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3.8.3.4.(2)
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Application
Application 1: 
Handrails for ramps [located in a barrier-free path of travel, as required in Clause 3.8.3.4.(1)(e)] serving as aisles for fixed seating.
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 9.5.2.1.(1).
Exceptions: 
except as stated in Article 9.5.2.3., which applies to apartment buildings.
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Intent
Intent 1: 
To exempt aisles serving fixed seating from the requirement stated in Clause 3.8.3.4.(1)(e), which would otherwise require handrails, on the basis that the handrails will not allow persons to have access to rows of seats from the aisle.
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