CAP. 172]
[r. 41 cont.]
Dressing-rooms and staff rooms.
Places of Public Entertainment.
(2) The stage shall not in any circumstances be congested with scenery or properties, or the exits therefrom obstructed during performances.
(3) Except with the consent in writing of the licensing authority and subject to the conditions of such consent, scenery or properties shall not be placed on the auditorium side of the safety curtain.
42. (1) Such dressing-room and staff-room accommodation for performers, musicians and staff shall be provided for both sexes as the licensing authority may consider necessary, having regard to the use proposed to be made of premises and the maximum number of persons to be employed.
(2) The dressing-rooms shall be separated from the remainder of premises by walls constructed of fire-resisting materials, with only such means of communication therewith as may be approved by the licensing authority.
(3) A ventilated lobby or corridor constructed of fire-resisting materials shall be provided between the stage and the dressing-room block, and such lobby shall be fitted with self-closing fire-resisting doors at each end thereof so fitted as to swing both ways.
(4) Ventilation direct to the open air shall be provided to the corridors in the dressing-room block.
(5) All dressing-rooms and staircases leading thereto shall be constructed of fire-resisting materials and shall be connected with exits leading direct into a thoroughfare or way, one of such exits being independent of any exit by way of the stage or the approaches thereto.
(6) All fittings in dressing-rooms shall as far as practicable be fire-resisting.
(7) Dressing-rooms shall not be situated more than one storey below the street level.
(8) The exit doors from the dressing-room block shall be fitted with automatic bolts only. The doors to single dressing-rooms may be fitted with other approved fastenings. Permanent ventilation shall be provided to dressing-rooms by means of flues built into the brickwork or by such other means as may be approved by the building authority.
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