If you live in Queensland, you are required to register your swimming pool. Most of the swimming pools within Queensland have already been registered, and are on the swimming pool safety register of the Queensland Government. If you fail to have your swimming pool registered you may be liable to an on-the-spot fine of up to $200, or even as much as $2000 if complaints are received by your local council. This is just a small portion of the initiatives aimed at helping protect children and young adults from unnecessary drowning. You can register your pool by ringing the PSC (Pool Safety Council) on 1800 340 634 or by doing it online by emailing details to PSC@dlgp.qld.gov.au .
All swimming pools are required to have swimming pool safety certificates. Even when you are buying, selling or even leasing a property which has a swimming pool or a spa, the new swimming pool legal obligations apply. They apply equally to houses, units, townhouses, motels, hotels. Even backpacker hostels, caravan parks and homestay accommodation are affected. The rules vary slightly if you are renting a property with a swimming pool, the Queensland Government has suggested a delay so far as the new swimming pool safety laws as applied to rental properties which have pools which are not shared.
The maintenance of swimming pool fences and other relevant safety barriers is strictly essential to try and reduce the amount of drownings and related injuries of younger children in all swimming pools. The owners are themselves responsible for maintaining pool barriers and any damaged fencing must be repaired immediately. There is finally just one swimming pool safety standard in Queensland, reduced from the 11 sets of standards formerly.
The state of Queensland’s Government has introduced these new pool safety regulations in an effort to reduce drownings and other serious immersion damage done to young children in private and public swimming pools. These laws will affect both new and already existing swimming pools. All pool owners have until November 30th 2015 to make sure they comply with all the new swimming pool laws, or even earlier if they lease or sell a property with a pool.
Hotels, resorts, motels and any other building which provides short or longer term accommodation were all required to fully comply with these new swimming pool laws by June 1st 2011, after a six month phasing-in period. Such buildings had the option to adopt a new swimming pool Safety Management Plan rather than having to construct a safety-compliant pool fence or barrier.
Such swimming pool Safety Management Plans have to be fully approved. Information which will assist swimming pool owners in developing a swimming pool Safety Management Plan are contained within the swimming pool Safety Management Plan procedures.
The safety of children is paramount. Swimming pools are a safety hazard to young children and these new regulations are simply trying to ensure their safety. Drowning is still the most common cause of death in children between one and four, as far as accidental deaths are concerned. Swimming pool drowning is preventable and if you have a swimming pool you should make it your business to comply with the new regulations and ensure that your pool is child-safe.
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