930
SCHEDULE L.
[ss. 121 & 166. Į
Inter- pretation.
Proximity to buildings.
Matshed regulations.
GENERAL.
1. In these regulations, "matshed
includes structures of wood,
mats, palm leaves, thatch or other inflammable material.
2. No matshed shall be erected or maintained within fifty yards of any other building unless with the permission in writing of the Building Authority.
Application. 3. Every application for permission to erect a matshed shall specify the proposed dimensions of the matshed, the period of time for which such matshed is required and, if it is intended for habita- tion by more than two persons, the maximum number of persons it is intended to accommodate at night; and no matshed shall be used for habitation by more than two persons unless the permission to erect such matshed expressly states that it may be so used.
Proximity to 4. No part of the structure of any matshed shall be within ten telegraph and feet of any telegraph or telephone wire or electric cable. telephone wires.
Contraven- tions.
Penalty.
Sanitary
or
5. The permit-holder shall be responsible for any act omission by which any of these regulations is contravened and shall indemnify the Government and the Building Authority from all and every claim that may be brought against the Government, or the Building Authority, in respect of sanctioning the erection of the mat- sheds referred to in such permit.
6. Any contravention of these regulations and any breach of the conditions of a permit will entitle the Building Authority to cancel and withdraw the permit without notice, and wili render the person responsible for any such contravention or breach liable upon summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
7. Every matshed shall, at all times, be kept in a cleanly con- maintenance. dition, and all garbage and other refuse matters shall be removed therefrom at least once every twenty-four hours and be properly dis- posed of to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board.
Removal.
8. On the expiry of the permit the permit-holder shall remove such, matshed without delay and shall clear the site to the satisfaction of the Building Authority.
SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR MATSHEDS USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR HABITATION.
Application
of Regula- tions. 10-19.
Freparation of site.
Distance from hill-
side.
9. The following regulations apply only to matsheds used or in- tended to be used for habitation by more than two persons.
10. The site of every such matshed shall be levelled, and the site, including the ground surface for a distance of not less than three feet from the outer walls of such matshed, shall be covered with a layer of good lime or cement-concrete at least six inches thick and finished off smooth to the satisfaction of the Building Authority and provided with channels graded to discharge where required by the Building Authority.
Provided that in all cases in which the floor of the matshed averages at least two and a half feet above the ground and the space below such floor is not inclosed, or in which the matshed is erected over water, the foregoing requirements may with the permission of the Building Authority be dispensed with.
11. No such matshed may be erected in such a manner that any part of any external wall of such matshed is at a less distance than eight feet horizontally from any cutting.