Disability (Access to Premises — Buildings) Amendment (2024 Measures No. 1) Standards 2024
I, Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney-General, make the following Standards under subsection 31(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
Dated 21 November 2024
Mark Dreyfus KC
Attorney-General
Contents
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Disability (Access to Premises — Buildings) Standards 2010
This instrument is the Disability (Access to Premises — Buildings) Amendment (2024 Measures No. 1) Standards 2024.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. |
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Note 1: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
Note 2: This instrument takes effect subject to subsection 31(4) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under subsection 31(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Disability (Access to Premises — Buildings) Standards 2010
1 Subsection 4.5(1)
Omit “AS 1428.1—2009”, substitute “AS 1428.1—2021”.
2 Clause A3.1 of Schedule 1 (table 1)
Repeal the table (not including the heading), substitute:
No. | Date | Title | Provision(s) of Access Code |
AS 1428 |
| Design for access and mobility |
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Part 1 | 2021 | General requirements for access — New building work | A1.1, D3.1, D3.2, D3.3, D3.6, D3.9, D3.10, D3.12, D5.2, D5.3, F2.4 |
Part 1 | 2001 | General requirements for access — New building work | H2.7, H2.8, H2.10, H2.15 |
Part 1 | 1993 | General requirements for access — Buildings — Commentary | H2.2 |
Part 2 | 1992 | Enhanced and additional requirements — Buildings and facilities | H2.2, H2.3, H2.4, H2.5, H2.7, H2.10, H2.11, H2.12, H2.13, H2.14 |
Part 4 | 1992 | Tactile ground surface indicators for the orientation of people with vision impairment | H2.11 |
AS/NZS 1428 |
| Design for access and mobility |
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Part 4.1 | 2009 | Means to assist the orientation of people with vision impairment — Tactile ground surface indicators (incorporating amendments 1 and 2) | D3.8 |
AS 1735 |
| Lifts, escalators and moving walks (SAA Lift Code) |
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Part 12 | 1999 | Facilities for persons with disabilities (incorporating amendment 1) | E3.6, H2.6 |
AS/NZS 2890 |
| Parking facilities |
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Part 6 | 2009 | Off‑street parking for people with disabilities | D3.5 |
AS 4586 | 2013 | Slip resistance classification of new pedestrian surface materials (incorporating amendment 1) | F3.2 |
Transport Standards | 2002 |
| F2.9, H2.1 |
3 Subparagraph D3.3(a)(i) of Schedule 1
Omit “clause 10”, substitute “clause 7”.
4 Subparagraph D3.3(a)(ii) of Schedule 1
Omit “clause 11”, substitute “clause 8”.
5 At the end of subparagraph D3.3(a)(ii) of Schedule 1
Add “and”.
6 Subparagraph D3.3(a)(iii) of Schedule 1
Omit “clause 11.1(f) and (g)”, substitute “clause 8.1(f) and (g)”.
7 At the end of subparagraph D3.3(a)(iii) of Schedule 1
Add “and”.
8 At the end of paragraph D3.3(b) of Schedule 1
Add “and”.
9 At the end of sub-subparagraph D3.3(c)(ii)(B) of Schedule 1
Add “and”.
10 At the end of paragraphs D3.3(d) and (e) of Schedule 1
Add “and”.
11 Subparagraph D3.3(f)(ii) of Schedule 1
Omit “200 m²;”, substitute “200 m².”.
12 Paragraphs D3.3(g) and (h) of Schedule 1
Repeal the paragraphs.