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Category 2P mitigations to be funded
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Whakauru, whakatika, whakahōu rānei i te puna kaukau ā-kāinga, puna kaukau korohuhū rānei

Install, check, repair or replace a residential swimming pool or spa

Regular safety checks of your pool fence and barrier

Information about how to book an inspection to check if your existing pool barrier complies with the building code.

Pool area safety checklist

Find out how to make your pool safe by making sure that the barrier height, ground clearance, pool gates and area, comply with the building code.

Pool fencing safety videos

Three video clips showing legal pool barrier and fence requirements. One for in-ground pools, above ground pools and small heated pools.

Non-complying pools or pool barriers

Learn what happens when your pool or pool barrier is non-complying.

Other structures used as part of the pool barrier

If you plan to use a building or a boundary fence as part of your pool barrier, you need to show us your plans, drawings and photos so we can check it complies with building code and fencing requirements.

Pay a pool site visit (pool inspection) invoice

Find out how to pay a pool site visit invoice.

Check if you need a consent to put in a residential pool or spa

Find out how you can check if you need a consent to put in a residential or small heated pool.

Apply for a consent to put in a residential or small heated pool

Find out what you need to apply for a consent to put in a pool or spa and in what ways you can apply.

Put in a swimming pool or large spa

Find out what situations would require you to apply for a consent to install a swimming pool or large spa.

Put in a small spa or heated pool

Find out if you need a consent to put in a small heated pool, and when a pool barrier may be exempt from a building consent.

Register a new or existing pool

Find out how to register a new or existing pool.

Inspections you need when installing a new pool

Information about how to book pool and pool barrier inspection for a new pool, how many inspections you may need, and when you can start to use your new pool.

Repair or replace a swimming pool

Check if you need a consent to repair or replace a swimming pool, prepare a consent application and apply for a consent if you need one.

Repair or replace a spa pool

Check if you need a consent to repair or replace a spa pool, prepare a consent application and apply for a consent if you need one.

Remove a pool

Find out how to remove the pool from our register.

Pool legislation

Read about the changes regarding residential and small heated pools, that the Building (Pools) Amendment Act 2016 brought about.

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