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3.3.1.7.(5)

Application

Intent

OS1


Objective	OS1 Fire Safety
Attribution	(a) [F10,F73-OS1.5]
Application	Application 1: Barrier-free access to balconies referred to in Clause 3.3.1.7.(1)(c), in floor areas of residential occupancy. This applies to floor areas that: are above or below the first storey, are not sprinklered throughout, have a barrier-free path of travel, as stated in Sentences 3.8.1.2.(1) and (2), 3.8.1.4.(1), 3.8.2.1.(1) and (2), and 3.8.2.2.(1), and Article 3.8.2.3., and are provided with balconies, as described in Clause 3.3.1.7.(1)(c). This applies to buildings described in Sentence 1.3.3.2.(1) of Division A. Exceptions: except as stated in Sentence 3.8.1.1.(1), which applies to: houses, including semi-detached houses, duplexes, triplexes, town houses, row houses and boarding houses, buildings of Group F, Division 1 major occupancy, and buildings that are not intended to be occupied on a daily or full-time basis, including automatic telephone exchanges, pumphouses and substations. 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], as stated in Sentence 9.5.2.2.(1). Exceptions: except as stated in Article 9.5.2.3., which applies to apartment buildings. Application 3: This also applies to tents and air-supported structures, as stated in Sentences 3.1.6.1.(1) and 9.10.1.2.(1). Exceptions: except as stated in: Sentence 3.1.6.2.(1), which prohibits air-supported structures from being located above the first storey on any building, Sentence 3.1.6.2.(2), which prohibits air-supported structures from being used for classrooms or for Groups B, C, or Group F, Division 1 major occupancies, and Sentence 3.1.6.2.(3), which requires air-supported structures to be designed as open floor spaces without interior walls, mezzanines, intermediate floors or similar construction.
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Intent	Intent 1: To limit the probability that a person using a manual wheelchair or other manual mobility assistance device will be delayed in moving to a safe place [balcony] in a fire situation, which could lead to harm to persons.
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