AS 1735.

12—1999

Australian Standard™

Lifts, escalators and moving walks

primary referenced Standard
Building Code of Australia

Part 12: Facilities for persons with

disabilities
This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee ME/4, Facilities in Lifts for People
with Disabilities. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on
19 March 1999 and published on 5 May 1999.

The following interests are represented on Committee ME/4:

Association of Consulting Engineers, Australia
Association of Independent Lift Companies
Australian Building Codes Board
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Australian Elevator Association Department of Industrial Affairs, S.A.
Department of Training and Industrial Relations, Qld
Institution of Engineers, Australia
Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia
New Zealand Lifts and Escalator Association
Property Council of Australia
Victorian WorkCover Authority
Work Health Authority, N.T.
WorkCover Authority, N.S.W.
Workplace Standards Authority, Tas.
WORKS Australia Department of Administrative Services
WorkSafe Western Australia

Additional interests participated in preparation of Standard:

ACROD Limited
Australian Committee of Independent Living Centres
Australian Quadriplegic Association
National Federation of Blind Citizens of Australia

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 AS 1735.12—1999

Australian Standard™

Lifts, escalators and moving walks

Part 12: Facilities for persons with

disabilities

First published as AS 1735.12—1986.

Previous edition AS 1735.12—1994.
Third edition 1999.

Incorporating:
Amdt 1—1999

Published by Standards Australia

(Standards Association of Australia)
1 The Crescent, Homebush NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7337 2665 8
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Committee ME/4, Lift Installations, to supersede AS 1735.12—1994.
This Standard is the result of a consensus among Australian and New Zealand
representatives on the Joint Committee to produce it as an Australian Standard.
This edition includes technical changes to render the Standard applicable to public
buildings only, and compatible with the Building Code of Australia.
The term ‘informative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the
appendix to which it applies. An ‘informative’ appendix is for information and guidance
only.

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CONTENTS

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SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE ........................................................................................................................5
1.1 APPLICATION ...........................................................................................................5
1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS ..................................................................................5
1.3 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................5

SECTION 2 LIFT CAR SIZE ...................................................................................................6

SECTION 3 CAR FLOORS

3.1 SURFACES.................................................................................................................6
3.2 ACCESS TO SAFETY GEAR.....................................................................................6

SECTION 4 DOORS
4.1 TYPES.........................................................................................................................7
4.2 PASSENGER-PROTECTION SYSTEMS ..................................................................7
4.3 DOOR OPEN DWELL TIME .....................................................................................7

SECTION 5 CAR WALLS AND FITTINGS

5.1 SURFACES ADJACENT TO CONTROL BUTTONS................................................8
5.2 PROTRUDING EDGES ..............................................................................................8
5.3 HANDRAILS ..............................................................................................................8
5.4 SEATS.........................................................................................................................9

SECTION 6 LEVELLING OF LIFT CARS............................................................................11

SECTION 7 CONTROL BUTTONS

7.1 PROVISION AT LANDINGS...................................................................................12
7.2 PROVISION IN LIFT CARS ....................................................................................12
7.3 LOCATION...............................................................................................................12
7.4 DESIGN ....................................................................................................................13

SECTION 8 INFORMATION
8.1 AUTOMATIC AUDIBLE INFORMATION .............................................................16
8.2 VISIBLE INFORMATION .......................................................................................16
8.3 TACTILE INFORMATION ......................................................................................16
8.4 SHAPE OF CHARACTERS......................................................................................16
8.5 INDICATION OF TRAVEL DIRECTION................................................................17
8.6 PROVISION IN LIFT CARS ....................................................................................17

SECTION 9 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

9.1 PROVISION..............................................................................................................19
9.2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COMMUNICATION ...................................................19
9.3 LIFT IDENTIFICATION FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM...............................19
9.4 PERMANENTLY ATTENDED LOCATION ...........................................................19
9.5 LIFT CAR .................................................................................................................19
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SECTION 10 LIGHTING
10.1 COMPLIANCE WITH AS/NZS 1680.0 ....................................................................20
10.2 GENERAL LIGHTING WITHIN LIFT CARS .........................................................20
10.3 LIGHTING OF LIFT CAR CONTROLS ..................................................................21

APPENDIX A TYPICAL ARRANGEMENT OF A LIFT ENTRANCE ...............................22

INDEX......................................................................................................................................23
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Lifts, escalators and moving walks

Part 12: Facilities for persons with disabilities

S E CT I ON 1 S COP E AND GE NE RAL

1.1 SCOPE
This Standard sets out requirements for facilities in passenger lifts that are specifically
designed to assist persons with disabilities. It is complementary to AS 1735.1, AS 1735.2
and AS 1735.3.
Where any conflict arises between Parts of AS 1735, the provisions of this Part shall take
precedence.

