How Does It Affect You

An authentic pool safety certificate which is issued by a licensed pool safety inspector is required when selling or leasing a property with a pool. The validity of a pool safety certificate is one year for a shared pool and two years for a non-shared pool. The pool safety standards is applicable to all pools associated with houses, units, hotels, motels, backpacker hostels, caravan parks, mobile van parks and other forms of short-term accommodations having swimming pools.

Both new and existing pools must have to be upgraded to comply with the new safety standards within 5 years unless those are sold or leased first. As per the legislation of Queensland, swimming pools need to be included on the state-based pool register by 4 May 2011. All portable pools and spas deeper than 300 millimeters has to have mandatory safety barriers.