1122 [ 15 of 1889. ] BUILDINGS .
5. External Wall . – Any wall or vertical enclosure of any
building not being a party wall , por the external wail
of a verandah .
6. Fleor.--- Any horizontal platform forminy the base of
any story, and every joist , board, timber, stone, brick,
or other substance connected with and forming part
of such platform .
7. Owner.- Any person for the time being in the posses
sicn or receipt of the rent or profits of any premises,
solely or as joint-tenant, or tenant in common with
others whether on his own behalf or otherwise or
where such person cannot be found or ascertained the
occupier.
8. Party Wall.- Any wall used or built in order to be
used as a separation of any building from any
other building, such buildings not being accessible
through a common entrance .
( Extended to 9. Public Building.- Any building, not in the Naval or
Hotel & Clul 8.
See No. 25 of Military Departments, used for public workship,
1891, 8. 3. ) public instruction, public assembly, or public recrea
tion ; also every building used as a public hall or
hospital, or for any other public purpose what
soever .
10. Story . — The space between the upper surface of every
floor and the upper surface of the floor next above
it , or if there be no such floor, of the roof next
above the said first mentioned floor.
11. Verandah.--- Any projection over Crown Land whether
verandah, oriel, portico, flying balcony or other
structure .
12. Works.— The partial or total constructing, reconstruct
ing, pulling down , opening, cutting into, adding to,
and altering any building, wall, retaining -wall,
chimney, stack, flue, scaffold, ground, road , well,
drain, sewer, pier, wharf, fence, or any other build
ing operation whatsoever.
Building Materials.
Building
materials.
8. Except as hereinafter provided , all walls of buildings shall
be constructed exclusively of good hard well burnt brick, sound
stone or other hard and incombustible substance.
Exceptional Structures.
Exceptional
structures.
9. Every public building, factory, or building intended for
Whare.
houses of
special uses including the walls, roofs, floors, galleries and stair
cases, and every structural work of iron , concrete or other