9.5.5.1.(2)

Objective

OS3 Safety in Use

Attribution

Intent

Intent 1:

To exempt doors within secondary suites from the requirement of Sentence (1) which would otherwise require that doors conform to sizes in Table 9.5.5.1., on the basis that accommodating taller doors may be cost prohibitive.

Intent 2:

To limit the probability of insufficiently high doorway openings, which could lead to accidental collision with door heads, which could lead to harm to persons.

Intent 3:

To limit the probability of insufficiently high doorway openings, which could lead to accidental collision with door heads in an emergency, which could lead to delays in the evacuation or movement of persons to a safe place, which could lead to harm to persons.

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