Building Act 2004

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Schedule 2 Buildings in respect of which requirement for provision of access and facilities for persons with disabilities applies

s 118(2)

The buildings in respect of which the requirement for the provision of access and facilities for persons with disabilities apply are, without limitation, as follows:

(a)

land, sea, and air passenger transport terminals and facilities and interchanges, whether wholly on land or otherwise:

(b)

public toilets wherever situated:

(c)

banks:

(d)

childcare centres and kindergartens:

(e)

day-care centres and facilities:

(f)

commercial buildings and premises for business and professional purposes, including computer centres:

(g)

central, regional, and local government offices and facilities:

(h)

courthouses:

(i)

Police stations:

(j)

hotels, motels, hostels, halls of residence, holiday cabins, groups of pensioner flats, boarding houses, guest houses, and other premises providing accommodation for the public:

(k)

hospitals, whether public or private, and rest homes:

(l)

medical and dental surgeries, and medical and paramedical and other primary health care centres:

(m)

educational institutions, including public and private primary, intermediate, and secondary schools, universities, Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology and its Crown entity subsidiaries, and other tertiary institutions:

(n)

libraries, museums, art galleries, and other cultural institutions:

(o)

churches, chapels, and other places of public worship:

(p)

places of assembly, including auditoriums, theatres, cinemas, halls, sports stadiums, conference facilities, clubrooms, recreation centres, and swimming baths:

(q)

shops, shopping centres, and shopping malls:

(r)

restaurants, bars, cafeterias, and catering facilities:

(s)

showrooms and auction rooms:

(t)

public laundries:

(u)

petrol and service stations:

(v)

funeral parlours:

(w)

television and radio stations:

(x)

car parks, parking buildings, and parking facilities:

(y)

factories and industrial buildings where more than 10 persons are employed:

(z)

other buildings, premises, or facilities to which the public are to be admitted, whether for free or on payment of a charge.

Compare: 1991 No 150 s 47A(4)

Schedule 2 paragraph (m): amended, on 25 September 2020, by clause 4(2) of the Education (Name Change for NZIST) Order 2020 (LI 2020/260).

Schedule 2 paragraph (m): amended, on 1 April 2020, by section 78(1) of the Education (Vocational Education and Training Reform) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 1).