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[Subsidiary]
Restriction on distance any part of room may be from prescribed window.
G.N.A. 83/59. L.N. 294/76.
Windows opening on to enclosed verandah, etc. G.N.A. 83/59.
G.N.A. 97/62.
Mechanical ventilation and artificial lighting of offices. G.N.A. 83/59.
Additional vent may be required.
L.N. 294/76.
CAP. 123]
Building (Planning) Regulations
[1984 Ed.
32. No part of any room used for habitation shall be more than 9 m, measured within the room, from a prescribed window which faces directly into the external air or, where, under and in accordance with regulation 33, a window opens on to an enclosed verandah or balcony or on to a conservatory or on to any similar enclosed place or is, under regulation 71, permitted to open on to an unenclosed verandah or balcony or any other unenclosed place, from the outer edge of the verandah, balcony, conservatory or enclosed or unenclosed place, as the case may be.
33. Where any room used or intended to be used for habitation or for the purposes of an office has a window which opens on to an enclosed verandah or balcony or on to a conservatory or on to any similar enclosed place, within, in each case, the boundary of the site on which the building is erected, such window shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of regulations 30 and 31 if-
(a) such verandah, balcony, conservatory or similar enclosed place is provided with a window which would comply with the requirements of regulations 30 and 31 if it were the window of a room having a floor area equivalent to the aggregate of the areas of the floors of such room and such verandah, balcony, conservatory or similar enclosed place, as the case may be; and
(b) the area of glass and the opening in the window of such room is such that, to that extent, such window would comply with the requirements of regulation 30(2)(a) if it were likewise the window of a room having a floor area equivalent to the aggregate of the areas of the floors of such room and such verandah, balcony, conservatory or similar enclosed place.
34. Where, owing to the position, level or unsuitable surroundings of any room used or intended to be used for the purposes of an office, the provisions of regulation 31 cannot be complied with, in respect of such room, to the satisfaction of the Building Authority, there shall be provided-
(a) a mechanical means of ventilation which shall be capable of supplying fresh air to all parts of such room at a rate of not less than 5 changes of air per hour; and
(b) such artificial lighting as the Building Authority may approve.
35. (1) Where in the opinion of the Building Authority compliance with the provisions of these regulations will not secure adequate ventilation for any room used for such purposes by reason of its intended use, unsuitable surroundings or other cause he may require that room to be provided with additional ventilation by means of-
(a) an aperture or airshaft communicating direct with the open air, having an unobstructed sectional area of not less than 0.015 m2; or
F 18
[Subsidiary]
Restriction on
distance any part of room may be from prescribed window.
G.N.A. 83/59. L.N. 294/76.
Windows
opening on to enclosed verandah, etc. G.N.A. 83/59.
G.N.A. 97/62.
Mechanical ventilation and artificial lighting
of offices. G.N.A. 83/59.
Additional vent may be required.
L.N. 294/76.
CAP. 123]
Building (Planning) Regulations
[1984 Ed.
32. No part of any room used for habitation shall be more than 9 m, measured within the room, from a prescribed window which faces directly into the external air or, where, under and in accordance with regulation 33, a window opens on to an enclosed verandah or balcony or on to a conservatory or on to any similar enclosed place or is, under regulation 71, permitted to open on to an unenclosed verandah or balcony or any other unenclosed place, from the outer edge of the verandah, balcony, conservatory or enclosed or unenclosed place, as the case may be.
33. Where any room used or intended to be used for habitation or for the purposes of an office has a window which opens on to an enclosed verandah or balcony or on to a conservatory or on to any similar enclosed place, within, in each case, the boundary of the site on which the building is erected, such window shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of regulations 30 and 31 if-
(a) such verandah, balcony, conservatory or similar enclosed place is provided with a window which would comply with the requirements of regulations 30 and 31 if it were the window of a room having a floor area equivalent to the aggregate of the areas of the floors of such room and such verandah, balcony, conservatory or similar enclosed place, as the case may be; and
(b) the area of glass and the opening in the window of such room is such that, to that extent, such window would comply with the requirements of regulation 30(2)(a) if it were likewise the window of a room having a floor area equivalent to the aggregate of the areas of the floors of such room and such verandah, balcony, conservatory or similar enclosed place.
34. Where, owing to the position, level or unsuitable surround- ings of any room used or intended to be used for the purposes of an office, the provisions of regulation 31 cannot be complied with, in respect of such room, to the satisfaction of the Building Authority, there shall be provided-
(a) a mechanical means of ventilation which shall be capable of supplying fresh air to all parts of such room at a rate of not less than 5 changes of air per hour; and
(b) such artificial lighting as the Building Authority may
approve.
35. (1) Where in the opinion of the Building Authority com- pliance with the provisions of these regulations will not secure adequate ventilation for any room used for such purposes by reason of its intended use, unsuitable surroundings or other cause he may require that room to be provided with additional ventilation by means of-
(a) an aperture or airshaft communicating direct with the open air, having an unobstructed sectional area of not less than 0.015 m2; or
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