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has been received             All lifts except a stairway platform lift.

Part F2 Sanitary and other facilities

FP2.1 Performance Requirement
  Suitable sanitary facilities for personal hygiene must be provided in a convenient location within or associated with a building, to the degree necessary, appropriate to:
 (a) the function or use of the building; and
 (b) the number and gender of the occupants; and
 (c) the disability or other particular needs of the occupants.

F2.0 Deemed‑to‑Satisfy Provisions
  The Performance Requirement of clause FP2.1 is satisfied by complying with:
 (a) clauses F2.2 and F2.4; and
 (b) for public transport buildings, Part H2.

F2.2 Calculation of number of occupants and fixtures
  The number of persons accommodated must be calculated according to clause D1.13 of the BCA if it cannot be more accurately determined by other means.

F2.4 Accessible sanitary facilities
  In a building required to be accessible:
 (a) accessible unisex sanitary compartments must be provided in accessible parts of the building in accordance with Table F2.4 (a); and
 (b) accessible unisex showers must be provided in accordance with Table F2.4 (b); and
 (c) at each bank of toilets where there is one or more toilets in addition to an accessible unisex sanitary compartment at that bank of toilets, a sanitary compartment suitable for a person with an ambulant disability in accordance with AS 1428.1 must be provided for use by males and females; and
 (d) an accessible unisex sanitary compartment must contain a closet pan, washbasin, shelf or bench top and adequate means of disposal of sanitary towels; and
 (e) the circulation spaces, fixtures and fittings of all accessible sanitary facilities provided in accordance with Table F2.4 (a) and (b) must comply with the requirements of AS 1428.1; and
 (f) an accessible unisex sanitary facility must be located so that it can be entered without crossing an area reserved for one sex only; and
 (g) where two or more of each type of accessible unisex sanitary facility are provided, the number of left and right handed mirror image facilities, must be provided as evenly as possible; and
 (h) where male sanitary facilities are provided at a separate location to female sanitary facilities, accessible unisex sanitary facilities are only required at one of those locations; and
 (i) an accessible unisex sanitary compartment or an accessible unisex shower need not be provided on a storey or level that is not required by D3.3 (f) to be provided with a passenger lift or ramp complying with AS 1428.1.
Table F2.4 (a) Accessible unisex sanitary compartments
Class of building                                                       Minimum accessible unisex sanitary compartments to be provided
Class 1b                                                                 (a) Not less than 1; and
                                                                         (b) where private accessible unisex sanitary compartments are provided for every accessible bedroom,