1.1 APPLICATION
1.1.1 General
This Standard applies to newly installed lifts in the public access path, in newly constructed
lift wells in other than private residences, and for which a building authority having
jurisdiction stipulates the provision of facilities for persons with disabilities.
1.1.2 Building Code of Australia
This Standard will be referenced in the Building Code of Australia (BCA) by way of BCA
Amendment No 5 to be published by 1 July 1999, thereby superseding the previous edition,
AS 1735.12—1994, which will be withdrawn 12 months from the date of the publication of
this edition.

1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

The following documents are referred to in this Standard:
AS
1259 Acoustics—Sound level meters
1259.1 Part 1: Non-integrating
1735 Lifts, escalators and moving walks
1735.1 Part 1: General requirements
1735.2 Part 2: Passenger and goods lifts—Electric
1735.3 Part 3: Passenger and goods lifts—Electrohydraulic
2659 Guide to the use of sound measuring equipment
2659.1 Part 1: Portable sound level meters
AS/NZS
1680 Interior lighting
1680.0 Part 0: Safe movement

1.3 DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Standard, the definitions in AS 1735.1 apply.

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S E CT I ON 2 LI FT CAR S I ZE

The minimum lift car internal dimensions shall be 1100 mm wide by 1400 mm deep
between the inside of the closed car doors to the inside back wall of the car. In the case of a
through entrance car, the 1400 mm depth shall be measured between the inside of closed car
doors.
The minimum clear width of car door openings shall be not less than 900 mm.

S E CT I ON 3 CAR F LOORS

3.1 SURFACES
Any carpet shall have a pile length above the carpet substrate of not more than 6 mm.
NOTE: Car floor surfaces should be firm and slip resistant.

3.2 ACCESS TO SAFETY GEAR

Where Type C safety gear as classified by AS 1735.2 is used, it shall be possible for a lift
mechanic to gain access to the release mechanism of the safety gear while the lift car is
occupied by a person in a wheelchair.

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S E CT I ON 4 DOORS

4.1 TYPES
Lift car doors and landing doors shall be of the horizontally sliding type, power-operated,
and automatically controlled.

4.2 PASSENGER-PROTECTION SYSTEMS

Lift car doors shall be fitted with a passenger-protection system which, while activated, will
hold the doors in the open position. The system shall not be nullified by objects with a
reflective surface, and shall consist of one of the following:
(a) A system comprising a safety shoe fitted to the front edge of the lift car doors,
together with a series of beams between the car doors and the landing doors which
shall be capable of detecting a 12 mm diameter rod moving at a speed of 0.5 m/s at
right angles to both its longitudinal axis and the detection beams of the device at any
position for each of the heights 50, 150, 500, and 1000 mm above the level of the
upper surface of the lift car door sill
NOTE: See Appendix A for a typical arrangement of a lift entrance.
(b) A series of beams which shall be able to detect a 75 mm diameter rod at any position
across the section of the door opening between 50 mm and 1550 mm above the level
of the upper surface of the lift car door sill while the door is within 600 mm of being
fully closed

In the event of a circuit failure of the passenger-protection system, the doors shall be
designed to remain open for not less than 20 s, provided that the kinetic energy of the door
will not exceed 3.4 J and an audible warning is sounded in the car as the doors are closing.
NOTE: Additional passenger-protection systems may be provided.

4.3 DOOR OPEN DWELL TIME

When the doors are responding to a landing button, they shall remain fully open for a
minimum of 6 s, subject to the variations noted in the remainder of this Clause.
Where more than three lifts are installed in line and are arranged interconnected in
operation, this dwell time shall be extended to 8 s in the case of the lifts furthermost from
the centre of the lift lobby.
The door open dwell times may be—
(a) shortened by three seconds, if the lift system provides at least three seconds of
advanced warning of arrival at the floor; or
(b) cancelled by a person or object crossing the lift entrance; or
(c) cancelled by the operation of the car door close button or car control button.

