D3.8 Tactile indicatorsD3.8 Tactile indicators

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, a 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 building need not comply with paragraphs (1) (a) and (d) if handrails incorporating a raised dome button in accordance with AS/NZS 1428.4.1 are provided to warn people who are blind or have a vision impairment that they are approaching a stairway or ramp.