Bestriction
of pupils.
Public Works or of any officer of the Public Works Department appointed by him for the purposes of section 10A of the Ordinance, unsuitable, by reason of the loading for which the premises were designed and canstructed, for the purposes of a school, whether the school commenced to operate before or after the coming into operation of this Part..
178, No assembly of pupils, other than of the on assembly pupils permitted under these regulations to be in a classroom, shall be permitted to take place in any school to which this Part applies-
Restriction
(a) in any room, except a room on the lowest
floor of the premises; or
(b) on the roof of the premises.
17C. No gymnastics or other form of physical on gymnas- education shall be permitted to take place in any such
tica.
Restriction on furni ture to be
in apy classroom,
school-
(a) in any room, except a room on the lowest
floor of the premises; or
(b) on the roof of the premises.
170. Save with the permission of the Director, no classroom in any such school, except a classroom on the lowest floor of the premises, shall contain any Furniture of any kind whatsoever, other than desks, tables, chairs and blackboards, unless the floors in the premises are strengthened, to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works or such public officer, to carry the load imposed by any other furniture.
Periodic
17E. (1) The Supervisor of any such school inspection of premises. Shall, at intervals not exceeding three years in the case of premises of re-inforced concrete construction and al intervals not exceeding twelve months in the case of premises with timber floors, cause the premises to be inspected by an authorized architect in order to deter mine whether the premises are in sound structural condition.
(a) (d) Where, upon any inspection under para- graph (1), the authorized architect is satisfied that the premises are in sound structural condition, he shall deliver to the Supervisor of the school a certificate, in writing, that he is so satisfied.
(b) The Supervisor shall deliver such certificate
to the Director.
(3) Where, upon any such inspection, the authorized architect is not satisfied that the premises are in sound structural condition, he shall, in writing, report the fact to the Director and shall notify the Supervisor of the school thereof.".
5. Paragraph (1) of regulation 38 of the principal regula. Amandinent tions is amended by the insertion after the word "drill' in the of regula- first place where it occurs of the following-
"including the use of all exits from the building”.
6. Regulation 40 of the principal regulations is rescinded.
tion 28,
Rescission of regula- tion 40.
7. Regulation 41 of the principal regulations is rescinded and Rescission replaced by the following-
"Flour врасе.
41. (1) In every classroom of a school which is operated in premises designed and constructed for the purposes of a school or in premises which, not having leen so designed and constructed, are, nevertheless, in the opinion of the Director of Public Works or any officer of the Public Works Department appointed by him for the purposes of section 10A of the Ordinance, suitable for the purposes of a school there shall be provided-
(a) a floor space, at least five fect in width, extending along the whole length of the wall in front of the pupils, for the use of the teacher; and
and replace-
ment of regulation 41