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S E CT I ON 5 CAR WAL LS AND FI T T I NGS

5.1 SURFACES ADJACENT TO CONTROL BUTTONS

Surfaces (including button coverplates), within 300 mm of car control buttons, that are
parallel to the face of the buttons and the button cover plate shall have a finish that reduces
glare and reflection.
NOTE: Glass surfaces may need special treatment to comply with this requirement.

5.2 PROTRUDING EDGES

To prevent injury from accidental contact, edges protruding from the walls shall be rounded
or protected, and the ends of handrails directly facing a doorway shall be returned to the
wall (see Figure 5.2).
Handrails, car-operating panels, seats, and other fittings shall not obstruct or reduce the
clear doorway opening to less than the width of the door.

5.3 HANDRAILS
5.3.1 Provision of a handrail
A handrail shall be provided, which shall have a length of not less than 600 mm additional
to—
(a) any length of the handrail having a clearance above the handrail of less than 5 mm as
permitted by Clause 5.3.2(f); and
(b) any length of the handrail having the clearance to the wall filled in as required by
Clause 5.3.2(g).
The handrail shall be not more than 500 mm from any button or operating device required
to be used to operate the lift, as shown in Figure 5.3.2. This requirement shall apply to at
least one control panel.
5.3.2 Dimensions and location of handrails
Handrails shall comply with the following (see Figures 5.3.1 and 5.3.2):
(a) The cross-section of handrails shall be circular for not less than 270° around the
uppermost surface, with a diameter of not less than 30 mm or more than 50 mm.
NOTE: The cross-section of the lowest 90° is optional; however, fully circular cross-sectioned
handrails are preferred.
(b) Obstructions shall be located not less than 15 mm below the cross-section described
by Item (a), as shown in Figure 5.3.1.
(c) Exposed edges and corners of handrails shall have a radius of not less than 5 mm.
(d) The top of handrails shall be not less than 850 mm nor more than 950 mm above the
level of the upper surface of the door sill of the lift car.
(e) Handrails shall be securely fixed so that there is no obstruction to the passage of a
hand along the grip as specified by Figure 5.3.1, except where it may pass underneath
the car control station as permitted by Item (f) and where the handrail may be
returned to the wall as required by Item (g).
(f) Clearances above the handrail, including clearances to control panels, shall be either
less than 5 mm or not less than 100 mm.

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(g) Handrails shall be positioned with clearances to the wall of not less than 50 mm;
however, where the end of a handrail is returned towards the wall to comply with
Clause 5.2, any clearance of less than 50 mm shall be filled in.

5.4 SEATS
Hinged seats shall not be fitted in lift cars.
Fixed seats, where fitted in lift cars, shall not encroach upon the minimum area required by
Section 2.

FIGURE 5.2 POSITIONS OF HANDRAILS AT DOORWAYS

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DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETRES

FIGURE 5.3.1 SHAPE OF HANDRAILS

DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETRES

FIGURE 5.3.2 POSITION OF HANDRAIL FROM CONTROLS

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S E CT I ON 6 LE VE LLI NG OF LI FT CARS

On the date of the acceptance test, the lift equipment shall be capable of stopping the lift
car so that the door sill of the lift car is not more than 12 mm above nor more than 12 mm
below the door sill of the landing sill (a 12 mm tolerance on levelling accuracy)—
(a) at each landing served;
(b) for each direction of travel; and
(c) with the lift car empty and with the lift car loaded with its rated load.
Automatic relevelling may be used to achieve this tolerance on levelling accuracy.
NOTE: The levelling accuracies should be measured as part of the acceptance test. Where the
levelling accuracies are within this tolerance on the date of the acceptance test, the lift equipment
is deemed to be capable of stopping the lift car within a 12 mm tolerance on levelling accuracy.
Compliance with this tolerance on levelling accuracy during the acceptance test establishes that
the lift equipment is capable of providing a reasonably accurate floor levelling performance
thereafter. Notwithstanding compliance with this tolerance on levelling accuracy during the
acceptance test, it is accepted that levelling accuracies may exceed this 12 mm tolerance on
occasions during the life of the lift equipment.

