pOOL AND sPA PRODUCTS

Information for Pool and Spa Registrants

The Listable Chemical Product (Home swimming pool & spa products) Standard 2007 (the Standard) has commenced. Applications for listed registration of a chemical product complying with the Standard are assessed under Category 9 of AgMORAG. Applicants are not required to submit a draft label for approval for Category 9 applications.

Swimming pool & spa product labels prepared in accordance with the label formats included in Schedules 1 through 7 of the Standard (as appropriate to active constituent and formulation type) may be acceptable for submission for categories other than Cat 9 applications. Please check with the Pesticides Contact Officer if you have any queries in relation to the applicability of the Standard labels.

Certain minor administrative changes to approved labels are allowable without submission of draft labels. Please refer to Permit 6868 to ascertain the scope of those allowable changes.

Information for Pool and Spa Owners

The APVMA has previously warned owners of pools and spas to make sure, for health reasons, that when using water sanitising devices based on silver or silver and copper, they should also use registered pool chemicals containing chlorine or bromine.

Sanitation information
APVMA's role in regulating pool sanitisers
APVMA Registered Pool Water Sanitising Products
APVMA Registered Spa Water Sanitising Products
Guide for demonstrating efficacy of pool and spa sanitisers - June 2007 ( PDF - 120KB)
Pool ioniser update - December 2004
Administrative Appeals Tribunal decision - December 2004 ( PDF - 139KB)
Media Release: APVMA Issues Health Warning for Owners of Pools and Spas - 11 March 2004
Update on recall action - 28 May 2004