<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_f0d523f3-9422-41a1-8792-319416303796" outputclass="ncc-clause" variation="SA"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>D3D16</sptc><title id="_47e888f6-46be-45bb-9c22-06fd960a06ef">Thresholds</title><archive-num>2019: SA D2.15(e)</archive-num><subclause id="_43c7d9fa-8fb5-4114-a0e5-60a691741569" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_d413d114-2a17-404b-8320-92efb9d1e2ae">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>The threshold of a doorway must not incorporate a step or ramp at any point closer to the doorway than the width of the door leaf unless—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_4de3c17b-9cf3-4a70-8f5c-89dc60605c22">in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1393_4.0.0.xml#_63b56568-e9c9-425f-8456-a332503c9520" id="_3d79bfae-0f0b-44ad-b0ff-ed7d8d170430" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">patient care areas</xref> in a Class 9a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1333_0.4.0.xml#_1f5fbee8-584a-4244-9286-ebf9d8ebb04a" id="_3cf0225a-491c-4dee-80fb-52aa7b8beaea" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">health-care building</xref>, the door sill is not more than 25 mm above the finished floor level to which the doorway opens; or</li><li id="_df3bb122-a456-4367-b3c4-92f4bf34d434">in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1437_4.0.0.xml#_b851c442-b668-4cb1-8882-8cd9b28a1d19" id="_b000fd85-6b3b-4d66-850a-828de54a4b43" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="glossterm">resident use areas</xref> a Class 9c building, a ramp is provided with a maximum gradient of 1:8 for a maximum height of 25 mm over the threshold; or</li><li id="_b84a4e2f-83d5-4f27-aa0e-c4b061b741c0">in a building <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_26ad8f5a-b43b-4b23-8203-831a4952d8c2" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> to be <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1153_0.8.0.xml#_30458e20-ec5e-4423-bb83-da0197428cd7" id="_01c08902-3eab-46d3-a38c-69a7037dfb2a" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">accessible</xref> by <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/26_0.10.0.xml#_0422da33-ebd2-4d7c-994c-31d8dad5aa0f" id="_fc2ae1d1-02fb-40a6-a940-057d4c56b860" scope="local" type="part">Part D4</xref>, the doorway—<ol><li>opens to a road or <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1385_0.4.0.xml#_b4a20ca6-0197-4381-9e50-85c757fa574f" id="_d3f9fcc9-c80f-4ac5-883c-15295a8d6c22" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">open space</xref>; and</li><li>is provided with a threshold ramp or step ramp in accordance with AS 1428.1; or</li></ol></li><li id="_d66a9c70-afa0-44d6-a3ec-10f4cad5796d">in other cases—<ol><li>the doorway opens to a road or <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1385_0.4.0.xml#_b4a20ca6-0197-4381-9e50-85c757fa574f" id="_cff3cefa-2640-4642-b4e8-9e233d88bdf0" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">open space</xref>, external stair landing or external balcony; and</li><li>the door sill is not more than 190 mm above the finished surface of the ground, balcony, or the like, to which the doorway opens.</li></ol></li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_66ca6a15-9599-4581-824b-f246476cd122" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_fe50f0e6-4b5b-4359-a7b6-33c4c23cd157">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>Notwithstanding the requirements of (1), where necessary due to the operational requirements of the building, a doorway serving a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1271_2.5.0.xml#_0dbf918d-9dc3-4d70-9eb8-7172ea21c7a1" id="_2de4b425-e668-48f9-85be-2e40a2c2b206" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="glossterm">farm building</xref> may incorporate a step that is no more than 700 mm above the finished floor level.</p></subclause></clause>