Places of Public Entertainment.
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the accommodation of all standing and waiting spaces in such tier or floor or part of a tier or floor shall be included. For the purpose of this regulation, any tea room, lounge, restaurant or foyer shall be regarded as a waiting space.
(7) Exits shall be arranged so as to afford a ready means of egress from all parts of each tier or floor and shall lead directly into thoroughfares or ways. In the case of theatres and music halls and other premises where the principal fire risk is on the stage, some of the exits from each part of each tier or floor shall be placed in positions remote from the stage.
(8) Steps leading from any tier or floor to an exit shall, if necessary, be screened from such tier or floor by fire-resisting materials and shall be lighted to the satisfaction of the building authority and the licensing authority.
(9) All entrance and exit doors, other than pass doors in connexion with spaces in which persons await admission, shall be arranged so as to be available for exit during the whole of the time that the public are on the premises.
(10) No lift shall be considered as an exit within the meaning of these regulations.
passages, etc.
18. (1) Every lobby, corridor or passage intended for the use of the audience shall be formed of fire-resisting materials and shall, when finished, be at the narrowest point of the widths specified for exits in paragraphs (3) and (4) of regulation 17.
(2) Where possible, inclines shall be used instead of steps but no corridor, passage or gangway outside the auditorium shall be inclined to a steeper gradient than 1 in 10.
(3) Where a sloping corridor leads direct to a stair the corridor, for a distance of 5 feet from the stair, shall be level.
(4) There shall be no projections, other than handrails as provided for in paragraph (8) of regulation 22, exceeding 2 inches from the walls of such corridors or passages within 6 feet 9 inches of the floor. All recesses shall be defended.
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