Western Australian Current Regulations

HEALTH (PUBLIC BUILDINGS) REGULATIONS 1992 - REG 15

15 .         Exits to be unobstructed

        (1)         A person shall not while a public building is in use as a public building —

            (a)         obstruct any lobby, exit, door, gate, corridor, passage, aisle, stairway or gangway; or

            (b)         lock any exit door or gate in an exit path,

                of the public building.

        (2)         The occupier of a public building shall ensure that while a public building is in use as a public building —

            (a)         every lobby, exit, door, gate, corridor, passage, aisle, stairway or gangway, of the public building is not obstructed; and

            (b)         every exit door of the public building that is required to be used is not locked.

        (3)         A person shall not —

            (a)         park a vehicle; or

            (b)         place any other thing,

                in an area abutting on any exit of a public building so as to obstruct the free passage of persons or vehicles to or from the exit.

        [Regulation 15 amended: Gazette 3 Aug 2001 p. 3962 (disallowed: Gazette 20 Nov 2001 p. 6012); 7 Jun 2002 p. 2728.]