Legislation for Disability Access & Mobility
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1992 is the main piece of legislation that covers individuals with a disability and/or people associated with people with a disability. The DDA makes it unlawful to discriminate based on a disability that someone; has, had or may have in the future.
It is therefore essential that the legislative framework is understood correctly. At the top of the tree is the DDA followed by the Building Codes of Australian (BCA) then the referenced Australian Standards. The section of the BCA that specifically addresses access and mobility is Section D3 with references to the AS1428 suite of Australian Standards.
Our Access Consulting Services are based on, but not limited to, the below legislation:
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992
- Disability Standards for Education 2004
- Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002
- Disability Access to Premises – Buildings Standards 2010
- Building Codes of Australia (BCA)
- Australian Standard AS1428.1 – 2001
- Australian Standard AS1428.1 – 2009
- Australian Standard AS1428.1 – 2021
- Australian Standard AS1428.2 – 1992
- Australian Standard AS1428.3 – 1992
- Australian Standard AS1428.4.1 – 2009
- Australian Standard AS1428.5 – 2010
- Australian Standard AS1735.12 – 1999
- Australian Standard AS2890.6 – 2009
- Australian Standard AS3745 – 2009
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Desktop Access Audits provide a comprehensive report and we work along side governments, design teams, owners, companies etc. to ensure disability access is provided and compliance is achieved.
Onsite Access Audits provide a comprehensive report and we work along side governments, design teams, owners, companies etc. to ensure disability access is provided and compliance is achieved.
A performance solution report is where a deemed to satisfy provision is not met and an alternative building solution is proposed. The performance solution report is to articulate how the building solution is equal to or greater than that of the minimum requirement.
More and more requests are being made of product suppliers to provide a disability access compliance certification. ASN specialises in these certifications for suitability and usability of mainstream products for people with disability.
A luminance contrast test is a calculation between two (2) surfaces Light Reflectance Values (LRV’s). This determines the percentage of difference and is used to confirm compliance or deem not compliant.