BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, 1955.
(No. 68 of 1955).
BUILDING (VENTILATING SYSTEMS) REGULATIONS, 1964.
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 (Ventilating Citation and Systems) Regulations, 1964, and shall come into operation on the 23rd commence- day of October, 1964.
1. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
"Director" means the Director of Fire Services.
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3. (1) Save as provided in paragraph (2) of this regulation and ventilating in regulation 7, these regulations shall apply to every ventilating system systems to that embodies the use of ducting or trunking, which passes through any regulations. wall, door or ceiling of the building in which the ventilating system is “pply. installed, from one compartment of such building to another.
(2) These regulations shall not apply to any ventilating system in buildings which are scheduled premises for the purposes of the Public (30 of 1960). Health and Urban Services Ordinance, 1960.
4. (1) Save as provided in paragraph (2) of this regulation and Requirements in regulation 7, every ventilating system, to which these regulations with respect apply, shall comply with the following provisions-
(4) all moving parts thereof shall be securely fenced;
(b) every part thereof shall be accessible for the purposes of
inspection, and, in particular-
(D) the spindle of every fan shall be so sited that its guard may be removed and a tachometer applied thereto; and (ii) every air intake and exhaust shall be accessible for the purposes of measurement:
(c) no air intake for the ventilating system shall be sited in any
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(ii) where waste or rubbish is likely to accumulate;
(d) the opening of every air intake shall be fitted with a screen constructed of corrosion-resistant material having a mesh not greater than balf an inch;
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