Lodge a Certificate of Barrier Compliance (form 23)

Your pool or spa must be registered before you can lodge a Certificate of Barrier Compliance (form 23).

If you have already registered, you must have your pool or spa barriers inspected and certified by a registered building surveyor or inspector. The surveyor or inspector will then provide you with a Certificate of Barrier Compliance (form 23) to lodge with the City of Stonnington.

If you’ve already lodged your certificate, your next compliance date will be four years from the issued date on the last certificate you lodged.

Key information

The date your Certificate of Barrier Compliance (form 23) must be lodged depends on when your pool or spa was built:

  • After 1 November 2020: you will need to lodge your certificate as soon as you register. We suggest getting your pool inspected before registering so you can lodge your certificate within the same day.
  • Between 1 May 2010 and 31 October 2020: you will need to lodge your certificate by 1 June 2024.
  • Between 1 July 1994 and 30 April 2010: this was due in June 2023. You would have received the next date for lodgement.

How to lodge your certificate

Get your pool or spa inspected

You must have your pool or spa inspected by a registered building surveyor or inspector. You can check if your surveyor or inspector is registered on the Victorian Building Authority website.

They will inspect your pool or spa to ensure the surroundings and barriers, including fences and gates, are all up to standard.

If compliant, you will receive a Certificate or Barrier Compliance (form 23) to lodge online with the City of Stonnington.

If not compliant, the surveyor or inspector may lodge a Certificate of Non-Compliance (form 24). This will incur a lodgment fee of $413.40, in line with Building Regulations.

Gather required documents

To lodge your certificate, you must provide:

  • your property details
  • date your pool or spa was constructed
  • date of inspection
  • building surveyor information (name, building surveyor number, address and contact information)
  • Certificate of Barrier Compliance (form 23) completed and provided by a registered building surveyor or inspector.

Lodge your certificate online

To lodge it online, select ‘Lodge your Certificate of Barrier Compliance (form 23)’ from the list.

You will need a credit or debit card to pay the lodgement fee.

Lodge now

Keep your compliance up to date

Once your certificate is lodged, we’ll review it and let you know of your next compliance date.

Additional information

Barrier safety requirements

Safety barrier requirements for pools and spas built before 8 April 1991:

Some important rules: 

  • If a pool or spa (even inflatable ones) can hold 30 centimetres or more of water, it must be fenced off.
  • Gates around pools and spas must be self-closing and self-latching.
  • Never prop open a pool gate, even for a minute. This is illegal.
  • Make sure no chairs, tables or any other objects are near the pool fence. Children can use them to climb the fence.
  • All pools and spas built after 2010 require a four-sided fence, with no direct access from the house to the pool or spa surround (a wall of a building may form part of the barrier, however access into the swimming pool area must not be directly available via a door in the wall).

Information on maintaining your safety barriers:

For more information visit the Victorian Building Authority website.

Cost

  • Lodgment fee: $22.70

Certificate of Non-Compliance (form 24)

If you are a surveyor or inspector you can lodge your Certificate of Non-Compliance (form 24) online.

If you're unable to lodge it online, call us on 03 8290 1333 to arrange an alternative method.

Contact us

Email

swimmingpools@stonnington.vic.gov.au

Phone

03 8290 1333