Pool safety news, inspection guides, and compliance information for Geelong and Bellarine property owners.
Reviewed by Ryan Gaw, VBA-registered Pool Safety Inspector (Licence IN-PS 100055), Local Pool Inspections. Quick answer Pool compliance certificate requirements differ across Australian states. Victoria issues a Form…
Quick answer — pool safety in Victoria Pool safety in Victoria is governed by the Building Act 1993 (Vic) and Building Regulations 2018 (Vic). Every pool or spa…
In short: Pool safety barriers in Victoria must comply with AS 1926.1-2012 under Part 9A of the Building Regulations 2018 (Vic). That means passing eight checks — height,…
TL;DR — Pool safety compliance in Victoria: Victorian law requires every pool and spa to be registered with your local council, inspected by a VBA-registered pool safety inspector,…
In short: Pool regulations in Victoria require every pool or spa deeper than 300 mm to be registered with the local council, have its barrier inspected by a VBA-registered…
In short: Inland Geelong pools from the 1970s-90s are the ones we most often see fail a renewal or pre-sale Form 23. The usual culprits are climbable horizontal-rail…
In short: Ryan Gaw at Local Pool Inspections — VBA-registered IN-PS 100055, based at Clifton Springs — inspects pool barriers across Greater Geelong and the Bellarine for a…
If you’ve taken handover of a new home in Wyndham, Armstrong Creek, Curlewis, Tarneit, Truganina, Wyndham Vale or any of the post-2010 Victorian growth-corridor estates — and your…
About 60% of Greater Geelong pools fail their first Form 23 inspection. The same five issues account for over 80% of the failures — and four of them…
Selling a Victorian property with a pool? The Form 23 Certificate of Pool and Spa Barrier Compliance must be lodged before settlement under section 31 of the Building…
