Part D4 Access for people with a disability
Introduction to this Part
This Part contains Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions for Part D1. It covers which buildings, and parts of a building, must be accessible, provision of accessible carparking spaces, braille and tactile signage, hearing augmentation, tactile ground surface indicators and seating in assembly buildings (e.g. cinemas), and access to swimming pools.
Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions
D4D1
Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions
2019: D3.0
- D2D2 to D2D23, D3D2 to D3D30 and D4D2 to D4D13; and
- in a building containing an atrium, Part G3; and
- in a building in an alpine area, Part G4; and
- for additional requirements for Class 9b buildings, Part I1; and
- for public transport buildings, Part I2.
TAS D4D1 Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions2019: D3.0
TAS D4D1 Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions2019: D3.0
D4D2
General building access requirements
2019: D3.1, Table D3.1
- Dwellings located on one allotment and used for short-term holiday accommodation — to and within a number of dwellings determined in accordance with Table D4D2a.
- A boarding house, bed and breakfast, guest house, hostel or the like, 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.
- From a pedestrian entrance required to be accessible to at least 1 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 1 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, individual shop, eating area, or the like.
- Where a ramp complying with AS 1428.1 or a passenger lift is installed—
- to the entrance doorway of each sole-occupancy unit; and
- to and within rooms or spaces for use in common by the residents.
- The requirements of (c) only apply where the space referred to in (c)(i) or (ii) is located on the levels served by the lift or ramp.
SA D4D2 General building access requirements2019: D3.1, Table D3.1
- Common areas:
- From a pedestrian entrance required to be accessible to at least 1 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 1 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, individual shop, eating area, or the like.
- Where a ramp complying with AS 1428.1 or a passenger lift is installed—
- to the entrance doorway of each sole-occupancy unit; and
- to and within rooms or spaces for use in common by the residents.
- The requirements of (iii) only apply where the space referred to in (iii)(A) or (iii)(B) is located on the levels served by the lift or ramp.
- In developments consisting of 20 or more residential sole-occupancy units — to and within one residential sole-occupancy unit or 5% of the total number of residential sole-occupancy units provided, whichever is the greater, must be accessible.
- Common areas:
- From a pedestrian entrance required to be accessible to at least 1 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 1 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, lunch room, lounge room, or the like.
- Where a ramp complying with AS 1428.1 or a passenger lift is installed—
- to the entrance doorway of each sole-occupancy unit; and
- to and within rooms or spaces for use in common by the residents.
- The requirements of (iii) only apply where the space referred to in (A) and (B) are located on the levels served by the lift or ramp.
- To and within sole-occupancy units — in accordance with Table D4D2b.
- Schools and early childhood centres — to and within all areas normally used by the occupants.
- An assembly building, not being a school or early childhood centre — to and within —
- wheelchair seating spaces provided in accordance with D4D10; and
- 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.
- Common areas:
- From a pedestrian entrance required to be accessible to at least 1 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 1 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, lunch room, lounge room, or the like.
- Where a ramp complying with AS 1428.1 or a passenger lift is installed—
- to the entrance doorway of each sole-occupancy unit; and
- to and within rooms or spaces for use in common by the residents.
- The requirements of (iii) only apply where the space referred to in (iii)(A) or (iii)(B) is located on the levels served by the lift or ramp.
- Sole-occupancy units — to and within a number of sole-occupancy units determined in accordance with Table D4D2b.
- For a Class 10a 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—
- an accessible sanitary facility; and
- a change room facility; and
- a public shelter or the like.
- For Class 10b swimming pools, to and into swimming pools with a total perimeter greater than 40 m, associated with a Class 1b, 2, 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 Class 1b building or a sole-occupancy unit in a Class 2 or Class 3 building.
Total number of dwellings | Number required to be accessible |
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4 to 10 | 1 |
11 to 40 | 2 |
41 to 60 | 3 |
61 to 80 | 4 |
81 to 100 | 5 |
More than 100 | 5 dwellings plus 1 additional dwelling for each additional 30 dwellings or part thereof in excess of 100 dwellings. |
Total number of sole-occupancy units | Number required to be accessible |
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1 to 10 | 1 |
11 to 40 | 2 |
41 to 60 | 3 |
61 to 80 | 4 |
81 to 100 | 5 |
101 to 200 | 5 sole-occupancy units plus 1 additional sole-occupancy unit for each additional 25 units or part thereof in excess of 100. |
201 to 500 | 9 sole-occupancy units plus 1 additional sole-occupancy unit for each additional 30 units or part thereof in excess of 200. |
More than 500 | 19 sole-occupancy units plus 1 additional sole-occupancy unit for each additional 50 units or part thereof in excess of 500. |
Table Notes
- In a Class 3 building, not more than 2 required accessible sole-occupancy units may be located adjacent to each other.
