This Standard incorporates Amendment No. 1 (December 2011). The changes required by the Amendment are indicated in the text by a marginal bar and amendment number against the clause, note, table, figure or part thereof affected.

This Standard is part of a series dealing with fencing, location of fencing, and water recirculation systems.

The series of Standards is as follows:

AS
1926   Swimming pool safety
1926.1 Part 1: Safety barriers for swimming pools
1926.2 Part 2: Location of safety barriers for swimming pools
1926.3 Part 3: Water recirculation systems (this Standard)

The objective of this Standard is to provide regulatory authorities, pool and equipment manufacturers and pool users with requirements for skimmer boxes and other permanent water outlets in pools in order to minimize the chance of injuries in swimming pools in Australia.

The major area of change from the previous version of this Standard is that it allows for development of alternative skimming devices and outlet covers, the requirements for which are now performance based rather than prescriptive.

To permit the pool industry time to adjust to this new edition of the Standard, the 2003 version of AS 1926.3 will remain available superseded and will be withdrawn 12 months from the date of publication of this Standard.

The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ have been used in this Standard to define the application of the appendix to which they apply. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral part of a Standard, whereas an ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and guidance.

Reconfirmed: 2016-05-20

Originated as part of AS 2818 1986. Previous edition AS 1926.3 2003. Third edition 2010. Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (December 2011).