MT
Built Environment Regulations, 2019
Table of Provisions (8)
Statutory Text (8 Articles)
L.N. 198 of 2019
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
(PERSONS WITH DISABILITY) ACT
(CAP. 413)
Accessibility Standards for all in a
Built Environment Regulations, 2019
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 35(1) of the
Equal Opportunities (Persons with Disability) Act, the Minister for the
Family, Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity, has made the
following regulations:-
The title of these regulations is the Accessibility Standards Citation.
For All in the Built Environment Regulations, 2019.
These regulations elevate the standard SM 3800:2015, Scope.
"Accessibility for All in the Built Environment", to the status of
Subsidiary Legislation under the Act.
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:-
Interpretation.
"the Act" means the Equal Opportunities (Persons with Cap. 413.
Disability) Act;
"Commissioner for the Rights of Persons with Disability"
means the Commissioner for the Rights of Persons with
Disability appointed according to article 21A (1) of the Act;
"designated parking space" means parking bays reserved
for holders as defined in the Parking Concessions for Persons Cap. 560.
with Disability Act;
"MCCAA" means the Malta Competition and Consumer
Affairs Authority;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the disability
sector;
"person with disability" means a person with disability as
defined in the Act;
"standard" means SM 3800:2015, ‘Accessibility for All in
the Built Environment’, which MCCAA adopted as a Maltese
National Standard in exercise of the powers conferred by article
22 of the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority
Act, which came into effect upon publication of a notice on 10th
April 2015 in issue number 19,406 of the Gazette, including any
changes that may take place therein from time to time.
The standard shall be used in the interpretation of articles
7(2)(d),(4),(5), 11(3), 12, 13(2)(a) and 14(d) of the Act as regards the
measurements and means used to facilitate the access of persons with
disability, with the aim of rendering the built environment accessible
to persons with disability.
The standard shall be used for the purposes of determining
reasonableness, within the context of article 20 of the Act.
The standard shall be applied in order to determine the size,
make and allocation of the designated parking spaces according to
article 6(4) of Parking Concessions for Persons with Disability Act.
The standard shall be considered as one with the Act in the
case of judicial proceedings as referred to in articles 34 and 34A of the
Act.
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