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3.2.8.5.(3)
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Application
Application 1: 
Vestibule protection of elevator doors that open into an interconnected floor space, or of elevator doors that open into the storeys above the interconnected floor space, where an elevator hoistway opens into an interconnected floor space and into storeys above the interconnected floor space.
This applies to buildings described in Sentence 1.3.3.2.(1) of Division A that contain portions of a floor area or mezzanines that do not terminate at an exterior wall, a firewall or a vertical shaft, and are required by Clause 3.2.8.1.(1)(b) to be protected in conformance with Articles 3.2.8.3. to 3.2.8.9.
Application 2: 
This also applies to buildings to which Part 9 applies [see Sentence 1.3.3.3.(1) of Division A for application of Part 9], where there are:
  • openings through floors that are not protected by shafts or closures, as stated in Sentence 9.10.1.2.(6), or
  • interconnected floor spaces, as stated in Sentence 9.10.9.5.(1).
Exceptions: 
except as exempted in:
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Intent
Intent 1: 
To expand the application of Sentence 3.2.8.5.(1).
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