INTRODUCTION

REGULATION 32

Access to and movement within buildings, and protective barriers

THE STANDARDS

S1

Application of Part S

S2

Access to and movement within buildings

Car parking

Access to buildings

Principal entrance

Movement within buildings

Internal doors and lobbies

Areas of audience and spectator fixed seating

S3

Stairs and ramps

General standards for all stairs

Rules of measurement

Rise, going and pitch of a flights in stairs

Length of flights

Risers and nosings

Flights consisting partly of straight and partly of

tapered treads

Flights consisting wholly of tapered treads

Pedestrian ramps

Landings

Handrails

Headroom

Industrial stairs and fixed ladders

Stairs and fixed ladders in agricultural buildings

Steps in sloping gangways

S4

Protective barriers

Pedestrian protective barriers

Vehicle protective barriers

PROVISIONS DEEMED TO SATISFY THE STANDARDS

(S2.3)

Access to buildings

(S2.5)

Principal entrance

(S2.6- S2.7)

Movement within buildings

(S3.10)

Rise, going and pitch of stairs

(S3.11)

Risers and nosings

(S3.12)

Flights consisting partly of straight and partly of tapered treads

(S3.15)

Flights consisting wholly of tapered treads

(S3.26)

Industrial stairs and fixed ladders

(S3.27)

Stairs and fixed ladders in agricultural buildings

(S4.3)

Pedestrian protective barriers

(S4.5)

Vehicle protective barriers