Fire safety measures to be complied with by occupiers of composite buildings in respect of parts intended for non-domestic purposes
1. Provision of fire service installations and equipment
In relation to the provision of fire service installations and equipment, requirements with which an occupier of a composite building, in respect of a part intended for non domestic purposes can be directed to comply under section 5(3) of this Ordinance are the following—
- (a) a requirement to provide or improve emergency lighting within the area he occupies so as to facilitate the evacuation of the area in the event of a power failure;
- (b) a requirement to provide or improve an automatic cut-off device for the mechanical ventilating system to limit the spread of smoke through the ventilating system, but only if the system does not serve other separately occupied areas of the part of the building intended for non-domestic purposes and the system—
- (i) has a capacity to process air at a rate exceeding 1 cubic metre per second; or
- (ii) serves more than one fire compartment located within such part.
2. Definition
In this Schedule—
“fire compartment” (防火間), in relation to a building, means a part of the building that is physically separated from adjoining parts by walls, and by a floor and ceiling, that meets the standard of fire resistance prescribed by the Code of Practice for Fire Resisting Construction 1996, as published by the Director of Buildings and printed by the Government Printer.
