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Premises Standard Schedule 1 Part D3
What is the Access to Premises Standards | Disability Buildings Standard | Disability Discrimination Act 1992 | DDA Consultants
Part D3 Access for people with a disability
| D3.0 |
Deemed to satisfy provisions
The Performance Requirements of clauses DP1, DP4, DP6, DP8 and DP9 are satisfied by complying with:
(a) clauses D3.1 to D3.12; and
(b) for public transport buildings, Part H2.
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| D3.1 |
General building access requirements
Buildings and parts of buildings must be accessible as required by Table D3.1, unless exempted by clause D3.4.
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Table D3.1: Requirements for access for people with a disability
| Class of building |
Access requirements |
| Class 1b |
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| (a) Dwellings located on one allotment* and used for short term holiday accommodation consisting of: |
To and within: |
(i) 4 to 10 dwellings
(ii) 11 to 40 dwellings
(iii) 41 to 60 dwellings
(iv) 61 to 80 dwellings
(v) 81 to 100 dwellings
(iv) more than 100 dwellings |
1 dwelling
2 dwellings
3 dwellings
4 dwellings
5 dwellings
5 dwellings plus one additional dwelling for each additional 30 dwellings or part thereof |
| (b) A boarding house, bed and breakfast, guest house, hostel or the like containing 4 or more bedrooms used for rental accommodation, other than those described in (a) |
To and within:
1 bedroom and associated sanitary facilities; and
not less than 1 of each type of room or space for use in common by the residents or guests, including a cooking facility, sauna, gymnasium, swimming pool, laundry, games room, eating area, or the like; and
rooms or spaces for use in common by all residents on a floor to which access by way of a ramp complying with AS 1428.1 or a passenger lift is provided
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* A community or strata type subdivision or development is considered to be on a single allotment
| Class 3 |
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| Common areas |
From a pedestrian entrance required to be accessible to at least one floor containing sole occupancy units and to the entrance doorway of each sole occupancy unit located on that level
To and within not less than one of each type of room or space for use in common by the residents, including a cooking facility, sauna, gymnasium, swimming pool, common laundry, games room, TV room, individual shop, dining room, public viewing area, ticket purchasing service, lunchroom, lounge room, or the like
Where a ramp complying with AS 1428.1 or a passenger lift is installed:
(a) to the entrance doorway of each sole occupancy unit; and
(b) to and within rooms or spaces for use in common by the residents,
located on the levels served by the lift or ramp
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| Sole occupancy units |
Not more than 2 required accessible sole occupancy units may be located adjacent to each other
Where more than 2 accessible sole occupancy units are required, they must be representative of the range of rooms available
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| If the building or group of buildings contain: |
To and within:
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1 to 10 sole occupancy units
11 to 40 sole occupancy units
41 to 60 sole occupancy units
61 to 80 sole occupancy units
81 to 100 sole occupancy units
101 to 200 sole occupancy units |
1 accessible sole occupancy unit
2 accessible sole occupancy units
3 accessible sole occupancy units
4 accessible sole occupancy units
5 accessible sole occupancy units
5 accessible sole occupancy units plus 1 additional accessible sole occupancy unit for every 25 units or part thereof in excess of 100 |
| 201 to 500 sole occupancy units |
9 accessible sole occupancy units plus 1 additional accessible sole occupancy unit for every 30 units or part thereof in excess of 200 |
| more than 500 sole occupancy units |
19 accessible sole occupancy units plus 1 additional accessible sole occupancy unit for every 50 units of part thereof in excess of 500
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| Class 5 |
To and within all areas normally used by the occupants |
| Class 6 |
To and within all areas normally used by the occupants |
| Class 7a |
To and within any level containing accessible carparking spaces |
| Class 7b |
To and within all areas normally used by the occupants |
| Class 8 |
To and within all areas normally used by the occupants |
| Class 9a |
To and within all areas normally used by the occupants |
| Class 9b |
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| Schools and early childhood centres |
To and within all areas normally used by the occupants |
| An assembly building not being a school or an early childhood centre |
