Victorian Consolidated Regulations

BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 147D

For the purposes of regulation 147C(a)(i) and (c)(ii)—

        (a)     the door or gate must have a self‑locking or self-latching device that prevents the door or gate, if the door or gate is in its closed position, from being opened by a person unable to reach the opening mechanism for the door or gate; and

        (b)     the opening mechanism on the door or gate must be located not less than 1·5 m above the ground level or the internal floor level (as the case requires), measured from the approach side; and

        (c)     the door or gate must be fitted with a device that returns the door or gate to its closed position

              (i)     from any position in the range of positions from fully open to resting on the lock or latch; and

              (ii)     from a stationary start from any position within that range without the application of manual force.

Reg. 147E inserted by S.R. No. 116/2019 reg. 11.