Swimming Pool and Spa Registration

Any swimming pool or spa that can hold water to a depth greater than 30cm and used, designed, manufactured or adapted to be principally used for swimming, wading, paddling, or the like, including a bathing or wading pool, or spa must be registered with Council.

This includes:

• in-ground and above ground pools and spas
• inflatable pools
• indoor pools and spa pools
• children’s paddling and wading pools
• spas, jacuzzis, hot tubs and swim spas (including portable spas).

This does not include:

• structures such as bird baths, fish ponds, fountains
• spas inside a building that are used for personal hygiene
• inflatable swimming pools (typically toddler or wading pools) not capable of containing a depth of water greater than 30cm and will be erected for less than 3 days
• water supply/storage tanks
• dams, rivers, creeks and lakes.

You can register your swimming pool or spa with Council via its online portal from 2 December 2019.

Existing pools and spas must be registered by 1 November 2020.

New swimming pools or spas constructed after 1 November 2020 must be registered within 30 days of receiving the relevant Occupancy Permit or Certificate of Final Inspection.

Where an owner has both a swimming pool and a spa, they will need to register the swimming pool and spa separately with Council unless the swimming pool and spa were installed together (i.e. both pool and detached spa are in the same approved pool/spa enclosure) or form part of each other.

When you complete your application to register your swimming pool or spa, Council will email you confirming:

• the date or the period of construction of the swimming pool
• the relevant standard that the safety barrier must comply with
• the date the safety barriers must be certified as compliant by.

The timeframe to provide this information will depend on the age of the swimming pool or spa and may take up to 30 days.

Once the swimming pool or spa has been registered with Council, it will remain registered until the swimming pool or spa is removed and the owner applies to take it off the register.

Registrations, once submitted, do not need to be renewed for the life of the pool or spa.

Inspections and the submission of certificates of compliance must be completed every 4 years.

It is an offence not to register within the required time frame and is subject to a fine of $390.78.

Yes, you are required to register your pool or spa even if it does not contain any water.

To check the status of your registration please email building@mildura.vic.gov.au

If you have removed your pool/spa or require further information on the process, you need to contact Council. Email building@mildura.vic.gov.au