A lot of these do not affect homeowners but a few might bite you. One is a change to 680.4 that allows AHJs to do periodic inspections of existing pools. I am not sure what the exact language is but this has always been true of public pools. They are also going to start requiring an outside disconnect at a dwelling. That would also affect panel swap outs but it is probably not retroactive.
Kind of bizarre. I don't see why any local jurisdiction needs the NEC to allow them to do inspections of anything they want to inspect. Are there that many pool injuries or deaths related to wiring problems? I know of one incident personally. A teacher at my high school decided it was a good idea to get the water out of his pool by using a shop vac. He apparently was holding it while in the pool. This was before GFCI and it wasn't a wiring issue, just stupidity. An inspection wouldn't have saved him.
That really depends on what state you live in I imagine and the NEC change would only prompt local legislation but in Florida the AHJ has no more authority to come onto private property than anyone else. Legally they need permission or a warrant. A permit will have that permission in the application language that you sign but it expires when the permit is closed. I am really curious how this will be interpreted. There is one interesting side bar. The pool fence is actually inspected by the electrical inspector so in Florida that might be the hook to get in the door. Normally fence violations are caught by "code enfor4cement" tho. Those are the guys who look for tall grass or junk cars in the yard. Although it usually shocks them if you say it but they have no more authority to enter private property than a burglar. You can call the cops and file a trespassing complaint.
Most pool deaths are kids drowning, hence the fence requirements. There are problems occasionally but it is usually people doing stupid stuff if the pool was legally wired in the first place.
Stupid stuff like this ;-)
I am not sure how you would legally enforce requiring that all pools be brought up to current code but that is one solution. (mostly GFCI protection). I am also not sure how they would pay for all of those inspections but I suppose it would be the way the government pays for everything, another tax.
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