine of Read more…
A toddler has drowned after she was pulled unconscious from a backyard swimming pool in Sydney’s west. The girl, two, was pulled from the water on Wednesday evening 9th January 2019 and was treated by paramedics at the scene but later died in hospital, AAP reports. Emergency services were called to a home Read more…
A toddler has drowned in a backyard pool in Port Stephens on Sunday evening 16th December 2018 as reported by Rachel Clun of The Sydney Morning Herald. The 19-month-old boy was in the backyard of a home on Marsh Road in Bobs Farm with his father when he managed to slip Read more…
These are the main changes introduced with the Swimming Pool Regulation 2018 that affect certification work: Certifiers must record details for certificates of non-compliance on the Swimming Pool Register within three days of inspection. Pool barriers may comply with the BCA using deemed-to-satisfy or performance solution pathways. Occupiers must display Read more…
By Natalie Whiting – ABC A coroner has called for a public awareness campaign about the requirement for portable pools to be fenced following the drowning of an 18-month-old boy in Hobart. Kobie Ryder Blackaby died in February 2014 after falling into an inflatable pool that had less than 50 Read more…