The Building Act 2004 requires all residential swimming pools in New Zealand have a barrier that restricts access to children under five years. This also includes pop-up pools (permanent or temporary) with a depth of 400mm or more.
It is the shared responsibility of the homeowner or occupier and the pool owner to ensure that barriers are installed and maintained to the required standard.
If a new barrier is to be installed, you must get a building consent.
Your pool will need to comply with legislation that was in place at the time of installation.
Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987(external link) (Repealed, on 1 January 2017, by section 19 of the Building (Pools) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 71)
F4 of the NZ Building Code - Safety from falling(external link)
F9 of the NZ Building Code - Restricting access to residential pools(external link)
Most pools in the district will already be in our database or added as building consents are applied for. If you don’t believe your pool is registered with us, please complete the registration form and forward to Swimming.Pools@tasman.govt.nz.
We're required to carry out three-yearly pool inspections to ensure all pools comply with the legislation.
We'll advise you about a month in advance that we're coming to do the inspection. You can schedule a time if you'd like to be there, or if not, you just need to ensure we can access the pool area.
We won't need to inspect your small pool if it meets all these criteria:
If the inspection fails, we'll work with you to get the pool compliant and give you time to address any items.
If we can't resolve it together we can issue a "notice to fix". People who fail to comply with the notice to fix could receive an infringement notice or face prosecution. This is rare, however - we can usually sort out any problems together.
Includes issue of consent, inspections and code compliance certificate. All applications for building consent shall be accompanied by a deposit of $2,000.00 or the actual charge whichever is the lesser amount. The balance of any charge will be invoiced along with Resource Management Authority check (where Property Information Memorandum [PIM] not applied for), government and other levies when the consent is ready for issue. Where charges are listed as a deposit only, actual charges will be invoiced on the basis of $160.00 per hour or part thereof unless advised otherwise.
*Note: It is Council policy to apply a standard charge, however, it reserves the right to assess individual cases as required. Additional charges may be requested by virtue of Section 219(2) of the Building Act 2004 if costs incurred exceed the standard charge. Applications that require consultation with Fire and Emergency New Zealand or Heritage New Zealand Puhere Taonga will have costs recovered. Review of engineer design building by consultant will be charged at cost.
A building project greater than $20,000.00 will also attract Insurance, Quality (QA), BRANZ and MBIE levies. Work cannot commence until the consent is paid for and issued.
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Charges from 1 July 2020 including GST |
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Pre-Lodgement Meetings First 30 minutes 30 minutes or more |
Free $160.00/hr |
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Solid Fuel Heater Application Inbuilt heaters may require an additional inspectionand will incur an additional charge |
$400.00 $160.00 |
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Minor Works Application For building work with an estimated value less than $20,000. Specialist input, PIM/RMA check and additional requests for information will be charged additionally per hour or part there of (Covers the likes of small farm buildings, minor alterations and additions, onsite wastewater, proprietary carports, kitset garages, kitset outbuildings, decks and swimming pools). |
$1250.00
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Tent and Marquee >100m2 |
$400.00 |
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Express Service for Commercial Marquees (If submitted 10 working days or less from planned construction date Tasman District Council will endeavour to complete but cannot guarantee the issue of the consent before construction starts or the sign off of inspections before use. The Tent and Marquee fee excludes PIM/RMA check and Certificate of Public Use costs which will be charged additionally as applicable). |
$900.00 |
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Residential Dwellings Value: |
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| Value up to $200,000 | $3,200.00 |
| Value - $200,001 to $300,000 | $4,000.00 |
| Value - $300,001 to $499,999 | $4,750.00 |
| Relocated Dwellings | $2,000.00 |
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ALL OTHER BUILDING WORK (excluding commercial) Value |
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| $2,001 to $5,000 | $750.00 |
| $5,001 to $10,000 | $1,000.00 |
| $10,001 to $19,999 | $1,650.00 |
| $20,000 to $49,999 | $2,000.00 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 | $2,900.00 |
| $100,000 to $249,999 | $3,250.00 |
| $250,000 to $499,999 | $4,400.00 |
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Commercial Building Work Buildings requiring assessment in terms of accessibility, fire safety and those buildings accessible to the public. Value: $2,001 to $19,999 All commercial building work valued $20,000 or over will be charged $2,000.00 Deposit plus $160.00 per hour or part thereof |
$1,650.00 $2,000.00 Deposit |
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Building work valued $500,000 or more: Value $500,000 to $999,999 $1,000,000 to $3,999,999. $4,000,000 and not elsewhere covered. |
$6,950.00 $7,500.00 deposit $9,000.00 deposit |
| Amended Plans | |
| Formal Amendments after consent granted and before CCC | $500.00 deposit |
