VENTILATION (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

VENTILATION (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

VENTILATION (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

ARRANGEMENT OF BY-LAWS

By-law Page

1. Citation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... CF 2
2. Application ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... CF 2

3. Interpretation... ... ... ... . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...------CF 2

4. Obstruction to ventilation or light... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... CF 2
5. Obstruction to windows... ... . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... CF 2

6. Cubicles and partitions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... CF2
7. Cubicles and partitions in kitchens ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... CF 2

8. Offences and penalties ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... CF 2
9. Amendment of Schedule... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... CF 3
10. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought ... ... ... ... ... CF 3

Schedule ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...------CF 3





VENTILATION (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

(Cap. 132, section 88)

[23 June 1961.1

1. These by-laws may be cited as the Ventilation (Urban
Council) By-laws.

2. These by-laws apply to the Urban Council area only.

3. In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires-

'building' means-

(a)any building, or any part of any building, which is used for
human habitation;

(b) any workplace, shop or office; and

(e)any building, or any part of any building, in which there is
carried on any business for the time being specified in the
Schedule;

'Council' means the Urban Council;

'Iworkplace' does not include a vessel.

4. Save with the permission in writing of the Council, no
person shall erect or place or maintain, or cause to be erected or
placed or maintained, in any open space any obstacle to the access of
ventilation or light to any building, or any part of any building.

5. No person shall, by erecting or maintaining any structure
or fitting whatsoever or by the placing of any household goods or
merchandise, obstruct any window of any building or any part of
any building.

6. No person shall erect or maintain, or cause to be erected
or maintained, any partition which adjoins any cubicle or other
partitioned space in any building, or any part of any building, used
for human habitation and which is so constructed that any part
thereof reaches to within 900 mm of the ceiling, or 50 mm of the
floor, of the room, compartment or veranda within which it is
constructed or, in any event, exceeds 1 800 mm in height.

7. No person shall erect or maintain, or cause to be erected or
maintained, any cubicle or partition in any kitchen.

8. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of
by-law 4, 5, 6 or 7 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine of $500 and to imprisonment for 14

days and, where the offence is a cohtinuing offence, shall be liable in





addition to a fine of $10 for each day during which it is proved to the
satisfaction of the court that the offence has continued.

9. The Council may by order amend, or add any business to
or delete any business from, the Schedule.

10. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enact-
ment relating to the prosecution of criminal offences and without
prejudice to the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the
prosecution of such offences, prosecutions for an offence under any
of the provisions of these by-laws may be brought in the name of the
Council.

SCHEDULE

Item Nature of business
1. Hairdressing.
G.N.A. 72/61. G.N.A.58/62. L.N. 105/65. L.N.89/79. 10 of 1986. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Application. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. L.N. 105/65. Schedule. Obstruction to ventilation or light. G.N.A. 58/62. Obstruction to windows G.N.A. 58/62. Cubicles and partitions. L.N. 89/79. Cubicles and partitions in kitchens. Offences and penalties. Amendment of Schedule. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought.

G.N.A. 72/61. G.N.A.58/62. L.N. 105/65. L.N.89/79. 10 of 1986. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Application. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. L.N. 105/65. Schedule. Obstruction to ventilation or light. G.N.A. 58/62. Obstruction to windows G.N.A. 58/62. Cubicles and partitions. L.N. 89/79. Cubicles and partitions in kitchens. Offences and penalties. Amendment of Schedule. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought.

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