New National Swimming Pool Design Codes to be Effective May 2010
NEW national code designs for swimming pools will become effective in May.
The new rules will mean new pools must be separated from homes by a fence. Self closing and self locking doors count as a fence, the Sunday Age reports, but a pool cannot be connected directly to a room.
Studies by the Victorian Building Commission found a higher risk to children if a home door leads to a pool.
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