- In a Class 3 or 9c building where more than 2 accessible sole-occupancy units are required, they must be representative of the range of rooms available.
D4D3
Access to buildings
2019: D3.2
- from the main points of a pedestrian entry at the allotment boundary; and
- from another accessible building connected by a pedestrian link; and
- from any required accessible carparking space on the allotment.
- through not less than 50% of all pedestrian entrances including the principal pedestrian entrance; and
- 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 D4D5.
- if the pedestrian entrance consists of not more than 3 doorways — not less than 1 of those doorways must be accessible; and
- if a pedestrian entrance consists of more than 3 doorways — not less than 50% of those doorways must be accessible.
- an accessible pedestrian entrance with multiple doorways is considered to be one pedestrian entrance where—
- all doorways serve the same part or parts of the building; and
- the distance between each doorway is not more than the width of the widest doorway at that pedestrian entrance (see Figure D4D3); and
- a doorway is considered to be the clear, unobstructed opening created by the opening of one or more door leaves (see Figure D4D3).
D4D4
Parts of buildings to be accessible
2019: D3.3
In a building required to be accessible—
- every ramp and stairway, except for ramps and stairways in areas exempted by D4D5, must comply with—
- for a ramp, except a fire-isolated ramp, clause 10 of AS 1428.1; and
- for a stairway, except a fire-isolated stairway, clause 11 of AS 1428.1; and
- for a fire-isolated stairway, clause 11.1(f) and (g) of AS 1428.1; and
- every passenger lift must comply with E3D7 and E3D8; and
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accessways must have—
- 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
- turning spaces complying with AS 1428.1—
- within 2 m of the end of accessways where it is not possible to continue travelling along the accessway; and
- at maximum 20 m intervals along the accessway; and
- an intersection of accessways satisfies the spatial requirements for a passing and turning space; and
- a passing space may serve as a turning space; and
- a ramp complying with AS 1428.1 or a passenger lift need not be provided to serve a storey or level other than the entrance storey in a Class 5, 6, 7b or 8 building—
- containing not more than 3 storeys; and
- with a floor area for each storey, excluding the entrance storey, of not more than 200 m2; and
- 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
- 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.
D4D5
Exemptions
2019: D3.4
The following areas are not required to be accessible:
- An area where access would be inappropriate because of the particular purpose for which the area is used.
- An area that would pose a health or safety risk for people with a disability.
- Any path of travel providing access only to an area exempted by (a) or (b).
- In a farm building and a bulk grain storage facility it is not necessary to provide access for people with disabilities to any area if access would be inappropriate because of the particular purpose for which the area is used.
Exemptions
The following areas are not required to be accessible:
- An area where access would be inappropriate because of the particular purpose for which the area is used.
- An area that would pose a health or safety risk for people with a disability.
- Any path of travel providing access only to an area exempted by (a) or (b).
- The Class 2 parts of a building where—
- the building is an existing building with a rise in storeys of two; and
- the storey at ground level is Class 5 or 6; and
- the upper storeys is comprised of two or more Class 2 sole-occupancy units that are not made available for short-term rental.
Exemptions
The following areas are not required to be accessible:
- An area where access would be inappropriate because of the particular purpose for which the area is used.
- An area that would pose a health or safety risk for people with a disability.
- Any path of travel providing access only to an area exempted by (a) or (b).
D4D6
Accessible carparking
2019: D3.5, Table D3.5
- subject to (b), must be provided in accordance with (2) in—
- a Class 7a building required to be accessible; and
- a carparking area on the same allotment as a building required to be accessible; and
- 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
- subject to (d), must comply with AS/NZS 2890.6; and
- need not be identified with signage 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.
- Class 1b and 3 buildings:
- For a boarding house, guest house, hostel, lodging house, backpackers’ accommodation or the residential part of a hotel or motel, the number of accessible carparking spaces required is to be calculated by multiplying the total number of carparking spaces by the percentage of —
- accessiblesole-occupancy units to the total number of sole-occupancy units; or
- accessible bedrooms to the total number of bedrooms.
- For the purposes of (i), the calculated number is taken to the next whole figure.
- For a 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 accessible space for every 100 carparking spaces or part thereof.
- For a boarding house, guest house, hostel, lodging house, backpackers’ accommodation or the residential part of a hotel or motel, the number of accessible carparking spaces required is to be calculated by multiplying the total number of carparking spaces by the percentage of —
- Class 5, 7, 8 or 9c buildings — 1 accessible space for every 100 carparking spaces or part thereof.
- Class 6 buildings—
- with up to 1000 carparking spaces — 1 accessible space for every 50 carparking spaces or part thereof; and
- for each additional 100 carparking spaces or part thereof in excess of 1000 carparking spaces — 1 accessible space.
- Class 9a buildings:
- For a hospital (non-outpatient area) — 1 accessible space for every 100 carparking spaces or part thereof.
