NCC 2022 Volume One - Building Code of Australia Class 2 to 9 buildings

G1

Part G1 Minor structures and components

Part G1 Minor structures and components

NSW G1P2 Swimming pool access and water recirculation systems2019: NSW GP1.2

Delete clause G1P2 and insert NSW G1P2 as follows:

(1) A barrier must be provided to a swimming pool and must—

  1. be continuous for the full extent of the hazard; and
  2. be of a strength and rigidity to withstand the foreseeable impact of people; and
  3. restrict the access of young children to the pool and the immediate pool surrounds; and
  4. have any gates and doors fitted with latching devices not readily operated by young children, and constructed to automatically close and latch.

(2) A swimming pool water recirculation system must incorporate safety measures to avoid entrapment of, or injury to, a person.

Applications

  1. NSW G1P2(1) only applies to a swimming pool with a depth of water more than 300 mm, in conjunction with the Swimming Pools Act 1992 and the Swimming Pools Regulation 2018.
  2. NSW G1P2(2) only applies to a swimming pool with a depth of water more than 300 mm.

NSW G1D2 Swimming pools2019: NSW G1.1

Delete clause G1D2 and insert NSW G1D2 as follows:

(1) NSW G1D2(2) applies to the technical construction requirements for barriers to restrict access to swimming pools, subject to—

  1. out-of-ground pool walls and the walls of above ground pools, including inflatable pools, not being considered to be effective barriers; and
  2. the reference in clause 2.3.1 of AS 1926.1 to a barrier within a property including a boundary barrier.

(2) A swimming pool with a depth of water more than 300 mm and which is associated with a Class 2 or 3 building or Class 4 part of a building, must have suitable barriers to restrict access by young children to the immediate pool surrounds in accordance with—

  1. AS 1926.1 and AS 1926.2; or
  2. if the swimming pool is a spa pool—
    1. the requirements of (a); or
    2. clause 9 of the Swimming Pools Regulation 2018.

(3) A water recirculation system in a swimming pool with a depth of water more than 300 mm must comply with AS 1926.3.

Notes

The Swimming Pools Act 1992 and the Swimming Pools Regulation 2018, applicable to swimming pool with a depth of water of more than 300 mm, regulate the circumstances in which a barrier is required and prevail in the case of any inconsistency.

NSW G1D5 Provision for cleaning windows2019: NSW G1.101

Insert NSW clause G1D5 in clause G1D5 as follows:

(1) A building must provide for a safe manner of cleaning any windows located 3 or more storeys above ground level.

(2) A building satisfies (1) where—

  1. the windows can be cleaned wholly from within the building; or
  2. provision is made for the cleaning of the windows by a method complying with the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and regulations made under that Act.