<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_dccf8a05-ab59-42cc-9201-287ebc43e528" outputclass="ncc-clause" variation="NSW"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>I4D25</sptc><title id="_fdf6821f-e448-492f-ae05-4a03815e1f22">Seating in rows: stepped platforms</title><archive-num>2019: H101.11.8</archive-num><subclause id="_3391c64d-a978-4970-894e-b2f0f9608fda" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_be306d66-e11f-4d5a-b1a9-9bb80c6fcee9">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Where stepped platforms without chairs or stepped platforms with bench seats, are used for seating—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_3bdc7bb2-6e7b-4b70-9400-d35b5bb39ff7">each platform must be at least 700 mm deep; and</li><li id="_5f7e7cd6-3e8e-41b3-9fff-9512166f12ab">each seating space must be at least 450 mm wide, measured along the front of the platform or bench seat; and</li><li id="_1b4b1af3-1745-43cf-9db3-233810a7272a">each seating space must be numbered consecutively; and</li><li id="_dc51df77-7aba-475e-80e3-3c6b471e8d01">at the entrance from the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2325_1.3.0.xml#_7bd3266d-23ef-465c-a5c4-c548e11fa575" id="_2efcb57c-349b-420a-bd14-6293916c0233" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">aisle</xref> to each <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2458_5.1.0.xml#_0d278c41-777a-48f5-8130-efe976c8bf82" id="_14731308-a83f-4427-a0a0-cbba5143a7e9" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">row</xref> there must be a clear level floor space, extending the full width of the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2325_1.3.0.xml#_7bd3266d-23ef-465c-a5c4-c548e11fa575" id="_0d898ab4-919b-43fb-9f2a-517d3d41e351" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">aisle</xref>, of at least 300 mm, measured from the back of the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2458_5.1.0.xml#_0d278c41-777a-48f5-8130-efe976c8bf82" id="_9b1ba44e-1bf1-4f71-98c1-e3b10d9a5f17" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">row</xref> in front; and</li><li id="_f6a66a59-0083-4a3e-bdaa-da87b91f0f8e">any going projecting in front of a seat adjacent to an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2325_1.3.0.xml#_7bd3266d-23ef-465c-a5c4-c548e11fa575" id="_087b86f8-3797-44e7-bae1-117f6920658b" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">aisle</xref> must be protected by a guardrail; and</li><li id="_f654788b-9b85-4d4a-a846-3db716cfd7c0">in the case of stepped platforms with bench seats, there must be at least 300 mm between the back of each seat and the front of the platform behind, or the front of the bench seat behind, whichever is the closer.</li></ol></subclause></clause>