<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_ee89900c-9331-42ed-a2d3-e6ab47231a23" 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>I4D38</sptc><title id="_fa768a89-91ad-46d8-b922-c03654136c02">Provision of guardrails: steps between platforms</title><archive-num>2019: NSW H101.13.3</archive-num><subclause id="_93bfac55-0ee1-4244-8f33-b2c33273b9d6" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_be76dbd3-d039-4ad5-a467-856633310227">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>If—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_ba41dee1-280a-41f0-a237-38b39ea650ae">there is more than one intervening step in an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2325_1.3.0.xml#_7bd3266d-23ef-465c-a5c4-c548e11fa575" id="_56043253-e771-4394-b628-b81a54dbdea4" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">aisle</xref> between levels of platforms, a guardrail must be provided (at a vertical height of at least 660 mm measured above the nosing of each tread and of the upper platform) to the sides 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="_3ee40959-4ce2-4839-a0aa-8c86fff91b45" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">aisle</xref> adjacent to those steps; and</li><li id="_ae8e69d5-0104-42d0-ba59-25c62d83ac96">there is more than one intervening step in an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2325_1.3.0.xml#_7bd3266d-23ef-465c-a5c4-c548e11fa575" id="_2448c1e5-6e5e-479a-9be1-4904303e4b6d" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">aisle</xref> between levels of platforms, and that <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2325_1.3.0.xml#_7bd3266d-23ef-465c-a5c4-c548e11fa575" id="_c06050ea-5749-458d-8283-da16971fa145" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">aisle</xref> is along a wall, a continuous guardrail must be affixed to that wall at a height of at least 865 mm above the nosing of each tread; and</li><li id="_7832f303-cac0-483f-b9e7-298b2489765b">the end of the platform or the back of the highest platform does not abut a wall that extends at least 660 mm above the floor level of the platform, a guardrail not less than 660 mm high must be provided—<ol><li id="_448c6a69-3876-4fd1-ba79-d4fa678c90ab">at the ends of the platform, extending from the front of the first riser to the back of the highest platform; and</li><li>at the back of the highest platform, extending the full width of the platform; and</li></ol></li><li id="_1aec794b-1b32-4891-a69c-d989d0eeba53">there is an inclined floor, the raised section of which is not bounded by walls at least 660 mm high, a guardrail must be provided that extends around the perimeter of the raised section at a height of at least 660 mm above the inclined floor level; and</li><li id="_1ca4f6eb-d31b-45cf-ae3a-4ef80df96cf4">seating at tables is provided on a stepped platform, a guardrail at least 500 mm high must be provided along the front edge of the platform.</li></ol></subclause></clause>