1986 Ed.]
Places of Public Entertainment Regulations
[CAP. 172
B 13
14. (1) The floors, tiers and roofs of the premises shall be entirely of fire-resisting materials to the satisfaction of the Building Authority and the licensing authority.
(2) Wood flooring, where permitted, shall be laid directly on to concrete and shall be suitably protected against dry rot. In any position where this form of construction is impracticable, the wood flooring shall be 32 mm thick and shall be grooved and tongued.
(3) All wood centering used under concrete or other positions shall be removed, and centering in positions from which removal is impracticable shall be of metal.
[Subsidiary]
Floors, tiers and roofs. L.N. 131/63.
L.N. 63/77.
L.N. 131/63.
15. (1) All doors or openings approved by the Building Authority and the licensing authority for the purpose of egress from the premises and all such doors from the stage and dressing rooms shall be clearly indicated by the word EXIT in block letters in English and Chinese. The letters shall not be less than 175 mm high.
(2) Such notices shall be at a height of at least 2 m above the floor and, where possible and desirable, shall be placed over such doors or openings.
(3) Doors and openings, other than exits, in sight of the audience, which lead to portions of the premises accessible to the public, shall have notices placed over them indicating the use of such portions. Such doors and openings shall not resemble exits.
(4) Notices and signs (handpointers) indicating the way out of the premises shall be provided as the licensing authority may consider necessary.
(5) Notices bearing the words NO EXIT shall not be provided.
16. Save in exceptional circumstances, the premises shall not have more than 2 tiers, including the gallery, above the level of the pit, and a tier shall not be constructed with a slope of more than 35 degrees.
17. The height between any floor and the under side of the tier or ceiling above it shall in no part be less than 3 m.
18. The floor of the highest part of the pit, or of the stalls where there is no pit, shall not be more than 150 mm above the level of the street at the principal entrance to the pit and the lowest part of the floor of the pit or stalls shall not be more than 5 m below the level of the street at the principal entrance to the pit, except that where owing to the natural levels of the site and adjoining roads this is not possible or where regulation 6A applies to the premises, then such floor levels shall be subject to the special approval of the Building Authority.
L.N. 63/77.
Tiers, number and slope.
Tiers, height.
L.N. 63/77.
Level of pit and stalls.
L.N. 63/77.
L.N. 224/80. L.N. 131/63.