<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_dee97af9-9b83-4bf2-a8f1-6436c99634a1" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>D3D17</sptc><title id="_d1702413-7836-4c68-893d-04ee8246b4b4">Barriers to prevent falls</title><archive-num>2019: D2.16(a), (b) and (c)</archive-num><subclause id="_05a29444-fb9a-4721-b1ff-b299bd853230" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_aa4f4752-6b22-4b34-be39-7093478c556b">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>A continuous barrier must be provided along the side of—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_217f48d2-9b10-4169-8163-c59bd74a6f1c">a roof to which general access is provided; and</li><li id="_70911cfd-6174-421b-aa50-6ab1388cea89">a stairway or ramp; and</li><li id="_8b0be62a-b4bf-4fa2-9bfc-37838d9ee08e">a floor, corridor, hallway, balcony, deck, verandah, <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1373_0.6.0.xml#_f68246d9-7a77-41fc-8050-516881323e47" id="_0858ec8c-f15d-4baf-bee7-187e1321c3e9" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">mezzanine</xref>, access bridge or the like; and</li><li id="_04626b8f-4956-4462-83c1-6a56ff671271">any delineated path of access to a building,</li></ol><p>if the trafficable surface is 1 m or more above the surface beneath.</p></subclause><subclause id="_7e8eaeeb-cb93-4a91-b85f-5aa8cfd3935a" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_5e3f2eb6-4e99-45f7-a3b7-f1a47fa45311">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>The requirements of (1) do not apply to—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_1e8d78cc-67d7-4470-a224-8390e63a5695">the perimeter of a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1478_0.4.0.xml#_02701ef9-5783-4b2b-af0e-4a764b0375ed" id="_60ef54b6-043b-4a41-b590-0a62b6dfa1e6" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">stage</xref>, rigging loft, loading dock or the like; or</li><li id="_b23d189d-b303-4446-94ce-86c8de8e8706">areas referred to in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1684_1.2.0.xml#_143d5dc3-c1c4-4895-a4c3-ead151730348" id="_72d87fbc-6954-43cf-b08e-e7a7cf086b4e" scope="local" type="clause">D3D23</xref>; or</li><li id="_b260bbb6-d7e8-499f-a8ac-0516dfd60057">a retaining wall, unless the retaining wall forms part of, or is directly associated with<xt:insText xt:action="start" xt:author="Patrick Kerrigan" xt:dateTime="2024-03-14T09:04:00" xt:id="ef0edcf1-8921-4ee4-98ff-81b4f183b300"/>,<xt:insText xt:action="end" xt:id="ef0edcf1-8921-4ee4-98ff-81b4f183b300"/> a delineated path of access to a building from the road<xt:delText xt:action="start" xt:author="Patrick Kerrigan" xt:dateTime="2024-03-14T09:04:00" xt:id="1aa90af7-8669-458e-bc87-a67577b51266"/>,<xt:delText xt:action="end" xt:id="1aa90af7-8669-458e-bc87-a67577b51266"/> or a delineated path of access between buildings; or</li><li id="_204f4d66-efd2-4dbd-b9f1-5d57de781cd9">a barrier provided to an openable window covered by <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1765_1.2.0.xml#_6620437d-3944-4c52-9df9-21d500b09d3b" id="_d0c254bf-045c-4aa2-973e-e0a7b3b6d687" scope="local" type="clause">D3D29</xref>.</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_c87f1d62-b278-4542-8aec-cdb0e2fbc891" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_66cea7b0-2253-4f55-bb8f-ed6f1d848df6">SubClause</title><num>3</num><p>A barrier <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_5e8b75eb-633f-49a9-bd0c-6d83f072c664" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> by (1) must be constructed in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1668_1.5.0.xml#_885ed211-b0b3-46b8-8958-6dee6c6e962b" id="_9f2adf83-55c5-4315-8607-e504e0cf4e69" scope="local" type="clause">D3D18</xref>, <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1669_1.18.0.xml#_028bd1e6-8b08-41c0-99bf-38be2e5b5cb2" id="_d92022d5-337f-4002-a55e-0b3feb5e3b47" scope="local" type="clause">D3D19</xref>, <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1670_1.9.0.xml#_6f94b1e8-0f7d-4dd2-9621-2d29d2a257cf" id="_c1fe23d1-c7bd-426e-8ef5-7a2c2b423d8f" scope="local" type="clause">D3D20</xref> and, if a wire barrier is used, <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1672_1.2.0.xml#_cfca28db-fccd-4a90-9e9f-21472f883615" id="_0fe96164-2134-49ff-af6a-718346c29638" scope="local" type="clause">D3D21</xref>.</p></subclause></clause>