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[接上页] (a) an aperture or airshaft communicating direct with the open air, having an unobstructed sectional area of not less than 0.015 m ; or (L.N. 294 of 1976) (b) a fanlight which opens to a ventilated lobby or corridor; or (c) such other means of ventilation as shall be approved by him.(2) For the purpose of regulations 29 to 35, a laundry being part of or used in connection with any building shall be deemed to be used for the purpose of habitation. Cap 123F reg 35A Provision for room-sealed gas water heater in bathrooms (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), suitable provision shall be made for the installation of a room-sealed gas water heater in every bathroom in a building. (2) Where a room-sealed gas water heater to serve a bathroom is, or is to be, installed in any place in a building other than in the bathroom, suitable provision shall be made for the installation of such room-sealed gas water heater. (3) This regulation shall not apply- (a) to a building in respect of which the Building Authority has, or is deemed to have, approved the plan of building works under this Ordinance on or before 20 May 1983; or (b) to a building which is designed, to the satisfaction of the Building Authority, to have available therein a centralized hot water supply.(4) For the purposes of this regulation- "room-sealed gas water heater" (密封式气体热水炉) means a gas water heater which, when in operation, has the combustion air inlet and the combustion products outlet isolated from the room or place in which the gas water heater is installed; "suitable provision" (适当设施) means an adequate aperture in an external wall, to the satisfaction of the Building Authority, to provide direct access to the external air in respect of a room-sealed gas water heater which is or may be installed, and which aperture is capable of being sealed with a readily removable cover when a room-sealed gas water heater is not installed. (L.N. 143 of 1983) Cap 123F reg 36 Rooms containing soil fitments (1) Every room containing a soil fitment or waste fitment shall be provided with a window or lantern light. (2) Every such window or lantern light shall be such that- (a) the aggregate superficial area of glass therein is not less than the equivalent of one-tenth of the area of the floor of the room; and (b) a part thereof, not less in area than the equivalent of one-tenth of the area of the floor of the room, can be opened directly into the open air.(3) The top of that part of any such window which, in accordance with paragraph (2), is designed to open shall be not less than 2 m above the level of the floor of the room. (L.N. 294 of 1976) (4) No room containing a soil fitment shall open directly into a room used or intended to be used for the manufacture, preparation or storage of food for human consumption or into the auditorium or any space in a place of public entertainment in which persons await admission to public entertainment. (L.N. 194 of 1996) (5) For the purposes of this regulation, the expression, "soil fitment" (便溺污水设备) means a water-closet fitment, a trough water-closet or a urinal. (G.N.A. 83 of 1959; G.N.A. 97 of 1962) Cap 123F reg 37 Light and air not to be diminished No building shall be erected in such a manner as to reduce the quantity of light and air available to any other building, which has been erected in accordance with these regulations, below that required under these regulations. Cap 123F reg 38 (Repealed) PART V STAIRCASES, FIRE ESCAPES AND ACCESS FOR FIREFIGHTING AND RESCUE PURPOSES (Repealed L.N. 439 of 1990) Cap 123F reg 39 Staircases (1) Every building which exceeds 1 storey in height shall be provided with a staircase or staircases to give access to upper floors unless there is separate access to such upper floors. (2) The main staircase of every building which exceeds 4 storeys in height shall be continued to the roof of the building unless a secondary staircase of fire escape is provided. (3) The main staircase of every building which exceeds 1 storey in height shall- (a) have a clear height of not less than 2 m; (b) have a clear width of not less than 900 mm; (c) be constructed with treads not less than 225 mm in width (measured at the centre of the flight) from the face of one riser to the face the next riser and with risers not exceeding 175 mm in height; (d) have not more than 16 steps in any flight without the introduction of a landing; (e) be provided on one or both sides with properly fixed handrails which, in section, shall be- (i) if tubular, not less than 38 mm and not greater than 50 mm in external diameter; (ii) if rectangular, not less than 40 mm and not more than 50 mm wide with an overall depth, or depth to a deep groove, of not more than 50 mm; (iii) in any other case, such as to afford to the user thereto a grip analogous to that specified in the case of either tubular or rectangular handrails, whichever may be the more appropriate having regard to the shape of the section. (L.N. 365 of 1984)(f) be so arranged as to provide access to a street or to an open space leading thereto; and |