<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_b6268150-dda1-4506-88fe-a4738f43fb2c" 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>D3D16</sptc><title id="_0b528593-7bdb-456a-b03d-ef5a5d953411">Thresholds</title><archive-num>2019: D2.15, NSW D2.15(d), (e)</archive-num><subclause id="_0fdf332b-f216-4c3c-b66a-70aeb6f6a222" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_80998337-734f-4e41-b702-922c3856d840">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="_d2a13a55-c1ec-428a-82f0-59b93aea8f4a">in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1393_4.0.0.xml#_63b56568-e9c9-425f-8456-a332503c9520" id="_e4024da0-9196-4db2-b445-8bea5b27213c" 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="_0ce47a2b-b340-49c6-9f8c-9395950ce55f" 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="_3029864f-5867-4355-8501-33a60ceb7ebb">in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1437_4.0.0.xml#_b851c442-b668-4cb1-8882-8cd9b28a1d19" id="_3f159bd0-ad66-4f8a-8c92-352c7774976c" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="glossterm">resident use areas</xref> in 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="_135735d0-b2e6-4e87-96b5-3afd6470de19">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="_da54ed55-24ec-4133-b296-03d85c74eaa4" 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="_99996b09-8bf2-4228-a46c-414dddda50aa" 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="_87716ce2-f365-4393-b7dc-b25991ff76e5" 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="_9b97a6bb-1c55-4704-8df2-b5d196af4eee" 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="_f1d32165-33ee-4a4d-a6f0-b1b13b457259">in a Class 9b building used as an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2451_0.6.0.xml#_410e8de4-5482-4e25-932f-371f1d5d6042" id="_efa4f7f4-917a-4413-9638-050d022e2372" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">entertainment venue</xref>, the door sill of a doorway opening to a road, <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1385_0.4.0.xml#_b4a20ca6-0197-4381-9e50-85c757fa574f" id="_ba23c42b-32ec-4782-9db3-e8571b7e26c4" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">open space</xref>, external stair landing or external balcony is not more than 50 mm above the finished floor level to which the doorway opens; or</li><li id="_42c23efc-5d6b-47d9-8194-2ca3a66896d5">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="_bf79c80e-e1a6-45cd-9edb-f67e2ce0c94c" 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></clause>