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Building Act 1993
129BDisability access provisions
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129B Disability access provisions
(1) The disability access provisions are provisions of a code or other
document:
(a) adopted by regulation; and
(b) prescribed by regulation for this Part.
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(2) A regulation may prescribe provisions of a code or other document
to be disability access provisions only if:
(a) the provisions impose:
(i) requirements or standards relating to providing persons
with disabilities access to buildings or to facilities and
services inside buildings (performance requirements);
and
(ii) ways in which those requirements or standards may be
achieved (deemed to satisfy provisions); and
(b) there are equivalent performance requirements and deemed
to satisfy provisions in the Access Code, as defined in the
Disability (Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards 2010
(Cth) as in force from time to time.