What is a Disability Access Certificate?
A Disability Access Certificate DAC is a certificate of compliance issued by the local Building Control Authority with respect to requirements under Part M of the Building Regulations. An application for a DAC shall be required in respect of all works or a building to which a Fire safety certificate is required.
Do I need a disability access certificate?
- A disability access certificate is required for new buildings other than dwellings (including apartment buildings) which commence or take place on or after 1 January 2010.
- It is also required for certain other works (as set out in Article 20 D (1) of SI 351 of 2009) to which the requirements of Part M of the Building Regulations apply. (SI 351 of 2009)
What we submit with an application for a disability access certificate:
Drawings including a site layout plan in duplicate and such other particulars as are necessary to:
a). Identify and describe the works or building to which the application relates, and
b). Demonstrate how the building or works comply with the requirements of Part M of the Building Regulations, in particular in relation to the following, where applicable;
- Approach to a building
- Access to a building
- Circulation within a building
- Use of facilities within a building
- Bedrooms in hotels and other guest accommodations
- Sanitary conveniences
- Audience or spectator facilities
- Apartments in a building