Disability (Access to Premises - Buildings) Amendment Standards 2010 (No. )

1 Name of Standards

These Standards are the Disability (Access to Premises — Buildings) Amendment Standards 2010 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

These Standards commence on the commencement of the Disability (Access to Premises — Buildings) Standards 2010.

Note 1 Section 1.2 of the Disability (Access to Premises — Buildings) Standards 2010 provides that the Standards will commence on 1 May 2011.

Note 2 These Standards and the Disability (Access to Premises — Buildings) Standards 2010 take effect subject to subsection 31 (4) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.

3 Amendment of Disability (Access to Premises — Buildings) Standards 2010

Schedule 1 amends the Disability (Access to Premises — Buildings) Standards 2010.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Paragraph 2.1 (1) (b)

substitute

(b) a new part, and any affected part, of a building, if the building is:

(i) a specified Class 1b building; or

(ii) a Class 2 building that:

(A) is a new building; and

(B) has accommodation available for short-term rent; or

(iii) a Class 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 building;

[2] Schedule 1, table 1

omit the second mention of

Lifts, escalators and moving walks

insert

General requirements, Amendment 1

[3] Schedule 1, table D3.1

after first mention of

thereof

insert

in excess of 100 dwellings

[4] Schedule 1, subclause D3.2 (1)

substitute

(1) An accessway must be provided to a building required to be accessible:

(a) from the main points of a pedestrian entry at the allotment boundary; and

(b) from another accessible building connected by a pedestrian link; and

[5] Schedule 1, subparagraph D3.3 (f) (ii)

omit

200 m2.

insert

200 m2;

[6] Schedule 1, after paragraph D3.3 (f)

insert

(g) clause 7.4.1 (a) of AS 1428.1 does not apply and is replaced with ‘the pile height or pile thickness shall not exceed 11 mm and the carpet backing thickness shall not exceed 4 mm’; and

(h) the carpet pile height or pile thickness dimension, carpet backing thickness dimension and their combined dimension shown in figure 8 of AS 1428.1 do not apply and are replaced with 11 mm, 4 mm and 15 mm respectively.

[7] Schedule 1, paragraph D3.5 (c)

omit

AS 2890.6

insert

AS/NZS 2890.6

[8] Schedule 1, paragraph D3.7 (1) (b)

substitute

(b) in an auditorium, conference room, meeting room or room for judicatory purposes; or

[9] Schedule 1, subparagraph D3.7 (2) (b) (iii)

omit the second mention of

2 000

insert

1 000

[10] Schedule 1, paragraph D5.2 (f)

omit

1 100 m

insert

1 100 mm

[11] Schedule 1, paragraph F2.4 (i)

omit

D3.3 (g)

insert

D3.3 (f)