To wheelchair seating spaces provided in accordance with clause D3.9
To and within all other areas normally used by the occupants, except that access need not be provided to tiers or platforms of seating areas that do not contain wheelchair seating spaces |
| Class 9c |
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| Common areas |
From a pedestrian entrance required to be accessible to at least one floor containing sole occupancy units and to the entrance doorway of each sole occupancy unit located on that level
To and within not less than one of each type of room or space for use in common by the residents, including a cooking facility, sauna, gymnasium, swimming pool, common laundry, games room, TV room, individual shop, dining room, public viewing area, ticket purchasing service, lunchroom, lounge room, or the like
Where a ramp complying with AS 1428.1 or a passenger lift is installed:
(a) to the entrance doorway of each sole occupancy unit; and
(b) to and within rooms or spaces for use in common by the residents;
located on the levels served by the lift or ramp
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| Sole occupancy units |
Where more than 2 accessible sole occupancy units are required, they must be representative of the range of rooms available. |
| If the building or group of buildings contain: |
To and within: |
1 to 10 sole occupancy units
11 to 40 sole occupancy units
41 to 60 sole occupancy units
61 to 80 sole occupancy units
81 to 100 sole occupancy units
101 to 200 sole occupancy units
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1 accessible sole occupancy unit
2 accessible sole occupancy units
3 accessible sole occupancy units
4 accessible sole occupancy units
5 accessible sole occupancy units
5 accessible sole occupancy units plus 1 additional accessible sole occupancy unit for every 25 units or part thereof in excess of 100
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| 201 to 500 sole occupancy units |
9 accessible sole occupancy units plus 1 additional accessible sole occupancy unit for every 30 units or part thereof in excess of 200 |
| more than 500 sole occupancy units |
19 accessible sole occupancy units plus 1 additional accessible sole occupancy unit for every 50 units of part thereof in excess of 500 |
| Class 10a |
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| Non habitable building located in an accessible area intended for use by the public and containing a sanitary facility, change room facility or shelter |
To and within:
(a) an accessible sanitary facility; and
(b) a change room facility; and
(c) a public shelter or the like |
| Class 10b |
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| Swimming pool |
To and into swimming pools with a total perimeter greater than 40m, associated with a Class 1b, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 building that is required to be accessible, but not swimming pools for the exclusive use of occupants of a 1b building or a sole occupancy unit in a Class 3 building |
| D3.2 |
Access to buildings
(1) An accessway must be provided
(a) to a building required to be accessible:
(b) from the main points of a pedestrian entry at the allotment boundary; and
(i) from another accessible building connected by a pedestrian link; and
(ii) from any required accessible carparking space on the allotment.
(2) In a building required to be accessible, an accessway must be provided through the principal pedestrian entrance, and:
(a) through not less than 50% of all pedestrian entrances including the principal pedestrian entrance; and
(b) in a building with a total floor area more than 500 m2, a pedestrian entrance which is not accessible must not be located more than 50 m from an accessible pedestrian entrance;
except for pedestrian entrances serving only areas exempted by clause D3.4.
(3) Where a pedestrian entrance required to be accessible has multiple doorways:
(a) if the pedestrian entrance consists of not more than 3 doorways — not less than one of those doorways must be accessible; and
(b) if the pedestrian entrance consists of more than 3 doorways — not less than 50% of those doorways must be accessible.
(4) For the purposes of subclause (3):
(a) an accessible pedestrian entrance with multiple doorways is considered to be one pedestrian entrance where:
(i) all doorways serve the same part or parts of the building; and
(ii) the distance between each doorway is not more than the width of the widest doorway at that pedestrian entrance (see Figure D3.2); and
(b) a doorway is considered to be the clear, unobstructed opening created by the opening of one or more door leaves (see Figure D3.2).
(5) Where a doorway on an accessway has multiple leaves, (except an automatic opening door) one of those leaves must have a clear opening width of not less than 850 mm in accordance with AS 1428.1.