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S E CT I ON 7 CONT ROL BUT T ONS

7.1 PROVISION AT LANDINGS

Each landing served shall be provided with one or more control buttons to call a lift.
Where up and down buttons are provided on a landing, and are not located vertically within
200 mm of each other, a tactile symbol and Braille equivalent shall be provided and shall be
located either above or to the left or on the face of the respective button (see Clause 8.3 and
Figure 8.4.2(d)).

7.2 PROVISION IN LIFT CARS

7.2.1 Number of control panels
Where either the width or depth of the car, as defined in AS 1735.2, is less than 1400 mm,
not less than two control panels shall be provided in positions that are accessible, one to the
left and one to the right of a person entering the lift car. In other situations, not less than
one control panel shall be provided in a position that is accessible, either to the left or to the
right of a person entering the lift car.
7.2.2 Control buttons on control panels
Each control panel required by Clause 7.2.1 shall contain all the buttons required by
AS 1735.2, except that–
(a) the communication button shall be located at the right-hand end of the lowest row of
control buttons as viewed when facing the control panel;
(b) the communication button shall be identified by a visible symbol (see Figure 8.4.2(c))
located on the button face;
(c) the emergency stop button or switch need not be positioned on the above control
panels; and
(d) where a second control panel is required by Clause 7.2.1, a second stop button is not
required.
A tactile symbol (see Clause 8.3 and Figure 8.4.2(c)) and Braille equivalent, located above
or to the left or on the face of the respective buttons, shall be provided.
7.2.3 Key pads
Where key pads are provided, they shall be in a standard telephone key pad arrangement
and shall be located at a height of 900 mm to 1100 mm from the floor. A tactile dot shall be
provided in the centre of the number 5, unless the tactile symbol is on the face of the
button. The buttons shall comply with Clause 7.4.

7.3 LOCATION
7.3.1 Height above floor
The centre of the buttons required by Clause 7.1 shall be not less than 900 mm nor more
than 1200 mm above the landing floor.
The centre of the front face of any control buttons in lift cars that are required by
Clause 7.2.2 and any security operating device shall be located at a height above the car
floor of not less than 700 mm nor more than 1250 mm.
NOTES:
1 The lowest possible height in a lift car may be limited by a handrail.
2 See Appendix A for a typical arrangement of a lift entrance.

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7.3.2 Distance from corners

Each control button required by Clause 7.2 shall be located where it is able to be
tangentially touched by a horizontal disc with a radius of 300 mm, where located adjacent
to a door entrance, and 400 mm for all other locations. This disc shall not intersect any
other object while the lift doors are closed (see Figure 7.3.2).
NOTE: The disc does not have to touch the tactile symbols

7.3.3 At lift landings
Control buttons shall be located adjacent to the lift entrances and shall not be closer than
500 mm from any internal corner or fixed obstruction (see Clause 7.1).
NOTE: Control buttons should not be located on a wall surface that is likely to cause damage to a
sliding hand; for example, rough masonry wa 

7.3.4 Security system operating devices
Operating devices (i.e. key switches or card readers) for security systems shall be located in
accordance with the requirements of Clauses 7.3.1, 7.3.2 and 7.3.3.

7.4 DESIGN
7.4.1 Operation
7.4.1.1 Movement
Control buttons shall require a movement of not less than 0.5 mm and not more than 3 mm,
to cause operation of the contact.
7.4.1.2 Force
The force normal to the centre of the button required to operate each control button shall be
not less than 2 N and not more than 5 N. Where tactile symbols are provided on the face of
the button, the force required to operate the button shall be not less than 3.5N and not more
than 5N.
7.4.2 Size
The smallest dimension of the face of control buttons shall be not less than 19 mm.
7.4.3 Separation
The separation between the moving parts of adjacent control buttons shall be not less than
10 mm.
7.4.4 Projection
The moving part of a control button or its surround shall project not less than 1 mm beyond
the face of the control panel excluding any tactile. Where the moving part of the control
button is flush with the surround, the surround shall not be more than 10 mm from the edge
of the moving part of the button.
7.4.5 Surface
The face of each control button shall comply with one or more of the following
requirements
(a) The surface shall be capable of retaining the hemispherical end of a 10 mm diameter
timber dowel while the dowel is aligned 20° from normal to the face of the button and
axially loaded with a force of 6 N.
NOTE: This loading ensures that a timber dowel will not slip off the button while it is operating
the button.
(b) The surface shall contain a recess that shall be not less than 2 mm deep with rounded
corners at the bottom of the recess with a radius not more than 2 mm.
(c) The surface shall contain a recess that shall be spherical with a radius not more than the width
of the recess.

