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Thanks for the responses. Yes, water quality is professionally maintained & monitored in the pool & spas & the areas kept clean. Our pool is certified & registered on the NSW Swimming Pool Register.
Where my original question leads is what happens with whole of apartment short term lets? Does that activity turn a private pool into a public one with the more onerous & costly compulsory health & safety measures? e.g. our pool & spas are tested 3 times a week during the day, not every day before the pool opens (ours opens at 6am) as mandated in “Public Health Regulation 2012
Schedule 1 Requirements for public swimming pools and spa pools (Clause 15)“.
BTW I should have read a little more with regards to my first question as the “Public Swimming Pool and Spa Pool Advisory Document” available from NSW Health:
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/environment/Pages/swimming-pool-and-spa-advisory-doc.aspx
states:
“An emerging type of swimming pool is the multi-residential pool such as those associated with apartments or town house developments. While such pools are not public swimming pools under the Public Health Act, they can still pose risks in terms of bather risk. The advisory document is equally applicable to this situation, but in a non-regulatory and advisory sense.“
Nice to know that Flat Chat advice is spot on.