Part M, S or R

Stepping Out 11 provoked much debate amongst readers on a variety of the topics covered. One particular subject kept arising so we felt it required further examination.

Several of our eagle eyed readers pointed out an error in our lead article - "We welcome Part M proposals" . Part M does not, as the article suggests, provide a UK wide standard for disabled access to the built environment as it applies only in England and Wales. Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland do, of course, have their own building regulations. The specific sections relating to disabled access are called Part S, Part R and, funnily enough, Part M respectively.

We thought, by way of an apology to our Scottish and Irish subscribers, that we would point out the key differences between the various pieces of legislation, relating to the use of wheel chair lifts.