Places of Public Entertainment.

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130. Fire appliances suitable to the character of a build- Fire ing and adequate to deal with an outbreak of fire shall be appliances. provided and maintained in good working order. During an exhibition such appliances shall be in the charge of some person specially nominated for that purpose who shall see that they are kept constantly available for use.

131. There shall always be within a cinematograph in- closure sufficient means of dealing with fire, readily avail- able for use, and these shall include a thick woollen blanket, two buckets of water and a bucket of dry sand. Before the commencement of each exhibition the operator shall satisfy himself that the fire appliances within the enclosure are ready for use.

132. No smoking shall at any time be permitted within Prohibition of a cinematograph enclosure, nor in a film room nor in any part of premises in which films are stored, wound or re- paired. Notices stating that smoking is prohibited shall be kept posted in the enclosure and film room and any such part of premises as aforesaid.

133. No inflammable article shall unnecessarily be taken Inflammable into or allowed to remain in the enclosure, the film room or articles. any part of premises in which films are stored, wound or repaired.

134. Projecting apparatus shall be placed in an enclosure of substantial construction made of or lined in- ternally with fire-resisting material and of sufficient dimensions to allow the operator to work freely.

Enclosure for projecting apparatus.

135. All fittings and fixtures within the enclosure, other Fittings, than the frames of outside windows, shall be constructed enclosure. of or covered with fire-resisting material.

136. The entrance to the enclosure shall be suitably Entrance to placed and fitted with a self-closing close-fitting door of fire-resisting material which shall be kept closed during an exhibition. For the purpose of this regulation "fire- resisting material" includes teak or oak not less than two inches thick.

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