Provision of wheelchair spaces in audience seating

Table 5.1 Provision of wheelchair spaces in audience seating Seating capacity | Minimum provision of wheelchair spaces up to 600 | 1% of total seating capacity (or part thereof) to be permanent wheelchair spaces augmented by the provision of removable seating to create, in total, 6 wheelchair spaces 601 to 10,000 | 1% of total seating capacity (or part thereof) to be permanent wheelchair spaces 10,001 to 20,000 | 100, plus 5 per 1000 (or part thereof) above 10,000 (all to be permanent wheelchair spaces) 20,001 to 40,000 | 150, plus 3 per 1000 (or part thereof) above 20,000 (all to be permanent wheelchair spaces) more than 40,000 | 210, plus 2 per 1000 (or part thereof) above 40,000 (all to be permanent wheelchair spaces) Example 1: A facility has an audience seating capacity of 2,350 therefore 1% of 2350 = 23.5 rounded up to 24 wheelchair spaces. Example 2: A facility has an audience seating capacity of 28,500 therefore 150 spaces are required for the first 20,000, the remaining 8,500 is rounded up to 9,000 which requires 27 spaces (3 per 1000). Therefore 177 wheelchair spaces must be provided.