After your swimming pool or spa has been registered and inspected, you will receive a Certificate of Barrier Compliance from your building surveyor or inspector.
When your barrier meets the required safety standard, your building surveyor or inspector will issue a Form 23 Certificate of Barrier Compliance.
You will need to upload the certificate within 30 days of receiving it from your building surveyor or inspector.
Note:
You can download an example Certificate of Barrier Compliance(PDF, 143KB).
If you are a building inspector or building surveyor and wish to lodge a Certificate of Barrier Non-Compliance, click on the "Non-compliance" tab above.
A lodgement fee of $23.20 applies. This fee is set by the Victorian Government.
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Lodge a Certificate of Barrier Compliance
If you receive an 'expired' error message, close the tab and try the above link again.
Note: this link should be used only by building surveyors or building inspectors to lodge a Certificate of Non-Compliance.
Do not use this link to lodge a Certificate of Compliance.
Lodge a Certificate of Non-Compliance
After lodging the Certificate of Non-Compliance online, an invoice will be emailed to the pool/spa owner for payment.
Pools and spas only need to be registered with Council once.
Following the initial pool/spa registration, inspection and certification, pools/spas are required to be inspected every four years.
When your pool or spa is inspected again, you will receive a new 'Certificate of Barrier Compliance' (Form 23). You can lodge this using same process above.
Find out more about the regulations at the Victorian Building Authority website.