- For a hospital (outpatient area)—
- with up to 1000 carparking spaces — 1 accessible space for every 50 carparking spaces or part thereof; and
- for each additional 100 carparking spaces or part thereof in excess of 1000 carparking spaces — 1 accessible space.
- For a nursing home — 1 accessible space for every 100 carparking spaces or part thereof.
- For a clinic or day surgery not forming part of a hospital — 1 accessible space for every 50 carparking spaces or part thereof.
- Class 9b buildings:
- For a school — 1 accessible space for every 100 carparking spaces or part thereof.
- For other assembly buildings—
- with up to 1000 carparking spaces — 1 accessible space for every 50 carparking spaces or part thereof; and
- for each additional 100 carparking spaces or part thereof in excess of 1000 carparking spaces — 1 accessible space.
D4D7
Signage
2019: D3.6
- braille and tactile signage complying with Specification 15 must—
- incorporate the international symbol of access or deafness, as appropriate, in accordance with AS 1428.1 and identify each—
- sanitary facility, except a sanitary facility associated with a bedroom in a Class 1b building or a sole-occupancy unit in a Class 3 or Class 9c building; and
- space with a hearing augmentation system; and
- identify each door required by E4D5 to be provided with an exit sign and state—
- “Exit”; and
- “Level”; and
- the floor level number or floor level descriptor, or a combination of the two.
- incorporate the international symbol of access or deafness, as appropriate, in accordance with AS 1428.1 and identify each—
- 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—
- the type of hearing augmentation; and
- the area covered within the room; and
- if receivers are being used and where the receivers can be obtained; and
- 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
- signage to identify an ambulant accessible sanitary facility in accordance with AS 1428.1 must be located on the door of the facility; and
- 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
- 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.
- bank of sanitary facilities; and
- accessible unisex sanitary facility, other than one that incorporates an accessible adult change facility.
D4D8
Hearing augmentation
2019: D3.7
- in a room in a Class 9b building; or
- in an auditorium, conference room, meeting room or room for judicatory purposes; or
- at any ticket office, teller’s booth, reception area or the like, where the public is screened from the service provider.
- 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
- 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 not be less than—
- 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
- if the room or space accommodates more than 500 persons but not more than 1000 persons, 20 receivers plus 1 receiver for every 33 persons or part thereof in excess of 500 persons; and
- if the room or space accommodates more than 1000 persons but not more than 2000 persons, 35 receivers plus 1 receiver for every 50 persons or part thereof in excess of 1000 persons; and
- if the room or space accommodates more than 2000 persons, 55 receivers plus 1 receiver for every 100 persons or part thereof in excess of 2000 persons.
D4D9
Tactile indicators
2019: D3.8
- a stairway, other than a fire-isolated stairway; and
- an escalator; and
- a passenger conveyor or moving walk; and
- a ramp other than a fire-isolated ramp, step ramp, kerb ramp or swimming pool ramp; and
- in the absence of a suitable barrier—
except for areas exempted by D4D5.
D4D10
Wheelchair seating spaces in Class 9b assembly buildings
2019: D3.9
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:
- The number and grouping of wheelchair seating spaces must be in accordance with Table D4D10.
- In a cinema—
- with not more than 300 seats — wheelchair seating spaces must not be located in the front row of seats; and
- 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.
Fixed seats in a room or space | Wheelchair spaces Note 1 | Grouping and location | Spaces must represent range of seating provided Note 3 | |||
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Minimum spaces required | 1 additional space required per Note 2 | Min. single spaces | Min. groups of 2 spaces | Max. spaces in any other group | ||
Up to 150 | 3 | N/A | 1 | 1 | N/A | No |
151 to 800 | 3 | 50 seats in excess of 150 seats | 1 | 1 | 5 | No |
801 to 10 000 | 16 | 100 seats in excess of 800 seats | 2 | 2 | 5 | Yes |
More than 10 000 | 108 | 200 seats in excess of 10 000 seats | 5 | 5 | 10 | Yes |
Table Notes
- The total number of required wheelchair spaces is the sum of the minimum spaces required (left column) and the additional spaces required (right column).
- The first number referred to includes any part of that number (e.g. 1 additional space required per 50 seats or part thereof).
- This means that the location of required wheelchair spaces must be representative of the range of seating provided.
D4D11
Swimming pools
2019: D3.10
- a fixed or movable ramp and an aquatic wheelchair; or
- a zero depth entry and an aquatic wheelchair; or
- a platform swimming pool lift and an aquatic wheelchair; or
- a sling-style swimming pool lift.
D4D12
Ramps
2019: D3.11
On an accessway—
- a series of connected ramps must not have a combined vertical rise of more than 3.6 m; and
- a landing for a step ramp must not overlap a landing for another step ramp or ramp.
D4D13
Glazing on an accessway
2019: D3.12
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.
Compliance with Premises Standards