<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_7c5430d8-498b-4bd4-8bab-9cda7b9b1ff4" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><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 9b"/><facet building="Class 9c"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>11.3.8</sptc><title id="_f6eb4a97-5056-411a-a726-f4f43255e594">Protection of openable windows – rooms other than bedrooms</title><archive-num>2019: 3.9.2.7</archive-num><subclause id="_45f5c8dc-daa7-462d-a5cd-696d8e62cc75" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_8e93bb98-41af-41b8-b45a-01f83b609b6f">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>A window opening in a room other than a bedroom must be provided with protection where the floor below the window is 4 m or more above the surface beneath.</p></subclause><subclause id="_1abdfe82-0bf3-415a-9545-a5cc3600ce54" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_5bcceeb3-dc67-4f77-ae63-eb23a017d7c7">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>The openable part of the window covered by (1) must be protected with a barrier with a height of not less than 865 mm above the floor.</p></subclause><subclause id="_d02989ef-c4e0-47e4-8989-5ded7ae12f04" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_023f3131-5240-40d3-8ea8-ee9cc3db3472">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="_98c551d0-c7e8-4bd6-8fe7-6a7a01cdd8e7" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> by (2) must not—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_46ff1023-cac6-4394-8e69-40c16342d8b6">permit a 125 mm sphere to pass through it; and</li><li id="_6afeb6c3-f0f0-4023-9461-c4dbd16f9949">have any horizontal or near horizontal elements between 150 mm and 760 mm above the floor that facilitate climbing.</li></ol></subclause><callout id="_b4694f13-464d-4aee-9ff6-bee95cd36d45"><callout-type ncc-info-type="notes"/><p><xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/892_0.7.0.xml#_ce421dd9-0bd6-4066-a5f4-ad1225f15b52" id="_6570b84c-66a5-4e81-8caa-21755aedd90d" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="image-reference">Figure 11.3.8</xref> illustrates requirements of this provision.</p></callout><image-reference conref="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/892_0.7.0.xml" id="_ce421dd9-0bd6-4066-a5f4-ad1225f15b52"><num/><title id="_2235a800-d3a9-4731-9507-d2b63568f073"/></image-reference><callout id="_47d7185c-0edf-42ab-8ff1-66af382e077f"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><title id="_e3e13844-17cf-47bc-ba28-0bc91f47ef06">Intent</title><p>The intent of 11.3.8 is to reduce the risk of a person (especially a young child) falling through an openable window.</p></callout><callout id="_7ccb8cfe-5369-43bb-b556-80af6488f02d"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><title id="_32474d2d-d979-4d2a-a1cd-56124f9c5cc7">Protection of openable windows – rooms other than bedrooms</title><p>A wall beneath an openable window or fixed glazing under the openable part of a window which meets the height requirements (e.g. transom at least 865 mm above the floor) can be considered as the barrier, if the criteria in 11.3.8(2) are met.</p></callout><callout id="_273367ba-25af-49c9-b6c1-7d5981d9f44a"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><title id="_96721f6f-3237-4065-a8b8-8f1dbb4b42f4">Use of the term ‘window’</title><p>The term “window” is not italicised in 11.3.8 and as such, is not restricted to the definition of “window” in the NCC. The reason for this is to also capture windows that may let in air but not light, e.g. metal louvres. A metal louvre or openable panel would not fit in the NCC definition of window but is subject to the window barrier provisions.</p></callout></clause>