Lodge a Certificate of Barrier Compliance (form 23)

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

If you have already registered, your pool or spa barrier must be inspected and certified by a registered building surveyor or inspector. If it complies, they will issue you with a Certificate of Barrier Compliance to lodge with Council.

Key information

You must lodge your Certificate of Barrier Compliance (Form 23) within 30 days of receiving your acknowledgement of registration.

You must lodge a new certificate every four years from the issued date of the last certificate.

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 Building and Plumbing Commission 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

Log in to the platform to apply. If you don’t have an account, you can sign up. Find out more about our online self-service platform.

Once logged in:

  • select ‘Swimming pool and spa' under Apply for something
  • select ‘Lodge a Certificate of Barrier Compliance (Form 23)’ and in the drop-down
  • follow the prompts.

Lodge a certificate of barrier compliance

You can track the progress of your applications anytime through the platform.

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