| (78 of 1999 s. 7) (Cap 132, section 35) [3 March 1961] (G.N.A. 27 of 1961) Cap 132I s 1 (Repealed 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132I s 2 (Repealed 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132I s 3 Interpretation (1) In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires- (78 of 1999 s. 7) "bath" (沐浴) includes shower bath; "bathhouse" (浴室) means any premises maintained or intended to be maintained for the use, on payment of a fee, of persons requiring a bath, but does not include any swimming pool or any bathhouse managed by the Director; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "bathroom" (沐浴间) includes a room or compartment containing a shower; "communicable disease" (传染病) includes amoebiasis, cerebrospinal meningitis, cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, enteric fever, gastroenteritis, acute inflammation of the throat, infectious hepatitis, leprosy, any form of tinea infection, tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, pediculosis, scabies, scarlet fever, smallpox, any venereal disease or any generalized skin infection, trachoma, acute conjunctivitis and any other disease which the Director may, from time to time, declare to be a communicable disease for the purposes of this Regulation; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "Director" (署长) means the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene. (78 of 1999 s. 7) (2) Whenever the Director declares any disease to be a communicable disease for the purposes of this Regulation, a notification of such declaration shall be published in the Gazette. (78 of 1999 s. 7) (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132I s 4 Prohibition of unlicensed bathhouses Save under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Director, no person shall open or maintain a bathhouse. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132I s 5 Application for licence (1) Every application for any such licence shall be made in writing, addressed to the Director, and shall be accompanied by 3 copies of a plan, as nearly as may be to scale, of the whole of the premises comprising the bathhouse. (2) Every plan, or any modification thereof, which is approved by the Director shall be endorsed to that effect by the Director, and one copy shall be returned to the applicant and the remaining 2 copies shall be retained by the Director. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132I s 6 Conditions for grant of licence No such licence shall be granted unless the Director is satisfied in relation to the premises in respect of which the application for such licence was made that- (78 of 1999 s. 7) (a) the plan referred to in section 5 has been approved by the Director and the premises conform thereto; (78 of 1999 s. 7) (b) the means of ventilation provided, whether natural or mechanical or partly natural and partly mechanical, are sufficient in every part of the premises to safeguard the health in that respect of all persons resorting to or working in the premises; (c) the means of lighting provided in every part of the premises is adequate; (d) the internal surface of every wall of each bathroom therein is smooth and faced with impervious material to a height of not less than 2 m from the floor; (L.N. 89 of 1979) (e) the floor of each such bathroom is smooth and surfaced with impervious material, and is laid to such fall as will provide effective and rapid drainage of all water falling thereon; (f) the junctions between the walls and between the walls and the floor of each such bathroom are coved; (g) where the bathhouse receives persons of both sexes, bathing, latrine and washbasin facilities are provided in separate compartments for the use of persons of each sex, and no direct access is available from a compartment provided for the use of persons of one sex to a compartment provided for the use of persons of the opposite sex; (h) there is available within the bathhouse, for the use of persons resorting thereto, not less than one watercloset and one washbasin for every 10 baths therein, and, where the bathhouse receives persons of both sexes, there is not less than one watercloset and one washbasin for every 10 baths or less provided for each sex; (i) all baths, washbasins and other similar fittings have smooth washable surfaces and are properly drained; and (j) save as otherwise permitted in writing by the Director, all water supplied for bathing or washing purposes is drawn from Government mains. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132I s 7 Restriction on alteration of licensed premises after grant of licence After the grant or renewal of any such licence, no licensee shall, save with the permission in writing of the Director, cause or permit to be made in respect of the premises to which the licence relates- (a) any alteration or addition which would result in any deviation from the plan thereof approved under section 5; or (b) any alteration in respect of any matter specified in section 6. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132I s 8 Duties of licensees of bathhouses The licensee of every bathhouse shall- (a) at all times, maintain all parts of the bathhouse and all fittings and equipment therein in a clean and wholesome state and in good repair; |