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7.4.6 Edges and corners

The edges and corners of control buttons shall be smooth and rounded.
7.4.7 Inclination
The front face of control buttons, which are required by Clause 7.2, which are centred not
less than 900 mm above the car floor, shall be vertical or face upwards with an inclination
to the vertical of not more than 15°.
The front face of control buttons, which are required by Clause 7.2 and which are centred
less than 900 mm above the car floor, shall face upwards with an inclination to the vertical
of not less than 15° and not more than 30°.
The front face of the control panel need not be inclined.
7.4.8 Highlight
Control buttons shall contrast with their surrounding surface by one of the following means:
(a) Continuous illumination from within the button.
(b) A coloured border on or around the button. Such coloured identification shall be at
least 3 mm wide around the button, or the button shall be in contrast to the
surrounding area, with a luminance factor of not less than 0.3, in contrast to that of
the background.
7.4.9 Identification of control buttons
Control buttons required by Clause 7.2.2, except the stop button and the communication
button, shall be identified by—
(a) contrasting characters not less than 10 mm high and Braille equivalent, adjacent to or
on the button; and
(b) tactile characters not less than 12 mm high adjacent to or on the button.
NOTE: It is permitted for characters to combine contrast and tactility.

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FIGURE 7.3.2 PERMITTED POSITIONS OF THE CAR CONTROL BUTTONS

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S E CT I ON 8 I NFORM AT I ON

8.1 AUTOMATIC AUDIBLE INFORMATION

For lifts serving more than 3 floors, automatic audible information, adjustable between
35dB(A) and 55dB(A), shall be provided in the lift car. Each time the lift stops in response
to a car call, the floor shall be orally identified in English.
For lifts serving 3 floors or less, a tone shall sound when the lift passes or arrives at a floor.

8.2 VISIBLE INFORMATION

Visible information shall be given by characters complying with Clause 8.4 and having a
luminance factor not less than 0.3, in contrast to that of the background.

8.3 TACTILE INFORMATION

Tactile information shall comply with the following:
(a) The shape of the characters shall comply with Clause 8.4.
(b) The nominal thickness of the character outlines or symbols shall be not less than
6 percent or more than 15 percent of the height of the character (see Table 8.3).
(c) The spacing between characters shall be not less than twice the thickness of the
character outlines.
(d) The characters shall protrude not less than 0.8 mm from the background.
(e) Any raised borders or protrusions, such as screw heads or other fixing means, shall
not protrude more than necessary nor shall they be located within 5 mm of any tactile
character or symbol.

TABLE 8.3
THICKNESS OF CHARACTER OUTLINES

millimetres

Overall height Thickness of outline

of character of character
h ≥0.06 h ≤0.15h
12 ≥0.72 ≤1.8
60 ≥3.6 ≤9.0

8.4 SHAPE OF CHARACTERS

8.4.1 Numbers and letters
Numbers and letters shall be similar in shape to those shown in Figure 8.4.1. The number
‘one’ shall not have any serif that distorts it to such an extent that it could be read as the
number ‘seven’.
8.4.2 Symbols
Symbols used to identify open-door buttons, close-door buttons, communication-control
buttons, and up and down button shall conform to Figure 8.4.2.

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8.5 INDICATION OF TRAVEL DIRECTION

Where there are three or more lifts in a bank, both visible and audible indications of the
approach, and intended direction of travel of the lift car, shall be provided at each landing,
as follows:
(a) Visible Visible indication shall—
(i) clearly designate the direction of travel;
(ii) be positioned not less than 1800 mm above the floor of the landing and adjacent to the
landing entrance; and
(iii) remain illuminated while the doors are fully open.
(b) Audible Audible indication shall be given by—
(i) non-oral sound signals, one sound signal to indicate travel in the up direction
and two sound signals to indicate travel in the down direction; or
(ii) an oral message.
The source of the audible signal shall be adjacent to the landing entrance.
NOTE: See Appendix A for a typical arrangement of a lift entrance.
Where there are less than three lifts in a bank and landing lanterns are installed, audible
indicators shall be provided.

