SA Part H10 Access for people with a disability

Provide, as far as is reasonable, people with safe, equitable and dignified access to a degree necessary to—

1. buildings; and
2. the services and facilities within.

A building to the degree necessary is, as far as is reasonable, to provide safe, equitable and dignified access for people to the services and facilities within.

Buildings and immediate surrounds must have appropriate features to a degree necessary to enable people with a disability to safely and equitably—

1. negotiate the route from the road boundary to and within the building using a wheelchair; and
2. have access to spaces within the building, including facilities required under H4P3.

Compliance with SA H10D2 to SA H10D4 for access for people with a disability satisfies Performance Requirement SA H10P1.

This Part applies to certain Class 1 buildings where access is required under SA H10D3.

In developments consisting of 20 or more dwellings, access must be provide to and within one dwelling or 5% of the total number of dwellings, whichever is the greater.

(1) Access for people with a disability must be provided from the entrance doorway to areas normally used by the occupants.

(2) A path of travel providing required access must not include a stairway or other impediment which would prevent a person in a wheelchair using it.

(3) Access, finishes and fittings must comply with the provisions of AS 1428.1.

(4) In every Class 1 building to which access for people with a disability is required, one closet pan and washbasin and one shower must be provided for use by people with a disability.