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Building (Ventilating Systems) Regulations
[1985 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 294/76. L.N. 235/82.
Duty of owners of ventilating
systems.
L.N. 60/71.
L.N. 362/80.
Issue of certificates by registered
ventilation
contractors.
L.N. 60/71.
(ii) be accessible for the purposes of cleaning throughout its entire length;
(iii) where its size is sufficient to allow any person to enter therein, be fitted with access openings to allow a person to enter the same and shall be constructed to bear the weight of any person who has so entered;
(iv) at the point where it passes through any floor, wall or ceiling, be fitted with a damper which shall be operated by fusible links of a type approved by the Director, and designed to operate up to a temperature of 69°C, and be so constructed or protected as to resist the action of fire for a period not less than the period for which the floor, wall or ceiling through which it passes is designed to resist the action of fire;
(f) no duct shall serve more than one building;
(g) every filter shall be wholly constructed of non-combustible
material, other than steel wool; and
(h) every electrostatic filter or precipitator shall be of a type
approved by the Director.
(2) Where he thinks fit and subject to such conditions as he may specify, the Director may by notice in writing exempt any ventilating system in respect of which application in writing in that behalf is made from compliance with all or any of the provisions of
paragraph (1).
5. (1) The owner of any building in which there is installed a ventilating system to which these regulations apply shall-
(a) keep such ventilating system in safe and efficient working
order at all times; and
(b) cause every damper, filter and precipitator in such ventilating system to be inspected by a registered ventilation contractor at intervals not exceeding 12 months.
(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000.
5A. (1) A registered ventilation contractor who inspects any ventilating system shall within 14 days of such inspection issue to the person on whose instructions the inspection was carried out a certificate and send a copy thereof to the Director.
(2) A certificate issued under paragraph (1) shall state-
(a) the address at which the inspection was carried out;
(b) whether or not the dampers, filters and precipitators are in
safe and efficient working order; and
(c) the name and address of the registered ventilation contractor who carried out the inspection.
J 2
CAP. 123]
Building (Ventilating Systems) Regulations
[1985 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 294/76. L.N. 235/82.
Duty of owners of ventilating
systems.
L.N. 60/71.
L.N. 362/80.
Issue of certificates by registered
ventilation
contractors.
L.N. 60/71.
(ii) be accessible for the purposes of cleaning through- out its entire length;
(iii) where its size is sufficient to allow any person to enter therein, be fitted with access openings to allow a person to enter the same and shall be constructed to bear the weight of any person who has so entered;
(iv) at the point where it passes through any floor, wall or ceiling, be fitted with a damper which shall be operated by fusible links of a type approved by the Director, and designed to operate up to a temperature of 69°C., and be so constructed or protected as to resist the action of fire for a period not less than the period for which the floor, wall or ceiling through which it passes is designed to resist the action of fire;
(ƒ) no duct shall serve more than one building;
(g) every filter shall be wholly constructed of non-combustible
material, other than steel wool; and
(h) every electrostatic filter or precipitator shall be of a type
approved by the Director.
(2) Where he thinks fit and subject to such conditions as he may specify, the Director may by notice in writing exempt any ventilating system in respect of which application in writing in that 'behalf is made from compliance with all or any of the provisions of
paragraph (1).
5. (1) The owner of any building in which there is installed a ventilating system to which these regulations apply shall-
(a) keep such ventilating system in safe and efficient working
order at all times; and
(b) cause every damper, filter and precipitator in such ventilat- ing system to be inspected by a registered ventilation con- tractor at intervals not exceeding 12 months.
(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000.
5A. (1) A registered ventilation contractor who inspects any ventilating system shall within 14 days of such inspection issue to the person on whose instructions the inspection was carried out a certificate and send a copy thereof to the Director.
(2) A certificate issued under paragraph (1) shall state-
(a) the address at which the inspection was carried out;
(b) whether or not the dampers, filters and precipitators are in
safe and efficient working order; and
(c) the name and address of the registered ventilation contrac-
tor who carried out the inspection.
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