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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 17, 1930.
HONG KONG.
No. 18 OF 1930.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
L.S.
Governor.
Short title,
Amendment of Ordin-
ance No. 1 of 1903, s. 8 (1) as amended by Ordinance No. 30 of 1929, s. 2.
17th October, 1930.
An Ordinance to amend the Public Health and
Buildings Ordinance, 1903.
[17th October, 1930.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Health and Buildings Amendment Ordinance, 1930.
2. Sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, as amended by section 2 of the Public Health and Buildings Amend- ment Ordinance, 1929, is further amended by the substitution of the words "Medical Officer of Health" for the words "Director of Medical and Sanitary Services" in the fourth line thereof.
3. Section 121 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, is repealed and the following section is substituted therefor:-
Repeal of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903, s. 121 and substitu- Rules tion of
as to new section.
construction of staircases.
121.-(1) Every staircase hereafter erect- ed shall be so arranged as to have a tread of not less than eight inches, measured from the face of one riser to the face of the next, and no riser shall be of greater height than eight and a half inches.
(2) No staircase hereafter erected shall be constructed with a soffit so as to form any enclosed space between the treads, the risers and such soffit, except with the per- mission of the Building Authority as signi- fied by the approval of the plan required under the provisions of this Ordinance.
(3) At every storey on every staircase hereafter erected adequate light and ven- tilation shall be provided to the satisine- tion of the Building Authority.
(4) Every building hereafter provided with stairs shall have a staircase giving egress to a street or lane, or to an open space leading thereto, to the satisfaction of the Building Authority, and in the case of a building of more than two storeys in height, or in which any floor is more than twenty-three feet above the level of the street, there shall be provided to the satis- faction of the Building Authority an addi- tional staircase giving egress on the roof of the building or some other satisfactory means of escape in the event of fire.