Westwood Conveyancing

NSW Swimming Pool Registration Update

Inspection  

When can your swimming pool be inspected?

Your pool can generally be inspected in the following circumstances:

1.  when the inspection is compulsory because of the property type (ie multi-occupancy or tourist and visitor accommodation).

2.  as part of a council’s locally adopted inspection program.

3.  before your property can be sold or leased (Note: this only applies from 29 April 2016).

4.  at your request.

A council officer will contact you and make an appointment to inspect your pool if you are subject to either 1 or 2 above.

You will need to engage a private pool certifier or your local council if you require a pool compliance certificate for either 3 or 4 above. 

Property Sale Reminder

A quick reminder that from 29 April, 2016 it will be a requirement under the Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation that where there is a swimming pool or spa on the property (or in the case of a strata building, within the common property), a Certificate of Compliance for that swimming pool or spa must be attached to the Contract for Sale as a disclosure document.

Failure to do so will incur the same consequences as any other disclosure document under that Regulation.

We suggest that application is made at your earliest to local Council or a Private Certifier for a Certificate of Compliance on any Swimming Pool / Spa that does not currently hold one. 

SOURCE  :  http://www.swimmingpoolregister.nsw.gov.au/inspection

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