Design For Dignity
Retail Guidelines

• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2008).
  • Australia is a signatory along with 157 other countries.
  • Doesn't impose obligations on Australian business except to the extent that businesses choose to, or it is picked up in Australian Legislation such as the DDA.

• Disability Discrimination Act 1992
  • Prohibits discrimination against people with disability with specific comments on premises, provision of goods and services and a range of other matters.
  • Allows the government to set ‘disability standards’. These have been on Premises, Transport and Education.
• Disability (Access to Premises — Buildings) Standards 2010.
  • “Premises Standards.”
  • Covers building access requirements for people with disability.
  • Applies to new buildings and approvals after 1 May 2011.
  • Existing buildings that have not had a building approval for renovations or works are still subject to the DDA.
  • Makes mandatory certain Australian Standards.
  • Makes some concessions that are not in the Building Code of Australia.
  • Complying with the Premises Standards provides protection against discrimination claims in the area that is compliant.
• Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport, 2010
  • “Transport Standards.”
  • Requires that transport premises and associated infrastructure as well as ‘conveyances’ (buses, trains, aircraft etc) are accessible, to what standard and over what time frames.
  • References and makes mandatory certain Australian Standards.
  • Effective from 23 October 2002.
  • Complying with the Transport Standards provides protection against discrimination claims in the area that is compliant.

• Building Code of Australia (2016).
  • Aligns to Premises Standards from 1 May 2011.
  • Whilst it is the Build Code of Australia it is actually empowered by State and Territory legislation.
  • Mandates a range of Australian Standards which provide detailed technical advice.
  • Performance based systems which means that it sets high level guidance and allows compliance through meeting specified standards or providing ‘performance solutions’.
• Anti-Discrimination Acts.
  • Australian Capital Territory — Discrimination Act (1991).
  • New South Wales — NSW Anti-Discrimination Act (1977).
  • Northern Territory — Anti-Discrimination Act (2011).
  • Queensland — Anti-Discrimination Act (1991).
  • South Australia — SA Equal Opportunity Act (1984).
  • Tasmania — Anti-Discrimination Act (1998).
  • Victoria — Victorian Equal Opportunity Act (2010).
  • Western Australia — Western Australia Equal Opportunity Act (1984).
• Various State Legislation and Regulation (Too many to list).
  New South Wales
  • Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 No 203.
  • State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors or People with a Disability) 2004.
  • Heritage Act 1977
  
  Victoria
  • Planning and Environment Act 1987.
  • Building Act 1993.
  • Environment Effects Act 1978.
  • Heritage Act 1995.

Australian Standards

• AS1428.1 Design for access and mobility: General requirements for access — New building work.
• AS 1428.2 Enhanced and additional requirements for access — building and facilities (Only in Public Transport buildings).
• AS/NZS 1428.4.1 Tactile Indicators.
• AS 1735.12 Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walkways.
• AS/NZS 2890 Part 6 Parking Facilities

• Local planning policies and guidelines.
• Footpath dining / trading licensing and policies.
• Regulations on use of A Frame boards and advertising.