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3.3.2.9.(1)

Application

Intent


Application	Application 1: Minimum height of guards: at the fascia of a box, balcony or gallery where the seats extend to the edge, along cross aisles, and along rows of seats at the edge of a platform, where the seating is arranged in successive tiers and the height of the rise between the platforms is more than 450 mm. Exceptions: except: for cross aisles adjacent to the fascia of a box, balcony or gallery, and where the backs of the seats along the front side of the aisle are not less than 600 mm above the floor of the aisle. This applies to guards installed in outdoor and indoor places of assembly with fixed seats. Application 2: This also applies to: tents and air-supported structures, as stated in Sentences 3.1.6.1.(1) and 9.10.1.2.(1), and 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 9.10.1.2.(2). 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, 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, Sentences 3.3.2.9.(2) and (3), which apply to bleacher seats, and Clause 3.8.3.4.(1)(e), which applies to barrier-free design in buildings described in Sentence 3.8.1.1.(1).
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Intent	Intent 1: To exempt guards in certain locations and occupancies from the requirements of Article 3.3.1.18. and permit a reduction in the height of guards on the basis that there is a need for seated persons to be able to see through or over the top of guards for the events being viewed.
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