Pool safety inspections across the Sunshine Coast Region.

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Each with local context — pool stock type, common failure items, sale or holiday-let dynamics.

Other Sunshine Coast suburbs we inspect.

Two councils, one set of QLD-wide rules.

The Sunshine Coast Region is administered by two local government areas: Sunshine Coast Council (Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Maroochydore, Buderim, Coolum, and the hinterland through to Maleny) and Noosa Council (Noosa Heads, Noosaville, Tewantin, Sunshine Beach, Pomona, Cooroy). The QLD-wide pool safety standard (QLD Building Act 1975 Pt 13 + QDC MP 3.4 + AS 1926.1 + AS 1926.2) applies identically in both LGAs. Form 23 is a state-issued certificate lodged on the QBCC Pool Safety Register — not council-issued — so the council split doesn’t change the inspector requirement.

~40,000 pools across the combined region.

Conservative regional estimates put the combined SCC + Noosa pool and spa count at 40,000+ — one of the highest per-capita pool densities in regional Australia, driven by year-round sub-tropical use, premium residential stock, and dense holiday-let / short-stay accommodation. That means inspection is recurring, scheduled work for most owners and managers: 2-year cycle for private residential, 1-year cycle for shared (holiday let, body-corp, complex). Settlement-driven and lease-driven inspections sit on top of that as one-off events.

What QLD Building Act Pt 13 actually requires.

• Current Form 23 Pool Safety Certificate before settlement of any property with a pool / spa.
• Current Form 23 at the start of every new tenancy where the property has a pool / spa.
• Form 36 (notice of no certificate) issued to the buyer if Form 23 isn’t in place at settlement — 90-day rectification obligation passes to the new owner.
• Inspector must be QBCC-licensed as a Pool Safety Inspector. Lodgement happens electronically on the Pool Safety Register.
• Certificate validity: 2 years for non-shared (private residential) pools, 1 year for shared pools (holiday let, body-corp, complex).
• Barrier must meet QDC MP 3.4 + AS 1926.1 at inspection — height, gaps, NCZ, gate operation, CPR sign, doors and windows.

Why your insurance and your conveyancer care about this.

A sale that completes without a current Form 23 puts the 90-day rectification obligation on the new buyer — which means the buyer’s solicitor will almost always require either (a) Form 23 issued before settlement, or (b) a price adjustment / hold-back to cover the rectification risk. Insurers similarly require Form 23 currency for liability cover on private pools and for body-corp common-property cover on shared pools. Lapsed Form 23 = exposure. We get the cert sorted and lodged before either party has to worry.