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Container chamber to have waler supply point.

(G.N.A. 76/59).

Prescribed period for purposes of section 26A of the Ordinance.

(68 of 1955).

22. (1) For the purpose of cleaning the same, there shall be provided, in every container chamber, a water supply point,

(2) Such water supply point shall be connected to the supply off water provided for flushing the soil fitments in the building for which the refuse chute is provided.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, the expression “soil fitmen!" shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Building (Standards of Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing, Drainage Works and Latrines) Regulations,

1959.

23. For the purposes of subsection (1) of section 26A of the Ordinance, the period within which plans of building works must be submitted to the Building Authority for his approval shall be two montis from the commencement of these regulations.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

27th November, 1959.

Live

Clerk of Councils.

BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, 1955.

(No. 68 of 1955).

BUILDING (LIFTS AND ESCALATORS)

(INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION) 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 (Lifts and Citation and Escalators) (Interpretation and Application) Regulations, 1959, and shall commence come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1960.

rment.

2. In the Ordinance and regulations, save where the context other Interpre wise requires

"lift" means a lifting machine or appliance having a car or platform, the direction of movement of which is restricted by a guide or guides.

Intion, for purposes of Ordinance and regula tious, of expression "Lift".

Explanatory Note.

(This Mote is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport).

These are entirely new regulations. They are of a technical nature vod deal with the design and construction of refuse-chutes.

(Secretariat BL1/741/52)

3. The Ordinance and regulations shall apply to every lift other Lifts to which chan-

and regula-

Ordinance

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(a) a lift installed in any building belonging to the Crown or to the tions apply.

Government;

(b) a lift installed in any building upon any land vested in any person on behalf of Her Majesty's naval, military or air force services;

(c) a lift installed in any building which belongs wholly to the Government of a foreign country and which is used exclusively or mainly for the purposes of the official business of the con- sular officer of such government;

(d) a lift or hoist used solely for the stacking, loading or unloading of goods or materials or for the raising of motor vehicles and which does not pass through any floor;

(e) a lift or hoist used for the carriage solely of goods or materials. which does not pass through any floor, and in the case of which the height of travel does not exceed twelve feet,

a skip hoist or hoist used mainly for charging furnaces or similar appliances:

@) a hoist used solely for lifting or feeding material directly into

a machine;

(k) a ramp connected with any wharf or pier: