Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact·Page 8·57(1)
Guarding requirements for elevated and open areas
Stairs, ladders, ramps, floors, balconies, landings, platforms, roofs, and sunken areas must be adequately guarded with barriers to protect people from falling where necessary, and barriers must not present a hazard.
A stair, ladder, ramp, floor, balcony, landing, platform and any roof or other place to which people normally have access (including access for the purpose of maintenance) and a sunken area next to a building, shall, where it is necessary to protect people approaching, accessing, moving between levels within or exiting that building from the risk of falling, be adequately guarded with a barrier which does not present a hazard.
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