Currently spas and swim spas are subject to the same requirements as all home swimming pools in the ACT. This means that a spa should have a safety barrier which complies with the Building Code of Australia as adopted in the ACT from time to time.
When the scheme commences, a spa installed before 1 May 2023 will not be required to comply with the prescribed safety standards if:
- it is covered and secured by a lockable child-resistant structure (such as a door, lid, grille or mesh), or
- is located on the balcony of an apartment where self-closing and self-latching doors and/or windows restricts access.
If your spa was built, altered or installed on or after 1 May 2023, it will require a pool safety barrier compliant with the requirements contained in the building code at the time it was built, altered or installed.
