Under the Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 2019 (the regulations), people who use your facility must be protected from risk of infection via contaminated water and surfaces, or person to person contact. This is particularly important for vulnerable groups such as the elderly, young children and people with low immunity.
To ensure this, regulations require owners of Category 1 aquatic facilities to register their premises with the City of Melbourne Council from 14 December 2020.
Who needs to register?
There are two categories of aquatic facilities. Depending on the type of facility you manage, you have different requirements according to the regulations.