Building Regulation 2021

The following minor repairs—

repairing, replacing or adjusting part of the existing barriers for a regulated pool if—

the repairing, replacing or adjusting of the part is carried out to comply with the pool safety standard; and

the part repaired, replaced or adjusted is no longer than a total of 5m and includes no more than 6 posts;

erecting a new part of the barriers for a regulated pool if—

the erecting of the part is carried out to comply with the pool safety standard; and

the part erected is no longer than a total of 5m and includes no more than 6 posts.

However, subsection (1)(b) does not apply to minor repairs to the barriers for a regulated pool if the repairs consist of—

reducing a gap under the barriers other than by lowering the panels or palings of the barriers; orExample of reducing a gap under the barriers for the pool—laying paving to reduce the gap under the barriers

increasing the height of the barriers for a regulated pool other than by raising the panels or palings of the barriers; orExample of increasing the height of the barriers for the pool—installing capping along the top of the barriers

installing shielding material.

Without limiting subsection (1), the minor repairs mentioned in that subsection include the following repairs or other works—

repairing, replacing or adjusting loose or damaged palings for the barriers for the pool;

raising the panels of the barriers for the pool to increase the height of the barriers;

lowering panels of the barriers for the pool to reduce a gap under the barriers;

replacing brackets or other fixings for panels of the barriers for the pool;

erecting a new part of the fencing to join 2 existing parts of the barriers for the regulated pool.Examples for paragraph (e)—