Owning or installing a swimming pool or spa comes with important responsibilities to ensure safety and compliance with regulations. Benalla Rural City assists residents in understanding and meeting these requirements.
Please note that failing to register or comply with safety standards may result in penalties.
Owners are responsible for ensuring their pool or spa has a compliant safety barrier. This includes undertaking regular inspections and addressing any issues.
All swimming pool owners need to access their registration through the Customer Portal, this will provide the applicable barrier standard and the next compliance certificate due date. It is the owner’s responsibility to ensure swimming pool barrier compliance certificates are lodged on time. Failure to lodge the certificate within the time frame with result in further action and possible fines.
Only new swimming pools will need to be registered with the portal if you swimming pool existed before 1 July 2024 then it will already be registered and can be accessed through the Customer Portal if you are having any issues accessing the portal please contact the building department and we can assist you.