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Building Act 2004

Building - Special provisions for residential pools

162A: Purpose

You could also call this:

“This law aims to keep young kids safe from drowning by making it hard for them to get into pools without an adult.”

The law wants to keep young children safe from drowning and getting hurt in residential pools. It does this by making it harder for children under 5 years old to get into pools without an adult watching them. This rule is in place to protect young kids from accidents that could happen if they get into a pool by themselves.

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“This part tells us which pools need to follow special rules based on how deep they are.”

Part 2 Building
Special provisions for residential pools

162APurpose

  1. The purpose of this subpart is to prevent drowning of, and injury to, young children by restricting unsupervised access to residential pools by children under 5 years of age.

Notes
  • Section 162A: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Building (Pools) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 71).