<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_42fc6e24-b679-4fb1-b5c0-5fa84f59f2fe" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 2"/><facet building="Class 3"/><facet building="Class 4"/><facet building="Class 5"/><facet building="Class 6"/><facet building="Class 7a"/><facet building="Class 7b"/><facet building="Class 8"/><facet building="Class 9a"/><facet building="Class 9c"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>I1D4</sptc><title id="_d5257948-ea73-47b1-a209-6d78af6d35b5">Seating area</title><archive-num>2019: H1.4</archive-num><subclause id="_0753b848-f275-4a00-9e24-69c7c4c90e13" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_44f3f390-dd68-4362-b9d8-33095cda2a51">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>In a seating area—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_cc2d340f-ab62-48cd-80c5-5906447a10c0">the gradient of the floor surface must not be steeper than 1 in 8, or the floor must be stepped so that—<ol><li>a line joining the nosings of consecutive steps does not exceed an angle of 30° to the horizontal; and</li><li>the height of each step in the stepped floor is not more than 600 mm; and</li><li>the height of any opening in such a step is not more than 125 mm; and</li></ol></li><li id="_65ee6c02-030d-466b-81f7-84009bf2ba84">if an aisle divides the stepped floor and the difference in level between any 2 consecutive steps—<ol><li>exceeds 230 mm but not 400 mm — an intermediate step must be provided in the aisle; and</li><li>exceeds 400 mm — 2 equally spaced intermediate steps must be provided in the aisle; and</li><li>the going of intermediate steps must be not less than 270 mm and such as to provide as nearly as practicable equal treads throughout the length of the aisle; and</li></ol></li><li id="_3d5834cb-6755-4158-a0ef-5c10252f1b46">the clearance between rows of fixed seats used for viewing performing arts, sport or recreational activities must be not less than—<ol><li>300 mm if the distance to an aisle is not more than 3.5 m; or</li><li>500 mm if the distance to an aisle is more than 3.5 m.</li></ol></li></ol></subclause></clause>