I touched a bit of a nerve with last week’s Insights piece on loopy regulations and the swimming pool police. It sounds like my experience in Christchurch was pretty tame as compared to what a lot of others experience. There is even a Pool Owners Action Group pressing for more sensible regulation.
Many councils seem to be making it impossible to use your pool in any reasonable way, or at least according to my correspondents. Ultimately, Councils seem to be pushing for the smallest possible “immediate pool area”, with everything else outside of the fenced area – so you wouldn’t be able to have a fenced off pool area that includes a BBQ and picnic table for a pool party.
While the proposed legislation will make things easier for some spa pool owners, and can make some of the fencing requirements easier, there are still messes in there. Mandating self-closing…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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