2021 - Notification of swimming pool or spa removal

Pool safety legislation allows pool owners to decommission their swimming pool (including portable spa pools) instead of complying with the pool safety standards.

After decommissioning the pool, the owner of the land must notify Council, who will issue an acknowledgement letter. There is no fee for this.

You must then forward (or provide a copy of) the letter you receive from Council to the QBCC, who maintain the swimming pool safety register. The QBCC will then remove the swimming pool from the Pool Register.

This form is to be completed by the owner of the property.

Please describe your circumstances *

I am notifying Council that a swimming pool has been decommissioned

I received a letter from Council about a swimming pool, but my property has not had a swimming pool since I purchased it

What year did you purchase the property? *

Property address

Property street number and name *

Address Line 2

Suburb *

Please detail where the swimming pool was located (e.g. front or rear of property) *

Owner's details

Full name *

Contact phone number *

Email Address *

Is your postal address different to the property address? *

Yes

No

Postal address *

Address Line 2

Suburb *

Post code *

Declaration by owner

By submitting this form to Council, you confirm that you are the owner of the property and the swimming pool or spa has been decommmissioned at the property listed above.

By submitting this form to Council, you confirm that you are the owner of the property and there has not been swimming pool or spa at the property since you purchased it.

Privacy collection notice

Townsville City Council collects and manages personal information in the course of performing its activities, functions and duties. We respect the privacy of the personal information held by us. The way in which Council manages personal information is governed by the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld). We are collecting your personal information in accordance with the Local Government Act 2009. The information will be used to process this notification of a decommissioning of a swimming pool and update the property's building records. Generally, we will not disclose your personal information outside of Council unless we are required to do so by law, or unless you give your consent to this disclosure. Your details may be provided to the QBCC for the purposes of updating the pool safety register. For further information about how we manage your personal information please see our Information Privacy Policy.