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| D3.3 |
Parts of buildings to be accessible
In a building required to be accessible:
(a) an accessway must be provided to each area required by Table D3.1 to be accessible, but need not be provided to areas or buildings exempted by clause
(b) every ramp and stairway, except for ramps and stairways in areas exempted by clause D3.4, fire isolated ramps and fire isolated stairways, must comply with:
(i) for a ramp, clause 11 of AS 1428.1; and
(ii) for a stairway, clause 12 of AS 1428.1;
(c) every passenger lift must comply with clause E3.6;
(d) accessways must have:
(i) passing spaces complying with AS 1428.1 at maximum 20 m intervals on those parts of an accessway where a direct line of sight is not available; and
(ii) turning spaces complying with AS 1428.1:
(A) within 2 m of the end of accessways where it is not possible to continue travelling along the accessway; and
(B) at maximum 20 m intervals along the accessway;
(e) an intersection of accessways satisfies the spatial requirements for a passing and turning space;
(f) a passing space may serve as a turning space.
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| D3.4 |
Exemptions
The following areas are not required to be accessible:
(a) a cleaners’ store room, a commercial kitchen, a staff serving area in a bar, a foundry floor, a cool room, a fire lookout, a lighthouse, a rigging loft or the like;
(b) areas only used for building services and maintenance (testing, inspections, verification, repair and overhaul) such as:
(i) a cooling tower and power plant;
(ii) an equipment or lift motor room, an electrical switchroom, a battery room, a machinery room, a plant room, boiler room and a pump room;
(iii) a bunded area;
(iv) a fire control centre;
(v) a loading dock;
(vi) an access route for maintenance, pits, lift shafts and ventilation shafts; and
(vii) a sub station, telecommunication equipment room, metering area;
or the like;
(c) areas containing raw or hazardous materials, produce or bulk storage such as a waste containment area, silo, grain bin, chemical store, storage racks or the like;
(d) upper floors of warehouses used solely for wholesale and or logistic/distribution purposes which are not accessible to the public;
(e) mezzanine areas used only for storage, plant and equipment or the like;
(f) in a Class 5, 6, 7b or 8 building:
(i) containing not more than 3 storeys; and
(ii) with a floor area for each storey, excluding the entrance storey, of not more than 200m2;
a storey or level other than the entrance storey, except if the storey or level is served by a ramp complying with AS 1428.1 or a passenger lift;
(g) any path of travel providing access only to an area exempted by this clause.
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| D3.5 |
Accessible carparking
Accessible carparking spaces:
(a) subject to (b), must be provided in accordance with Table D3.5 in:
(i) a Class 7a building required to be accessible; and
(ii) a carparking area on the same allotment as a building required to be accessible; and
(b) need not be provided in a Class 7a building or a carparking area where a parking service is provided and direct access to any of the carparking spaces is not available to the public; and
(c) subject to (d), must comply with AS 2890.6; and
(d) need not be designated where there is a total of not more than 5 carparking spaces, so as to restrict the use of the carparking space only for people with a disability.
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Table D3.5 Carparking spaces for people with a disability
| Class of building to which the Class 7a building or carparking area is associated |
Number of accessible carparking spaces required
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| Class 1b and 3 |
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| (a) Boarding house, guest house, hostel, lodging house, backpackers accommodation, or the residential part of a hotel or motel. |
To be calculated by multiplying the total number of carparking spaces by the percentage of:
(a) accessible sole occupancy units to the total number of sole occupancy units; or
(b) accessible bedrooms to the total number of bedrooms; and
the calculated number is to be taken to the next whole figure. |
| (b) Residential part of a school, accommodation for the aged, disabled or children, residential part of a health care building which accommodates members of staff or the residential part of a detention centre. |
1 space for every 100 carparking spaces or part thereof. |
| Class 5, 7, 8 and 9c |
1 space for every 100 carparking spaces or part thereof. |
| Class 6 |
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| (a) Up to 1 000 carparking spaces; and |
1 space for every 50 carparking spaces or part thereof. |
| (b) for each additional 100 carparking spaces or part thereof in excess of 1 000 carparking spaces. |
1 space. |
| Class 9a |
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| (a) Hospital (non outpatient area) |
1 space for every 100 carparking spaces or part thereof. |
(b) Hospital (outpatient area):
(i) up to 1 000 carparking spaces; and (ii) for each additional 100 carparking spaces or part thereof in excess of 1 000 carparking spaces. 1 space. |
1 space for every 50 carparking spaces or part thereof. |
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(ii) for each additional 100 carparking spaces or part thereof in excess of 1 000 carparking spaces.
