The rule: minimum standards + the 4-year cycle
Victoria folds pool compliance into rental minimum standards: the barrier must comply, the pool or spa must be registered with council, and the certificate of barrier compliance must be current on its 4-year cycle. There's no per-lease certificate event like QLD or NSW - the cycle runs regardless of tenancy changes.
Evidence at listing
Property managers ask for registration details and the current certificate before listing a pool property - minimum-standards breaches give tenants remedies, and agencies won't carry the risk. An overdue Form 23 on a rental is a compliance breach today, not a future paperwork problem.
Mid-tenancy obligations
Barrier damage reported by a tenant is an urgent repair under rental law - a gate that won't self-latch can't wait for the routine cycle. Keep the inspector's report with the tenancy file; it's the evidence trail if anything is ever questioned.
For property managers
Diarise Form 23 due dates across the rent roll - council reminder letters go to owners, not agencies, and absentee owners miss them. The 30-day lodgement rule bites here too: a certificate obtained but never lodged doesn't exist.