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Retaining structures and steps shall be adequately guarded and allow safe use.
Guarding should be provided where:
structures are retaining land more than 600mm high to which people have access
a retaining structure is more than 600mm high and the dimension from the top of the retaining wall to the higher ground level is less than 300mm, or
a path is adjacent to a vertical difference in level of more than 600mm (including where ground adjacent to the path falls away at an angle of more than 30° from the horizontal).
The guarding should:
be a minimum of 1100mm high
not be readily climbable by children
not allow a 100mm diameter sphere to pass through
steps, comprising of three or more risers, a handrail
(850mm to 1000mm above the pitch line of the flight) should be provided on one side of the flight. The handrail should extend
300mm beyond the top and bottom nosings (see figures 1 and 2).
However, where a landings is provided between each riser or pair of risers, i
