Making your pool compliant . . .

  • Letter from Yarra Ranges Council confirming registration of a permanent swimming pool, with details about regulations, compliance deadlines, and procedures for inspections and appeals.

    Register your pool/spa

    Hopefully, you registered your pool in 2020 and received a letter from your local council. If not, register your pool on your council’s website or call your council for advice.

  • Person writing in a goal-setting journal with a pen, with a checklist of driving-related goals on a graph paper notebook.

    Check your pool/spa's safety

    Self assess your pool’s safety using the Victorian Building Authority’s checklist. This will help you make your pool safe and give you knowledge on what needs to be done to maintain the safety of your pool.

    Checklist
  • A man wearing a blue polo shirt, tan shorts, and a blue cap kneels on brick pavement, measuring the height of a green metal fence with a yellow tape measure, near a flower bed with pink and white flowers, under a clear blue sky.

    Arrange your inspection

    Contact us by phone, email or use our contact form. We will write to you confirming the next steps, our fees and make an appointment.

    Contact us
  • A measuring tape shows the height of a pool fence, indicating approximately 9 inches from the bottom to the top of the glass panel.

    Inspection

    Our licensed, independent pool safety inspector will meet you and conduct the inspection. Various measurements will be checked and photos will taken as a record of the inspection. A report will be prepared if there are non-compliant items and a second inspection will be required within 60 days.

  • Swimming pool surrounded by wooden deck, lounge chairs, an umbrella, and lush green trees and plants in the background.

    Pool meets safety compliance

    If your pool complies with the relevant Australian Standards and Victorian Building Regulations, the inspector will issue a Certificate of Barrier Compliance. You will need to lodge the certificate with your local council.

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    Pool is not compliant

    If there are aspects of your pool barrier that are not compliant* with the relevant standard, the inspector will send you a report detailing those items and suggest what needs to be done to rectify them. You will have 60 days to make the items compliant and arrange the inspector to return to confirm compliance. If your pool then meets the safety standards, the Certificate of Barrier Compliance will be issued for you to lodge with your local council. *Note that if your pool has major non-compliance items that immediately threaten life, a non-compliance certificate may be issued and lodged with the local council.

Maintain your pool’s safety.

Under the Victorian Building Regulations, it is your responsibility to maintain your pool’s safety. You must have an independent audit every four years.