<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_73ccf4ec-9419-4cca-8ce2-4995c085f944" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>D1P3</sptc><title id="_76cbf52f-f0a4-47a2-baaf-15f794200fe4">Fall prevention barriers</title><archive-num>2019: DP3</archive-num><subclause id="_224d01c9-912f-4e2e-ba88-cef2c0852a37" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_11655203-0dfb-4018-ac34-61052dc72a7c">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>A barrier must be provided where people could fall—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_e96648ea-c394-4447-96db-0465f6bde95d">1 m or more—<ol><li>from a floor or roof or through an opening (other than through an openable window) in the <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1267_2.3.0.xml#_d87c7cc0-d0b0-40ab-9a5b-d070ed6e115e" id="_7e98c3d6-a87d-4c4d-8053-1176c6daff8e" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">external wall</xref> of a building; or</li><li>due to a sudden change of level within or associated with a building; or</li></ol></li><li id="_b910b75d-579b-4038-ac4b-c17011bea814">2 m or more from a floor through an openable window—<ol><li>in a bedroom in a Class 2 or 3 building or a Class 4 part of a building; or</li><li>in a Class 9b <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1251_2.3.0.xml#_9ff8fad7-8992-4708-be17-784d962a0530" id="_d6c49dca-9b21-4adb-8060-10eb8931131e" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">early childhood centre</xref>; or</li></ol></li><li id="_3fd3e2a5-f547-4f08-a402-0b75bb68e052">4 m or more from a floor through an openable window not covered by (b).</li></ol></subclause><subclause id="_8f0e748a-49fa-453e-9735-0a2b34722f8d" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_c299c415-959d-4a1e-9b4d-dae38fcb3095">SubClause</title><num>2</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="_57af0a35-b5d2-4179-ab1d-b3b88ba6590c" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">required</xref> by (1) must be—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_26cd1c74-3464-4619-b8f8-18f1f4762e0a">continuous and extend for the full extent of the hazard; and</li><li id="_6504de77-a3dd-45e1-9926-c1307643c2db">of a height to protect people from accidentally falling from the floor or roof or through the opening or openable window; and</li><li id="_67654499-c2ba-4c78-acd2-9ff21a029bff">constructed to prevent people from falling through the barrier; and</li><li id="_de024316-c757-40b5-8239-60f31253030a">capable of restricting the passage of children; and</li><li id="_0eec5887-568d-494e-975e-e198e52d78f8">of strength and rigidity to withstand—<ol><li>the foreseeable impact of people; and</li><li>where appropriate, the static pressure of people pressing against it.</li></ol></li></ol></subclause><callout id="_62f36532-38c9-43d5-9504-ccbdae8b9a1d"><callout-type ncc-info-type="limitation"/><ol outputclass="numbered"><li id="_27876df3-5718-45d0-99f1-84fb8ae99adb">D1P3 does not apply where such barrier would be incompatible with the intended use of an area such as a stage, loading dock or the like.</li><li id="_4312db06-8c4e-46c7-a5b2-a8854aa385b9">D1P3(2)(d) does not apply to—<ol><li><xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1285_2.1.0.xml#_c71e675e-d6e1-4612-8e59-381a56e224a8" id="_1211e4cd-d109-42f5-b053-beb2c0da91d1" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">fire-isolated stairways</xref>, <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1284_2.0.0.xml#_cfa6cc89-aa6c-4eaf-90e6-8aabe04b9c76" id="_4e9f6af6-ddbd-4009-972b-7bb1526f8172" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">fire-isolated ramps</xref>, and other areas used primarily for emergency purposes, excluding external stairways and ramps; and</li><li>Class 7 (other than <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1213_1.0.0.xml#_1b0c2237-d3d4-4981-97b8-209936e55520" id="_cf407df5-5f7d-450f-8a94-a887fa8bdb0b" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">carparks</xref>) and Class 8 buildings and parts of buildings containing those classifications.</li></ol></li></ol></callout></clause>