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1 space. |
| (c) Nursing home |
1 space for every 100 carparking spaces or part thereof. |
| (d) Clinic or day surgery not forming part of a hospital |
1 space for every 50 carparking spaces or part thereof. |
| Class 9b |
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| (a) School |
1 space for every 100 carparking spaces or part thereof. |
(b) Other assembly buildings:
(i) up to 1 000 carparking spaces; and |
1 space for every 50 carparking spaces or part thereof. |
| (ii) for each additional 100 carparking spaces or part thereof in excess of 1 000 carparking spaces. |
1 space. |
| D3.6 |
Signage
In a building required to be accessible:
(a) Braille and tactile signage complying with Part D4 and incorporating the international symbol of access or deafness, as appropriate, in accordance with AS 1428.1 must identify each:
(i) sanitary facility, except a sanitary facility within a sole occupancy unit in a Class 1b or Class 3 building; and
(ii) space with a hearing augmentation system; and
(b) signage including the international symbol for deafness in accordance with AS 1428.1 must be provided within a room containing a hearing augmentation system identifying:
(i) the type of hearing augmentation; and
(ii) the area covered within the room; and
(iii) if receivers are being used and where the receivers can be obtained; and
(c) signage in accordance with AS 1428.1 must be provided for accessible unisex sanitary facilities to identify if the facility is suitable for left or right handed use; and
(d) signage to identify an ambulant accessible sanitary facility in accordance with AS 1428.1 must be located on the door of the facility; and
(e) where a pedestrian entrance is not accessible, directional signage incorporating the international symbol of access, in accordance with AS 1428.1 must be provided to direct a person to the location of the nearest accessible pedestrian entrance; and
(f) where a bank of sanitary facilities is not provided with an accessible unisex sanitary facility, directional signage incorporating the international symbol of access in accordance with AS 1428.1 must be placed at the location of the sanitary facilities that are not accessible, to direct a person to the location of the nearest accessible unisex sanitary facility.
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| D3.7 |
Hearing augmentation
(1) A hearing augmentation system must be provided where an inbuilt amplification system, other than one used only for emergency warning, is installed:
(a) in an auditorium, conference room, meeting room, room for judicatory purposes, or a room in a Class 9b building; or
(b) at any ticket office, teller’s booth, reception area or the like, where the public is screened from the service provider.
(2) If a hearing augmentation system required by subclause (1) is:
(a) an induction loop, it must be provided to not less than 80% of the floor area of the room or space served by the inbuilt amplification system; or
(b) a system requiring the use of receivers or the like, it must be available to not less than 95% of the floor area of the room or space served by the inbuilt amplification system, and the number of receivers provided must be not less than:
(i) if the room or space accommodates up to 500 persons, 1 receiver for every 25 persons (or part thereof), or 2 receivers, whichever is the greater; and
(ii) if the room or space accommodates more than 500 persons but not more than 1 000 persons, 20 receivers plus 1 receiver for every 33 persons (or part thereof) in excess of 500 persons; and
(iii) if the room or space accommodates more than 1 000 persons but not more than 2 000 persons, 35 receivers plus 1 receiver for every 50 persons (or part thereof) in excess of 2 000 persons; and
(iv) if the room or space accommodates more than 2 000 persons, 55 receivers plus 1 receiver for every 100 persons (or part thereof) in excess of 2 000 persons.
(3) The number of persons accommodated in the room or space served by an inbuilt amplification system must be calculated according to clause D1.13 of the BCA.
(4) Any screen or scoreboard associated with a Class 9b building and capable of displaying public announcements must be capable of supplementing any public address system, other than a public address system used for emergency warning purposes only.