8.6 PROVISION IN LIFT CARS

8.6.1 Car position indicator
Each lift car shall be provided with an indicator, to indicate to passengers the position of
the lift car relative to the landings. The indicator shall be located on the front wall or on a
side wall of the lift car with the bottom of the numbers and letters of the indicator being not
less than 1800 mm above the floor of the lift car. The size of these numbers and letters shall
be not less than 25 mm high.
For cars that are less than 1400 mm wide, which may restrict wheelchair movement, the
indicator shall be located either on a side wall or on both front and back walls.
8.6.2 Acknowledgment of floor calls
Where a lift car serves more than two landings, the operation of a floor call control button
in the lift car shall be acknowledged by a short audible tone and the illumination of a lamp
which shall be in or adjacent to the button. The tone may be omitted only if the operation of
the button can easily be detected by touch.

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FIGURE 8.4.1 NUMBERS AND LETTERS

NOTES:
1 The specified heights of these symbols do not apply to the central vertical line in (a) or (b).
2 The strokes forming a character may have radiused ends.

FIGURE 8.4.2 SYMBOLS FOR CONTROL BUTTONS

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S E CT I ON 9 COMMUNI C AT I ON S YS TE MS

9.1 PROVISION
Each lift shall be provided with a communication system.

9.2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COMMUNICATION

The operation of the communication control button in the lift car shall be acknowledged by
the illumination of a lamp that shall be in or adjacent to the button.

9.3 LIFT IDENTIFICATION FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Each lift car shall be provided with a system that automatically identifies the lift at the
answering service of a communication system.

9.4 PERMANENTLY ATTENDED LOCATION

The permanently attended location of communication systems shall be provided with an
audible indicator.

9.5 LIFT CAR

The lift car end of the communication system shall be positioned and protected so as to
reduce the possibility of vandalism or other damage, and shall consist of the following:
(a) A microphone.
(b) A loudspeaker having a volume control that is set to normally produce a sound
pressure level 1 m in front of the speaker of not less than 70 dB(A). The sound
pressure level of the loudspeaker shall be measured in accordance with AS 2659.1
using a Type 3 sound level meter complying with AS 1259.1 and which is set with
frequency-weighting characteristic A and time-weighting characteristic S.

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S E CT I ON 10 LI GHT I NG

10.1 COMPLIANCE WITH AS/NZS 1680.0

The lighting installed in lift cars shall comply with the requirements of AS/NZS 1680.0 and
with the additional requirements of this Section.

10.2 GENERAL LIGHTING WITHIN LIFT CARS

The lighting system installed within lift cars shall provide a minimum illuminance of
100 1x on a horizontal plane at the level of the car floor. Compliance shall be assessed by
taking illuminance readings at each of the four points designated in Figure 10.2, in
accordance with the procedures specified in AS/NZS 1680.0, with the car doors and landing
doors open.
The difference between the illuminance applying within the lift car and that provided over
the landing or lobby area onto which the lift car opens shall not exceed the ratio 5:1.
Compliance shall be assessed by comparing—
(a) for the lift car, the arithmetic mean of the four illuminance readings taken at the
positions indicated in Figure 10.2; and
(b) for the landing, the average illuminance applying over the landing area, determined in
accordance with AS/NZS 1680.0.

FIGURE 10.2 MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS FOR ASSESSING COMPLIANCE WITH

ILLUMINANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR LIFT CARS

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10.3 LIGHTING OF LIFT CAR CONTROLS

Lift car controls shall be illuminated in accordance with Item (a) or (b) below, as
appropriate:
(a) The average illuminance on the surface containing the controls shall be not less than
50 1x and the variation in illuminance shall be not more than 3:1. Compliance shall
be assessed by taking the arithmetic mean of a representative number of illuminance
readings within the area of the surface bounded by the physical extent of the control
buttons.
(b) Where the control buttons are internally illuminated, the combination of the lighting
conditions within the lift car and the inherent contrasts of the displayed characters
shall ensure that, both when the control buttons are illuminated and when not
illuminated, the displayed characters are as easily read as would be a character
complying with Clause 8.2 when illuminated in accordance with Item (a).