| Formal Amendments and onsite variations are charged per hour. Related additional may apply, e.g. PIM rechecking, Additional inspections. | $160.00/hr or part thereof |
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Associated Building Costs (GST inclusive) |
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Project Information Memorandum (PIM) New Construction, additions and alterations, additions/alterations |
$300.00 |
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Resource Management Act Check (not applicable if PIM application has been previously made) Note: Further charges may apply if changes other than minor have been made requiring planning reassessment. |
$300.00 |
| PIM/RMA Rechecking fee | $190.00 |
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Insurance Levy ‹ $20,000 assessed value › $20,000 assessed value |
Nil $0.75/$1,000 value of project |
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Quality Levy ‹ $20,000 assessed value › $20,000 assessed value |
Nil $1/$1,000 value of project |
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BRANZ Levy ‹ $20,000 assessed value › $20,000 assessed value |
Nil $1/$1,000 value of project |
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MBIE Levy ‹ $20,000 assessed value › $20,000 assessed value |
Nil $1.75/$1,000 value of project |
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Certification Charge For historic consents older than 5 years |
$160.00/hr |
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Inspection Fee (Including Failed Inspections and Code Compliance Certificate (per inspection) |
$160.00/hr |
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Inspection Cancellation Fee (For cancellations after 2pm the day prior to your inspection) |
$160 |
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Swimming Pool Audit Fee |
$160.00 |
| Work Start Extension Request or Work Completion Request | $160.00 |
| Refuse, lapse and cancellation of building consent administration fee | $160.00 |
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Certificate of Public Use (CPU) Safety Barrier Inspection only Renewal |
$375.00 $160.00 $375.00 |
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Compliance Schedule New application, whether or not associated with Building Consent |
$400.00 deposit $160.00/hr |
| Compliance Schedule Amendments |
$250.00 Deposit Plus recovery of costs at $160.00/hr |
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Building Warrant of Fitness |
$160.00 |
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Building Warrant of Fitness for back flow preventor ONLY Inspections Deposit if required |
$50.00 $160.00 |
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Building Act 2004 Infringement Notice Issue and Administration *Plus recovery charges per hour for investigation and monitoring of notices under BA04 |
$160.00 |
| Notice to fix | |
| Issue and administration where building consent is held |
$170.00 |
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Issue and administration where no consent is held* *plus recovery of charges at $160.00/hr for investigation and monitoring of notices under the Building Act 2004 |
$510.00 |
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Certificate of Acceptance (COA) Applicants will be charged a $500.00 application fee, charged per hour for the processing of the application, and any levies that would have been payable had building consent been applied for before carrying out the work. The deposit will be a down-payment towards these costs. |
$1000.00 deposit $160.00/hr |
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Building Act Schedule 1(2) Exempted Work Levies will apply which is not included in the deposit |
$400.00 deposit $160.00/hr |
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Lodgement of unauthorised building reports (pre Building Act only – pre June 1991) |
$130.00 |
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Lodgement of Building Act Schedule 1 Exempt work reports with owner's declarations |
$100.00 |
| Building Code Waivers or Modifications | $250.00 |
| Section 72, Section 75 decision, plus legal disbursements | $426.00 Deposit |
| Section 124 Dangerous, Insanitary and Affected Building Notice |
$510.00 Plus $160.00/hr |
| Application fee for Alternative Solutions Assessment | $495.00 Deposit |
| Consultancy Specific design peer reviews | At cost |
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Specialist input When a PS2 design is provided this fee may not be applicable |
At cost plus 10% |
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Building Certificates required under other legislation (e.g. Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012) Plus inspection charge (if required) |
$160.00 or part thereof $160.00 |
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Documents requiring Council Resolution, Certification or Council Seal Plus actual cost (over 60 minutes) and any legal disbursements |
$160.00 $160.00/hr |
| Earthquake Prone Building | |
| To obtain an Engineering assessment s133AI(3)(c) by the Territorial Authority | At cost plus $160.00/hr |
| Application for Exemption to carry out Seismic work s133AN(2) (deposit plus hourly rate) | $610.00 deposit |
| Application for an extension of time to complete seismic work for Heritage buildings s133AO(3) (deposit plus hourly rate) |
$610.00 deposit $160.00/hr |
| Council to erect hoarding or fence for an EQP Building s133AR(1)(a) (deposit plus hourly rate) | At cost plus $160.00/hr |
| Territorial Authority may carry out seismic work s133AS | $610.00 |
| Issue of Earthquake Prone Building notice s133AL | $610.00 deposit |
| Assessment of information related to a Building’s EQP status s133AH and s133AK (deposit plus hourly rate) |
$610.00 deposit (deposit plus hourly rate) |
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Determination Charge (Unless Council is the applicant of the determination) |
$160.00/hr |
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