Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING ACT 1975 - SECT 245U

245U Interference with barriers for regulated pools

(1) A person must not wilfully interfere with a barrier for a regulated pool to which the pool safety standard applies in a way that renders the pool noncompliant with the standard.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—165 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person—

(a) carrying out fencing work under part 2A , division 3 ; or

(b) attaching a thing to the barrier if attaching the thing does not unreasonably and materially alter or damage the barrier; or

(c) altering a wall of a building along a common boundary.

(3) In this section—

"fencing work" see the Neighbourhood Disputes Act , section 16 .