clause-d2

OBJECTIVE

D2.1 The objective of this provision is to:

• (a) Safeguard people from injury and loss of amenity while using mechanical installations for movement into, within and out of buildings,
• (b) Safeguard maintenance personnel from injury while servicing mechanical installations for access, and
• (c) Ensure that people with disabilities are able to carry out normal activities and processes within buildings.

FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT

D2.2 Mechanical installations for access into, within and out of buildings shall provide for the safe and easy movement of people, and for the safety of maintenance personnel.

PERFORMANCE

D2.3.1 Mechanical installations for access shall:

• (a) Move people safely, and stop and hold as required for the normal use of the installation, for all loads up to and including 25% in excess of the rated load,
• (b) Not produce excessive acceleration or deceleration,
• (c) Be constructed to avoid the likelihood of people falling, tripping, becoming caught, being able to touch or be struck by moving parts, sharp edges or projections, under both normal and reasonably foreseeable abnormal conditions of use,

Objective D2.1(c) shall apply only to those buildings to which section 47A of the Act applies.

Provisions

(d) Be constructed to prevent collision between components, or between components and the building,

(e) Have a control system that ensures safe abnormal operation in the event of overloading or failure of any single component, and

(f) Be capable of being isolated for inspection, testing and maintenance.

D23.2 Mechanical installations for access shall be provided with:

(a) Adequate control over normal use, to ensure people's safety throughout any operation involving starting, stopping or changing the direction of travel,

(b) Notification of position, where people are fully enclosed and the installation serves more than two levels,

(c) Adequate lighting and ventilation for both normal and emergency use, and

(d) Signs as required by Clause F8 "Signs",

D23.3 Mechanical installations for access shall, for emergency purposes, be provided with a means of:

(a) Calling outside help,

(b) Releasing people safely,

(c) Safeguarding people from exposure to hazardous situations, and

(d) Allowing authorised personnel to override the normal running procedure and take exclusive control of the installation.

D23.4 Potentially dangerous equipment shall be located in spaces which:

Limits on application

Performance D23.3(d) shall not apply to installations travelling less than 15 m vertically.

Provisions

(a) Are secure from unauthorised entry and contain only equipment associated with the installation,

(b) Are appropriately sized and suitably guarded to provide adequate safe working areas for maintenance personnel,

(c) Are provided with adequate power and lighting for maintenance, and

(d) Have an environment that ensures the safe operation of the equipment under all likely conditions of use.

D2.3.5 Mechanical installations on accessible routes shall:

(a) Where the passenger conveyor is manually controlled, provide:

(i) controls which are easily identifiable and easy to use,

(ii) adequate notification that the passenger conveyor has registered a summoning call, and

(iii) adequate notification that the passenger conveyor has arrived, and of its future direction of travel,

(b) Where the passenger conveyor is fully enclosed and serves more than two levels, provide an adequate means of informing occupants of their location,

(c) Where appropriate, have doors which:

(i) are power operated,

(ii) are readily distinguishable from their surroundings, and

(iii) where automatic, remain open sufficiently long to enable people with disabilities to pass through, and

(d) Have handrails within the passenger conveyor.

Limits on application