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BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, 1955,

(No. 68 of 1955).

BUILDING (CONSTRUCTION) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1959.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 26 of the Buildings Ordinance. 1955, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations-

1. These regulations may be cited as the Building (Construction) Citation and (Amendment) Regulations, 1959, and shall come into operation on the commence- Ist day of January, 1960.

ment.

2. Regulation & of the Building (Construction) Regulations, 1956 Amendment (hereinafter referred to as the principal regulations), is amended by the of regulation deletion therefrom of the following-

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(G.N.A. " and the authorized architect shall submit his certificate în 38/56). accordance with the provisions of regulation 20 of the Building (Administration) Regulations.”.

3. Regulation 17 of the principal regulations is amended by the Amendment deletion, from paragraph (2), of the word "external".

of regulation

17.

*. Regulation 22 of the principal regulations is rescinded and Rescission replaced by the following--

and replier. treat of

"Buildings to be

designed for wind effects.

22. (1) Every building, including its foundations, regulation ii. shall be designed to the satisfaction of the Building Authority to resist the combined effects, as well as the separate effects, of dead and imposed loads and wind loads on walls and roofs, including internal wind pressures, for winds from any direction.

(2) A building shall be deemed to be designed in accordance with paragraph (1) if its design complies with any Code of Practice relating thereto published from time to time in the Gazette by the Director of Public Works. (3) Any such Code of Practice shall be made available to the public free of charge.".

5. Regulation 34 of the principal regulations is amended by the Amendment deletion, from paragraph (2), of the word "storm" and the substitution of regulation Therefor of the following-

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"surface".

6. Regulation 77 of the principal regulations is amended by the Amendment insertion in the first paragraph thereof after the word "designed" of the of regula Callowing-

דל tions

"and constructed".