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APPENDIX A
TYPICAL ARRANGEMENT OF A LIFT ENTRANCE
(Informative)

DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETRES

FIGURE A1 TYPICAL ARRANGEMENT OF A LIFT ENTRANCE

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access
to safety gear................................................................... 3.2
acknowledgment of communication....................................... 9.2
application ........................................................................... 1.2
arrangement, typical ................................................ Appendix A
automatic audible information ............................................... 8.1
buttons, control ....................................................................... 7
cars
communications systems.................................................. 9.3
levelling............................................................................. 6
position indicator...........................................................8.6.1
communication
control buttons ..........................................................7.2.2(b)
systems.............................................................................. 9
acknowledgment ........................................................ 9.2
permanently attended end............................................ 9.3
provision ................................................................... 9.1
control buttons ........................................................................ 7
communications ........................................................7.2.2(c)
control panels................................................................7.2.2
corners..........................................................................7.4.6
design............................................................................. 7.4
distance from corners.....................................................7.3.2
edges ............................................................................7.4.6
height above floor..........................................................7.3.1
inclination.....................................................................7.4.7
landings, provision .......................................................... 7.1
lift cars, provision............................................................ 7.2
location........................................................................... 7.3
movement.................................................................. 7.4.1.1
number of control panels................................................7.2.1
operating force ........................................................... 7.4.1.2
operation ......................................................................7.4.1
projection .....................................................................7.4.4
separation .....................................................................7.4.3
size,..............................................................................7.4.2
surface..........................................................................7.4.5
corners
control buttons ..............................................................7.4.6
distance to control buttons..............................................7.3.2
doors ...................................................................................... 4
open
control buttons ........................................................7.2.2
dwell time, control button ........................................... 4.3
passenger-protection systems ........................................... 4.2
types............................................................................... 4.1
dwell time, door open ........................................................... 4.3
edges
control buttons ..............................................................7.4.6
protruding....................................................................... 5.2
floors...................................................................................... 3
access to safety gear ........................................................ 3.2
surfaces .......................................................................... 3.1
force, operation of control buttons .................................... 7.4.1.2
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handrails .............................................................................. 5.3
dimension ....................................................................5.3.2
provision.......................................................................5.3.1
inclination of control buttons 7.4.7
indication of travel direction .................................................. 8.5
indicator, car position..........................................................8.6.1
information ............................................................................. 8
acknowledgment of floor calls ........................................8.6.2
automatic audible ............................................................ 8.1
car position ...................................................................8.6.1
indicators, visual and audible............................................ 8.5
provision......................................................................... 8.6
symbols ........................................................................8.4.2
tactile.............................................................................. 8.3
travel direction, indication ................................................ 8.5
visible............................................................................. 8.2
levelling of lift cars .................................................................. 6
lift
car
communication systems ................................................. 9
control buttons .............................................................. 7
levelling........................................................................ 6
lighting .................................................................... 10.2
walls............................................................................. 5
identification .................................................................8.4.1
landings, location of control buttons................................7.3.3
size.................................................................................... 2
lighting ................................................................................. 10
location of control buttons ..................................................... 7.3
movement of control buttons ............................................7.4.1.1
operating force of control buttons .....................................7.4.1.2
operation of control buttons.................................................7.4.1
passenger-protection systems................................................. 4.2
permanently attended end of
communication............................................................... 9.3
position indicator, car..........................................................8.6.1
projection of control buttons................................................7.4.4
protruding edges................................................................... 5.2
referenced documents ........................................................... 1.3
safety gear access ................................................................. 3.2
scope ................................................................................... 1.1
seats .................................................................................... 5.4
separation of control buttons................................................7.4.3
surface
control buttons ..............................................................7.4.5
floors .............................................................................. 3.1
walls............................................................................... 5.1
symbols .............................................................................8.4.2
travel direction, indication ..................................................... 8.5
typical arrangement .................................................Appendix A
wall
fittings ............................................................................... 5
handrails .................................................................... 5.3
protruding edges......................................................... 5.2