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123F PDFTitle:Building (Planning) RegulationsGazette Number:
Regulation:41BHeading:Fireman's liftsVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) Subject to paragraph (4), every building exceeding 2 storeys in height shall be provided with at least such number of lifts designed and installed to be used by firemen in the event of a fire ("fireman's lift") as will ensure that no part of the floors that they serve are more than 60 m from such a lift.
(2) (Repealed L.N. 136 of 1995)
(3) Fireman's lifts provided in accordance with this regulation shall-

        (a) be so designed and installed that at least every alternate floor of the building is served by at least one fireman's lift;
        (b) be of an adequate size, and have adequately sized doors, for use by firemen with their equipment;
        (c) be enclosed by a liftwell that encloses no more than 3 fireman's lifts and no other lifts;
        (d) be so designed and installed that, in the event of a fire, firemen using the lifts are adequately protected from fire and smoke, particularly when leaving the lifts;
        (e) be so designed and installed that in the event of a fire, firemen can gain exclusive control and operation of the lifts so that firemen with their equipment can easily, conveniently, safely and speedily reach the fire; and
        (f) be so designed, located and installed that, in the event of a fire, firemen can have safe and unobstructed access to the lifts and to the floors served by the lifts. (L.N. 136 of 1995)
(4) This regulation does not apply to-
        (a) a building-
          (i) provided with only 1 staircase;
          (ii) not exceeding 6 storeys in height; and
          (iii) in which the level of the floor of the uppermost storey is not more than 17 m above the level of the ground at the point of discharge of the staircase;
        (b) a domestic building not exceeding a height of 30 m; or (L.N. 136 of 1995)
        (c) a non-domestic building or the non-domestic part of a composite building-
          (i) in which no industrial undertaking is being, or is intended to be carried on and which is not used or intended to be used for bulk storage or as a warehouse, place of public entertainment, hotel or hospital; and
          (ii) either-
            (A) not exceeding a height of 15 m; or
            (B) exceeding a height of 15 m but neither exceeding a height of 30 m nor a cubical extent of 7000 m3. (L.N. 136 of 1995)
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(b) or (c), the height of a building shall be measured in accordance with regulation 23(1).
(6) In this regulation-
"cubical extent" (體積), in relation to a building, means the space contained within the external surfaces of its walls and roof and the upper surface of the floor of its lowest storey, excluding any space within any enclosure on the roof used exclusively for accommodating a water tank or lift gear or any other services, and, if any side of the building is not enclosed by a wall, that side shall be deemed to be enclosed by a wall extending downwards from the outer edge of the roof;
"hotel" (旅館) has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance (Cap 349);
"industrial undertaking" (工業經營) has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap 59).
(L.N. 170 of 1992; L.N. 136 of 1995; L.N. 194 of 1996)