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ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR ALL IN A BUILT ENVIRONMENT REGULATIONS
Table of Provisions (8)
Statutory Text (8 Articles)
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR ALL IN A
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 413.03
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR ALL IN A
BUILT ENVIRONMENT REGULATIONS
9th August, 2019
LEGAL NOTICE 198 of 2019.
The title of these regulations is the Accessibility
Standards For All in the Built Environment Regulations.
These regulations elevate the standard SM 3800:2015,
"Accessibility for All in the Built Environment", to the status of
Subsidiary Legislation under the Act.
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires:-
"the Act" means the Equal Opportunities (Persons with
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
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
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR ALL IN A
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
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.