K1 STAIRS, LADDERS AND RAMPS The Requirement K1 This Approved Document deals with the following Requirement from Part K of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2000. Requirement Limits on application Stairs, ladders and ramps K1. Stairs, ladders and ramps shall be so designed, constructed Requirement K1 applies only to stairs, ladders and ramps and installed as to be safe for people moving between different which form part of the building. levels in or about the building. ONLINEVERSION Where necessary reference should be madeto Approved Document B: Fire safety, and Approved Document M: Access and facilitiesfor disabled people. Note: Attention is drawn to the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 Compliance with Building Regulation requirement K1 and, where appropriate, requirement M2 whereit relates to stairs and ramps would, in accordancewith Section 23(3) of the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 , prevent the service of an improvement notice with regard to the requirementsof Regulation 17 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 which relate to permanent stairs, ladders and ramps on pedestriantraffic routes within the workplace premises, including those used to give access for maintenance to parts of the workplace premises. ONLINEVERSIONONLINEVERSIONStairs, ladders and ramps Approved Document K4