Disability (Access to Premises — Buildings) Standards 2010
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D3.2 Access to buildings
(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
(c) 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.
Figure D3.2 Doorways and pedestrian entrances for access purposes
A diagram of an accessible pedestrian entrance with multiple doorways as outlined in subclause D3.2(4).