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ACCESS REPORT

Date: Tuesday May 1°' 2007

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WAYS Consultants

A division of Innovative Access Systems Pty Ltd
ABN: 82 083 036 079

23 Missing Link Road

IIkley Qld 4554

Ph: 07 54573189

Mob: 0403 340.130

Fax: 07 54455216

Email: [email protected]

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Project Name:

Essence of Peregian Beach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project No: 0407-002

Subject: Design Guidance Report

Report Ref No: 001

Issue: B

Client: John Mainwaring & Associates

Address: Level 1, 36 Wyandra Street
Newstead QLD 4006

Phone No: 07 32524400

Fax No: 07 32522911

Contact: Mr Paolo Denti

Email: [email protected]

1 General

Disability Discrimination Law states that it is unlawful to place a condition of entry or use on
a person with a disability that is not required of another person without that disability in the
manner in which access to premises is provided and in the manner in which a person uses
the premises and the facilities contained within. These laws do not differentiate between
clients, members of the public or staff. As well the definition of Premises extends from the
property boundary and includes all built features contained therein.

Unlike Building Regulation, which is performance based, Disability Discrimination Law relies
on the person who has been discriminated against lodging a complaint against the
discriminator. Depending on the jurisdiction, a conciliation process is established which may
result in a settlement, which becomes a binding court order. If a settlement cannot be
achieved through conciliation, further hearings in either a Tribunal or in the Federal Court
are required which again may result in a direction to the discriminator to remedy the
situation through management, renovation or construction.

Of interest, is a recent decision in the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commission by
Savage SC (C vA [2005] QADT 14 (8 August 2005)) where Savage SC decided the Act

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