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Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M
Accessibility guidance for dwellings and buildings other than dwellings. The linked PDF is Volume 2.
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Standards referred to
BS EN 81-70:2003
Safety rules for the construction and
installation of lifts. Particular applications
for passenger and good passengers lifts.
Accessibility to lifts for persons including
persons with disability. AMD 14675 2003,
AMD 14751 2003.
BS 3402:1969
Specification for quality of vitreous china
sanitary appliances. AMD 714 1971,
AMD 4922 1989.
BS 5395-1:2000
Stairs, ladders and walkways. Code of
practice for the design, construction and
maintenance of straight stairs and winders.
BS 5588-8:1999
Fire precautions in the design, construction
and use of buildings, Code of practice for
means of escape for disabled people.
AMD 14922 2004.
BS 7594:1993
Code of practice for audio-frequency
induction-loop systems (AFILS).
BS 8300:2001
Design of buildings and their approaches
to meet the needs of disabled people –
Code of practice. AMD 15617 2005,
AMD 15982 2005.
BS 8300: 2009 +A1:2010
Design of buildings and their approaches
to meet the needs of disabled people.
Code of practice.
BS 8300-2:2018
Design of an accessible and inclusive built
environment. Buildings. Code of practice.
BS EN 997:2012
WC pans and WC suites with integral trap.
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