Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 72

Buildings to be planned for use by disabled persons

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(1) Subject to paragraph (3), where a building is one to which disabled
persons have, or may reasonably be expected to have, access, that building
shall be designed to the satisfaction of the Building Authority in such a
manner as will facilitate the access to, and use of, that building and its
facilities by disabled persons.

(2) A building shall be deemed to be designed in accordance with paragraph (1)
if its design complies with the requirements set out in Part I of the Third
Schedule.

(3) The provisions of this regulation shall apply to the categories of
buildings specified in the first column of Part II of the Third Schedule only
to the extent specified in the second column thereof. (L.N. 365 of 1984)