1986 Ed.]
Places of Public Entertainment Regulations
[CAP. 172
B 37
[Subsidiary]
Precaution and fire.
130. All persons responsible for or employed in or in connexion with an exhibition shall take all due precautions for the prevention against accidents of accidents and shall abstain from any act whatever which tends to cause fire and is not reasonably necessary for the purpose of the exhibition.
131. Fire service installations and equipment suitable to the character of a structure and adequate to deal with an outbreak of fire shall be provided and maintained in good working order. During an exhibition such installations and equipment shall be in the charge of some person specially nominated for that purpose who shall see that they are kept constantly available for use.
132. There shall always be within a cinematograph enclosure sufficient means of dealing with fire, readily available for use, and these shall include a thick woollen blanket, 2 buckets of water and a bucket of dry sand. Before the commencement of each exhibition the operator shall satisfy himself that these means within the enclosure are ready for use.
133. No smoking shall at any time be permitted within a cinematograph enclosure, nor in a film room nor in any part of premises in which films are stored, wound or repaired. Notices stating that smoking is prohibited shall be kept posted in the enclosure and film room and any such part of premises as aforesaid.
134. No inflammable article shall unnecessarily be taken into or allowed to remain in the enclosure, the film room or any part of premises in which films are stored, wound or repaired.
135. Projecting apparatus shall be placed in an enclosure of substantial construction made of or lined internally with fire-resisting material and of sufficient dimensions to allow the operator to work freely.
136. All fittings and fixtures within the enclosure, other than the frames of outside windows, shall be constructed of or covered with fire-resisting material.
137. The entrance to the enclosure shall be suitably 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 50 mm thick.
138. The openings through which the necessary pipes and cable pass into the enclosure shall be efficiently sealed or bushed, as the case may be.
139. The openings in the front face of the enclosure shall be covered with glass and shall not be larger than is necessary for effective projection and observation.
Fire service installations and equipment. G.N.A. 87/52. L.N. 224/80.
Fire-fighting requirements.
L.N. 224/80.
Prohibition of smoking.
Inflammable articles.
Enclosure for projecting apparatus.
Fittings, etc., of enclosure.
Entrance to enclosure. L.N. 63/77.
Openings in enclosure.
Openings in front face of enclosure, etc.