Swimming pool safety

As a pool owner you are required to:

Register your pool at the NSW Swimming Pool Register
Provide swimming pool fencing and other approved child-resistant barriers around swimming pools and spa pools
Provide a valid swimming pool compliance certificate before you sell or lease a property with a pool
Display a resuscitation chart or warning notice in a prominent position in the immediate vicinity of the pool

Definition of a pool

A pool is defined under the Swimming Pools Act 1992 as an excavation, structure or vessel:

that is capable of being filled with water to a depth of 300 millimetres or more; and
that is solely or principally used, or that is designed, manufactured or adapted to be solely or principally used, for the purpose of swimming, wading, paddling or other human aquatic activity; and
includes a spa pool, but does not include a spa bath, anything that is situated within a bathroom or anything declared by the regulation not to be a swimming pool for the purposes of this Act.

The NSW swimming pool register has a range of checklists for the different types of pools.

Find the pool types and relevant checklists to see if your pool complies at the NSW Swimming Pool Register website

If you are selling your property with a pool you must have:

If you are leasing a property with a pool you must have:

You can use our online self-service website to apply for a swimming pool certificate of compliance.

Swimming pool safety barriers must comply with AS1926.1 with the standard applicable at the date of construction:

Swimming pools constructed before 1 September 2008 must comply with AS1926.1 – 1986
Swimming pools constructed between 1 September 2008 and 1 May 2013 must comply with AS1926.1 – 2007
Swimming pools constructed after 1 May 2013 must comply with AS1926.1 – 2012

For further information or enquiries, please contact Council through our online customer request management system: