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HEALTH (PUBLIC BUILDINGS) REGULATIONS 1992 - REG 7

7 .         Maximum number of persons for buildings other than large licensed premises

        (1)         Subject to this regulation and regulation 9A, the maximum number of persons that may be accommodated in a public building other than large licensed premises shall be ascertained in accordance with the Table to this subregulation.

Table

Area per person according to use

[Reg. 7(1)]


Measurement units where not otherwise specifically mentioned

Type of use

— m 2 per person

Art gallery, exhibition area, museum

4

Auditorium

1

Cafe, church, dining room

1

Conference room — unfixed seating

0.5

Gymnasium

3

Hall

1

Indoor sports stadium — arena

10

Library          — reading space

2

         — storage space

30

Licensed premises having a floor area
of 850 m 2 or less


0.85

Meeting/conference room

1

Restaurant

1

School          — general classroom

2

         — multi purpose hall

1

         — trade & practical area         : primary

4

                                : secondary

5

Skating rink, based on rink area

1.5

Spectator stand, audience viewing area:

         — bench seating


450 mm/person wide
x 750 mm deep (minimum)

         — fixed seating

450 mm/person wide (min)

         — seating not fixed

1

         — standing viewing area

0.5

Swimming pool based on pool area

1.5

        (2)         The Chief Health Officer, may on application by the owner and after consulting the local government vary the ratio for any standing viewing area of spectator accommodation to 0.3 m 2 per person.

        (3)         Where no provision is made in the Table to subregulation (1) in relation to a particular public building or a particular class of public building other than large licensed premises the maximum number of persons that may be accommodated in the public building or a public building of that class shall be such number as is approved by the Chief Health Officer after consulting the local government.

        (4)         If, immediately before the coming into operation of the Health (Public Buildings) Amendment Regulations 2002  1  —

            (a)         a certificate of approval was in effect in relation to licensed premises having a floor area of 850 m 2 or less; and

            (b)         the maximum number of persons that the licensed premises could be used to accommodate was more than the new maximum number,

                the maximum number of persons that may be accommodated in those licensed premises is the number set out in that certificate of approval.

        (5)         In subregulation (4) —

        new maximum number means the maximum number of persons that may be accommodated in the licensed premises as ascertained in accordance with the Table to subregulation (1) immediately after the coming into operation of the Health (Public Buildings) Amendment Regulations 2002  1 .

        [Regulation 7 amended: Gazette 3 Aug 2001 p. 3957‑8 and 3965 (disallowed: Gazette 20 Nov 2001 p. 6012); 7 Jun 2002 p. 2723‑4 and 2731; 11 Feb 2004 p. 533; 10 Jan 2017 p. 277.]



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