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119: Acceptable solution for requirements of persons with disabilities
or “This law explains how buildings should be made easy for everyone to use, including people with disabilities.”
You could also call this:

“Buildings that have special features for people with disabilities must show special signs outside”

If a building has special features for people with disabilities as required by section 118, you must put up a notice or sign. This sign needs to use the international symbols of access. It should show that the building has these special features. You need to put the sign outside the building or where people can see it from outside. This helps people with disabilities know that the building is accessible to them.

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Code compliance certificates, certificates of acceptance, and compliance schedules: Access to buildings by persons with disabilities

120Symbols of access must be displayed

  1. If any provision required by section 118 is made at a building in compliance with that section, a notice or sign that indicates in accordance with the international symbols of access that provision is made for the needs of persons with disabilities must be displayed outside the building or so as to be visible from outside it.

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    • Section 120 heading: amended, on , by section 27(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).
    • Section 120: amended, on , by section 27(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 4).