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We are a small block of 6 units with a separate converted block of 3 units under the same strata. I would like to know our liability as to providing wheelchair access to the strata as a whole.
The 6 unit building has a foyer with one flight of stairs for access to the second level – what rules do we have to abide to for wheelchair access? Do we have to agree to a lift or a chair lift?Only information I can find on Forum from Jimmy T is in 2006 –
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Unless you have a requirement to install ramps/lifts/chairlifts due to a resident necessity, then I don’t believe that strata schemes automatically have a requirement to be wheelchair friendly, particularly in retrospect.
If you have a resident who needs special access, then this is generally put to the vote to alter common property (much like any other alteration).
Assuming you don’t have mixed use in your scheme, WHS provisions may not necessarily apply.
However, if you’ve a resident who needs the access and you fail to provide it, then that resident will almost certainly and easily win a case in the CTTT and depending on how nasty things get, could also possibly launch civil proceedings once all is said and done.