Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods (AS and VMs) were called compliance documents. Some still have the “compliance document” title but the AS or VMs they contain are valid and unaffected by the name change.
3rd edition, amendment 1
Effective on 21 June 2007 until 30 May 2017
All of the Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods relating to F4 are contained in one document.
- F4/AS1 sets out a means to design barriers for height, construction in housing and construction in areas likely to be frequented by children under 6 years of age. It includes designs for fixed seating on a deck to housing; parapet and rail barriers; opening windows; retaining walls and construction site barriers. It also provides a design solution in areas used exclusively for emergency or maintenance purposes in buildings and other buildings not frequented by children.