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3
Electric cables, etc.
not to remain charged.
Precautions
to be taken to prevent danger from fire or explosion, clc.
Provisious in
relation to
shupes for
prevent, so far as is practicable, the accidental collapse of any part d the building, or of any adjoining building, the collapse of which ma endanger any person.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to a person actual, engaged in placing shoring or other safeguards for the purpose of com pliance with paragraph (1). if such precautions as are practicable an taken to ensure the safety of that person.
5. No electric cable or other apparatus, other than such a cable or apparatus used in the demolition works, that is liable to be a source d danger, shall, at any time during the carrying out of such works, reman electrically charged.
6. At all times during the carrying out of any demolition worka-
(a) the registered contractor appointed in respect thereof shall tak: all practicable steps to prevent danger to persons employed therein-
(i) from risk of fire or explosion through the leakage o accumulation of gas or vapour; and
(ii) from risk of flooding from water mains, sewers or cul veris; and
(b) all external openings to or from the building shall be so po tected as to prevent danger to persons employed in the demdi tion works.
7.
Where shutes are provided for the removal of materials of debris, they shall be so situated and constructed as to avoid, so far u practicable, any danger to persons employed in the demolition works materials, etc. or to any other person.
removal of
Demolition works to bec carried out under super- vision of experienced person.
8. (1) The demolition and all works incidental thereto shall b specifically placed under the supervision of a person experienced in the carrying out of demolition works and appointed for the purpose.
(2) Where two or more registered contractors take part in lbs demolition works, each such contractor shall appoint a person accordance with paragraph (1) and either the same person shall be jointly appointed by all the contractors taking part or each such co- tractor shall make arrangements to ensure that no operation in course of the demolition works is undertaken by his workman save after consultation between all the persons appointed in accordance wit paragraph (1) as to the method by which, and the time at which, the operation is to be carried out.
(3) A notice in the prescribed form specifying the name of th person or persons appointed in accordance with paragraph (1) shall b posted up in a prominent position on the site of the demolition work
9. (1) The operations specified in paragraph (2) shall be carried Certain out only-
operations
to be carried
(a) under the immediate supervision of a competent foreman with out only
adequate experience of the particular kind of work; or
under
compelent
(b) by workmen experienced in the kind of work and under the supervision
direction of a competent foreman with adequate experience of the particular kind of work.
(2) The following operations are specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)—
(a) the actual demolition of the framework of a building or of any floor, wall, roof or staircase, save where there is no risk of a collapse of any part of a building in the course of, or as a result of, the demolition works, so as to endanger any person employed in the demolition works, other than a risk which could not reasonably have been foreseen;
(6) the actual demolition of any part of a building where there is a special risk of collapse, whether of that part of the building or of any part of a building, in the course of, or as a result of, the demolition works, so as to endanger any person employed in the demolition works:
(c) the cutting or breaking up or dismantling of reinforced con- crete, steelwork or ironwork forming part of the structure of a building.
10. No floor, roof or other part of a building that is being Floom, etc. demolished shall be so overloaded with debris or materials as to render not to be
overloaded. il unsafe.
in relation
11. Where, during the carrying out of any demolition works, steel- Precautions work or ironwork is being cut or released or dismantled, precautions to be taken shall be taken, so far as is practicable, to prevent any danger from a to cutting of sudden twist, spring or collapse.
steelwork, etc.
12. Where, during the carrying out of any demolition works, any Precautions part of the framing is being removed from a framed or partially framed to be taken in removing building, all practicable precautious shall be taken to prevent danger framing. from collapse of the structure.
13. (1) An authorized architect who contravenes paragraph (1) of Offences and
penalties. regulation 3 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.
(2) A registered contractor who contravenes paragraph (2) of re- gulation 3 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.