About Event
The first edition of the Guideline on the Application of the Premises Standards (‘the Guideline’) was prepared by the Australian Human Rights Commission and published in March 2011, which was shortly before the Premises Standards took effect in May 2011. In January 2013, the Guideline was revised to reflect feedback on and experience with implementing the Disability (Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards 2010 (Cth) (‘the Premises Standards’).
Subsequent reviews of the Premises Standards have recommended an update of the Guideline and in discussions I have had within the sector it is clear that the Guideline:
- remains a valuable reference point and guide to the application of the Premises Standards (and the National Construction Code (‘NCC’))
- remains relevant and useful to a very wide range of professionals in the building industry and advocates in the disability community
- needs to be accessible to people who are not building professionals, both as an accessible format document and in relation to language used, and
- continues to be distinct to the NCC Guide, in that it can provide explanatory information and the reasoning behind the technical requirements, along with examples to assist with implementation
- needs to include more examples of basic technical requirements – this will continue to be a point of tension with Standards Australia due to copyright issues.
This session looks closer at these issues and update on responses to the Premises Standards review recommendation about the Guideline.