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| D3.8 |
Tactile indicators
(1) For a building required to be accessible, tactile ground surface indicators must be provided to warn people who are blind or have a vision impairment that they are approaching:
(a) a stairway, other than a fire isolated stairway;
(b) an escalator;
(c) a passenger conveyor or moving walk;
(d) a ramp other than a fire isolated ramp, a step ramp, kerb ramp or a swimming pool ramp; and
(e) in the absence of a suitable barrier:
(i) an overhead obstruction less than 2 m above floor level, other than a doorway; and
(ii) an accessway meeting a vehicular way adjacent to any pedestrian entrance to a building, excluding a pedestrian entrance serving an area referred to in clause D3.4, if there is no kerb or kerb ramp at that point;
except for areas exempted by clause D3.4.
(2) Tactile ground surface indicators required by subclause (1) must comply with sections 1 and 2 of AS/NZS 1428.4.1.
(3) A hostel for the aged, nursing home for the aged, a residential aged care building, Class 3 accommodation for the aged, Class 9a health care building or a Class 9c aged care building need not comply with paragraphs (1) (a) and (d) if handrails incorporating a raised dome button in accordance with the requirements for stairway handrails in AS 1428.1 are provided to warn people who are blind or have a vision impairment that they are approaching a stairway or ramp.
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| D3.9 |
Wheelchair seating spaces in Class 9b assembly buildings
Where fixed seating is provided in a Class 9b assembly building, wheelchair seating spaces complying with AS 1428.1 must be provided in accordance with the following:
(a) the number and grouping of wheelchair seating spaces must be in accordance with Table D3.9; and
(b) in a cinema:
(i) with not more than 300 seats — wheelchair seating spaces must not be located in the front row of seats; and
(ii) with more than 300 seats — not less than 75% of required wheelchair seating spaces must be located in rows other than the front row of seats; and
(iii) the location of wheelchair seating is to be representative of the range of seating provided. |
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Table D3.9 Number of wheelchair seating spaces in Class 9b assembly buildings
| Number of fixed seats in a room or space |
Number of wheelchair seating spaces |
Grouping and location |
| Up to 150 |
3 spaces |
1 single space; and
1 group of 2 spaces |
| 151 to 800 |
3 spaces plus 1 additional space for each additional 50 Seats or part thereof in excess of 150 seats |
not less than 1 single space; and
not less than 1 group of 2 spaces; and
not more than 5 spaces in any other group |
| 801 to 10 000 |
16 spaces plus 1 additional space for each additional 100 seats or part thereof in excess of 800 seats |
not less than 2 single spaces; and
not less than 2 groups of 2 spaces; and
not more than 5 spaces in any other group; and
the location of spaces is to be representative of the range of seating provided |
| More than 10 000 |
108 spaces plus 1 additional space for each additional 200 seats or part thereof in excess of 10 000 seats |
not less than 5 single spaces; and
not less than 5 groups of 2 spaces; and
not more than 10 spaces in any other group; and
the location of spaces is to be representative of the range of seating provided |
| D3.10 |
Swimming pools
(1) Not less than one means of accessible water entry/exit in accordance with Part D5 must be provided for each swimming pool required by Table D3.1 to be accessible.
(2) An accessible entry/exit must be by means of:
(a) a fixed or movable ramp and an aquatic wheelchair; or
(b) a zero depth entry at a maximum gradient of 1:14 and an aquatic wheelchair; or
(c) a platform swimming pool lift and an aquatic wheelchair; or
(d) a sling style swimming pool lift.
(3) Where a swimming pool has a perimeter of more than 70 m in length, at least one accessible water entry/exit must be provided by a means specified in paragraph (2) (a), (b) or (c).
(4) Latching devices on gates and doors forming part of a swimming pool safety barrier need not comply with AS 1428.1.
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| D3.11 |
Ramps
On an accessway:
(a) a series of connected ramps must not have a combined vertical rise of more than 3.6 m; and
(b) a landing for a step ramp must not overlap a landing for another step ramp or ramp.
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| D3.12 |
Glazing on an accessway
On an accessway, where there is no chair rail, handrail or transom, all frameless or fully glazed doors, sidelights and any glazing capable of being mistaken for a doorway or opening, must be clearly marked in accordance with AS 1428.1
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