| (Cap 123 section 38) [1 January 1960](G.N.A. 76 of 1959) Cap 123I reg 1 Citation PART I PRELIMINARY These regulations may be cited as the Building (Standards of Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing, Drainage Works and Latrines) Regulations. Cap 123I reg 2 Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "anti-syphonage pipe" (反虹吸管) means a pipe used or constructed to be used for the purpose of preventing loss of water seal from the trap of a soil fitment or waste fitment; "approved" (批准) means approved by the Building Authority; "cesspool" (污水池) means an underground chamber constructed to be used for the reception and storage of foul water; "chemical closet fitment" (化学处理厕所设备) means a latrine fitment in which the contents of the receptacle for excrement are treated by means of chemicals; "cinema" (电影院) means any building or part of a building which is designed for, and contains facilities (including a projection room) and projection or other apparatus or equipment for use in connection with or otherwise for the purposes of cinematographic displays; (L.N. 196 of 1996) "cleaning eye" (清理孔) means an access opening in a pipe; "foul water" (脏水) means any water contaminated by soil, waste or trade effluent; "latrine" (厕所) means a room used or intended to be used for the housing of latrine fitments; "latrine fitment" (厕所设备) means a fitment containing a receptacle for excrement, which is removable; "manhole" (沙井) means a chamber constructed on a drain or sewer to provide access thereto for inspection, testing and the clearance of obstructions; "nullah" (大沟渠) includes any trained streamcourse; "private sewer" (私家污水渠) means a sewer which is not a public sewer; "public channel" (公共渠道) means a channel vested in and maintained by the Government; "public sewer" (公共污水渠) means a sewer vested in and maintained by the Government; "rain water pipe" (雨水管) means a pipe used or constructed to be used for carrying off surface water directly from roof surfaces, verandahs and balconies; "septic tank" (化粪池) means a tank, for the reception of soil and waste from a building, in which the liquification of solid organic matter occurs; (L.N. 361 of 1980) "slop sink" (污水盆) means a sink used or constructed to be used for receiving solid or liquid excrement; "sludge" (污泥) means the layer of material settled to the bottom of a septic tank where reduction by anaerobic decomposition occurs; (L.N. 361 of 1980) "soil" (便溺污水) means the discharge from a soil fitment; "soil fitment" (便溺污水设备) means a watercloset fitment, trough watercloset, urinal, slop sink, bidet or any similar fitment; "soil pipe" (便溺污水管) means a pipe used or constructed to be used for carrying off soil; "sub-soil water" (地下水) means water occurring naturally below the surface of the ground; "surface water" (地面水) means rain water from any part of a building including any paved area or ground, whether paved or not, appurtenant to any building; "trade effluent" (工商业污水) means any liquid, either with or without particles of matter in suspension therein, which is wholly or in part produced in the course of any trade or industry; "waste" (废水) means used water from a waste fitment or similar fitment; "waste fitment" (废水设备) means a bath, lavatory basin or sink, other than a slop sink; "waste pipe" (废水管) means a pipe used or constructed to be used for carrying off waste; "water authority" (水务监督) and "waterworks" (水务设施) have the meaning assigned to them by section 2 of the Waterworks Ordinance (Cap 102). (L.N. 62 of 1966) Cap 123I reg 3 Interpretation of Part II PART II STANDARDS OF SANITARY FITMENTS In the regulations in this Part, unless the context otherwise requires- "factory" (工厂), "mine" (矿场) and "industrial undertaking" (工业经营) have the meaning assigned to them by section 2 of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap 59); "habitable space" (可居住空间) means the aggregate of the areas of the floors in a building, excluding kitchens, staircases, staircase halls, lift landings, the space used in providing the watercloset fitments, urinals and lavatory basins, required, by this regulation, to be provided, and any space occupied by machinery for any lift; "living room" (起居室) means any room intended or adapted as a place for cooking or sleeping; "public dance hall" (公众舞厅) means any place opened, kept or used for the purpose of dancing, to which the general public is admitted, with or without payment for admission; "residential building" (住宅建筑物) means a domestic building, but does not include any hostel, dormitory or other room or premises provided for housing or lodging some or all of the pupils of any school out of school hours, whether such hostel dormitory or other room or premises is in or is part of the same building or group of buildings as the classrooms in the school or not; (73 of 1983 s. 3) |
