1982 Ed.]

Child Care Centres Regulations

[CAP. 243

(2) No name except the name in which it is registered shall be used as being the name of the centre.

(3) The certificate of registration shall be displayed in a conspicuous place at the centre in respect of which it is issued.

15. No person shall administer corporal punishment to a child in a centre.

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[Subsidiary]

Corporal punishment prohibited.

PART III

STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS AND USE OF Centres

16. The operator of a centre shall on demand supply the Director with a plan or diagram, with dimensions, of the centre premises.

17. In all centre premises, the design, the construction, the fire resistance of the elements of the structure and the properties of the materials, shall be such that the health and safety of the occupants, and in particular their safe escape in the event of fire, shall be reasonably assured.

18. All centre premises shall, to the satisfaction of the Director, be kept in a state of repair.

19. No part of any centre premises, except the parapet wall around a roof playground, shall be situated at a height-

(a) in the case of a centre used for children under 2 years of age, of more than 12 m; or

(b) in any other case, of more than 24 m.

above ground level:

Provided that the Director, with the advice of the Director of Fire Services, may by notice in writing authorize that any part of such premises be situated at such greater height as may be specified in the notice.

20. The height of all parapets and window openings shall, unless such parapet or window opening is satisfactorily guarded by bars, be at least 1.1 m measured from the level of the floor immediately adjoining and, where such bars are installed in openings giving access to areas to be occupied by any children or employees, the bars shall be so installed as to be readily removable by the Fire Services in emergency.

21. (1) All centre premises shall be adequately ventilated and lighted.

(2) No cubicle or partition which obstructs the free passage of light or air shall be erected in any room in a centre.

Operator to furnish plan of centre premises.

Precautions for health and safety.

Repair.

Maximum height of centres.

Minimum height of parapets and window openings.

L.N. 61 77.

Ventilation and lighting.

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