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There is not requirement for battery backup etc
If it’s a door in a required exit, it does need to meet all the requirements of NCC D2.21 Operation of Latch. A car park door/gate can, under some circumstances be a required exit door.
D2.21 requires a door in a required exit to be “readily openable” without a key in the ways listed. It also allows the door to be both power-operated and have a push button operation (on or near the door).
I was relating the battery backup part from the installers of our recently replaced power-operated car park doors/gates. They claimed that the battery backup feature was enough for the doors to meet D2.21. But it does look like the doors also still need to be manually openable without a key.