Inquiry into the draft Disability (Access to Premises - Buildings) Standards

Terms of Reference

The Committee is to consider and report on the draft Disability (Access to Premises - Buildings) Standards covering:

the appropriateness and effectiveness of the proposed Premises Standards in achieving their objects;
the interaction between the Premises Standards and existing regulatory schemes operating in state and territory jurisdictions, including the appropriateness and effectiveness of the proposed Model Process to Administer Building Access for People with Disability;
whether the Premises Standards will have an unjustifiable impact on any particular sector or group within a sector; and
any related matters.

The documents listed below are available in PDF. If you have difficulty accessing the documents, please contact the Committee Secretariat.

Disability (Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards 2009 (PDF 254KB)

Disability (Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards Guidelines 2009 (PDF 315KB)

Summary of Main Australian Standards referenced in the Access Code (PDF 73KB)

A Model Process to Administer Building Access for People with a Disability, ‘The Protocol' (PDF 229KB)

Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport Amendment 2009 (PDF 54KB)

Regulation Impact Statement (PDF 563KB)

Regulation Impact Statement Appendix C (i) (PDF 107KB)

Regulation Impact Statement Appendix C (ii) (PDF 280KB)

AS 1428.1 General requirements for access — New building work (PDF 3984KB)

AS 1428.4.1 Tactile ground surface indicators for the orientation of people with vision impairment (PDF 2897KB)

AS 2890. 6 Off-street carparking for people with disabilities (PDF 240KB)

Please note that the diagrams in the RTF versions of these documents are unavailable. The diagrams are available in the PDF version.