FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
You must register your pool and spa with your local council. Contact your council or check their website for more information on how to register your pool or spa, including the registration fees payable.
Check the date when your pool or spa was installed. Read the checklist relevant to your installation date so you know what is needed to be compliant, once you are comfortable contact Elite Inspections to have your pool and spa barrier certified.
If your pool is not compliant, Elite Inspections will issue a report detailing matters requiring rectification giving a maximum of 60 days to comply. If after a Re-Inspection, the matters have not been rectified, but substantial works have been attended to, we can give you a further 7 days. If substantial works have not occurred or no attempt is made to rectify the non-compliance matters, we are required by Law to issue a Non-Compliance Certificate.
If the inspector is satisfied that the safety barrier is compliant, they will issue a Certificate of Compliance and provide a copy to the owner. The owner must then lodge a copy of the certificate to Council. Council will then record details of the certificate on the register.
If the inspector is satisfied that the safety barrier is compliant, they will issue a Certificate of Compliance and provide a copy to the owner. The owner must then lodge a copy of the certificate to Council. Council will then record details of the certificate on the register.
That’s ok too, you either get a certificate within 24 hours if your barriers are compliant or we give you a list of issues that you need to get fixed before we come back a second time to inspect that the issues have been made compliant.
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Yes, all pools need to be registered. The statistics state that the child that drowns in your pool doesn’t live in your house.
In a world where ‘you get what you pay for’ be mindful that the outcome should be a safe pool, not just the cheapest deal. Not to mention your liability if something does happen in your pool. We believe that we are moderately priced for the exceptional service that we deliver from the moment you contact us. Have a chat with us and decide for yourself.
An initial inspection takes about 1 hour to carry out. A follow up inspection can be done in a shorter amount of time. However the time taken to create the detailed report offsite is longer. Elite inspections will provide your report within 24 hours of the site visit.a
Under the pool safety regulations, to comply with current standards, spa pools and above ground pools need to be fenced if they are less than 1200mm high, and/or have horizontal members and/or foot holds that a child could climb. Fencing must comply with the pool safety standards. If the spa pool or above ground pool is 1200mm or more in height and does not have horizontal members or foot holds, it is likely that only the step area needs to be fenced and gated. Regardless whether the steps are removable or not, there must be a designated area for entry compliant with the pool safety regulations.
We have offices in Bendigo and Castlemaine and we service all of Central Victoria. Our standard hours are 8am -5pm Monday – Friday. However if this doesn’t suit you we can often book appointments outside of these hours.