Residential pool provisions of the Building Act 2004: Guidance for territorial authorities
- Abbreviation
- Residential pool provisions of the Building Act 2004
- Valid from
- 27/04/2017
- Information provider
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment,
- Information type
- Guidelines,
- Format
- Website,
Description
The Building Act 2004 requires residential pools to have barriers that restrict access by unsupervised children under five years of age.
This guidance describes residential pool provisions of the Act that took effect on 1 January 2017, and aims to help territorial authorities to enforce the barrier requirement for residential pools.
Scope
In this guidance:
- Why residential pools need barriers
- Residential pools that require a barrier
- Requirements for residential pool barriers
- Waivers and modifications of the requirements for residential pools
- Building work involving residential pools
- Inspecting residential pools
- Enforcing the residential pool barrier requirements
- Resolving disputes relating to residential pool barriers
- Examples of non-compliant residential pool barriers
- Manufacturer and retailers must supply a notice with pools