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STREET,
DRAINAGE AND BUILDING ACT 1974 |
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UNIFORM BUILDING
(AMENDMENT) BYLAWS 1991 |
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section 133 of the Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974, the State. Authority
Makes the following By-laws: |
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These By-laws may be cited as the Uniform
Building (Amen4ai6w), By-laws 1991. |
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2. |
By-law 2 of the Uniform Building By-laws 1984
which in this By-laws is
referred to as "the principal By-laws" is amended by inserting
immediately after interpretation “detached building” the following
interpretation. |
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"disabled persons" means people;
with a physical, hearing or sight impairment which affects their
mobility or their use of buildings as referred to under by-law
34A;".
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The principal By-laws is amended by
inserting immediately after by-law 34, the following new by-law 34A:
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34A |
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Any building or part thereof to which this
by-law applies shall-
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be provided with access to enable disabled
persons to get into, out of and within the: building except for any part
of the building for which access is provided wholly or mainly for the inspection,
maintenance or repair of the building, its services or fixed plant or
machinery; and
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be designed with facilities for used
by disabled persons.
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(2) |
The requirements
of this by-law shall be deemed to be satisfied by compliance with
Malaysian Standard MS 1184 and MS 1183. |
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(3) |
Buildings to which this by-law
applies and which on .the date of commencement of this by-law have been
erected, are being erected or have not been erected but plans have been
submitted and approved shall be modified or altered to comply with this
by-laws within 3 years from the date of commencement of this by-law.
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(4) |
Notwithstanding paragraph (3) the
local authority may where it is satisfied that it is justifiable to do
so-
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allow an extension or further extensions of
the period within which the requirements
of this by-law are to be complied with: or
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allow, variations, deviations, or
exemptions as it may specify from any provisions of: this by-law.
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(5) |
Any persons aggrieved by the decision of the
local authority under paragraph (4) may within 30 days of the receipt of
the decision appeal in writing to the State Authority whose decisions
shall be final. |
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(6) |
The requirements of this by-law shall apply
to any of the following buildings or any part thereof –
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(a) |
offices, banks, post offices, shops,
department stores, supermarkets and
other administrative anti commercial buildings. except shop-houses
existing, at the commencement of this by-law;
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(b) |
rail, road, sea ad air travel buildings and
associated concourses, car parking, buildings and factories; |
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hospitals, medical centers, clinic, and
other health and welfare buildings;
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restaurants, concert halls, theatres, cinemas,
conference buildings, community buildings, swimming pools, sports
buildings and other refreshment, entertainment and recreation buildings; |
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religious buildings; |
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schools, colleges, universities, zoos,
museums, art galleries, libraries, exhibition buildings and other
educational, cultural and scientific
buildings; and
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(g) |
hostels, hotels and other residential buildings
other than single family private dwelling houses. |
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