Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 35A

Provision for room-sealed gas water heater in bathrooms

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), suitable provision shall be made for
the installation of a room-sealed gas water heater in every bathroom in a
building.

(2) Where a room-sealed gas water heater to serve a bathroom is, or is to be,
installed in any place in a building other than in the bathroom,
suitable provision shall be made for the installation of such room-sealed 
gas water heater.

(3) This regulation shall not apply-

   (a)  to a building in respect of which the Building Authority has, or is
        deemed to have, approved the plan of building works under this
        Ordinance on or before 20 May 1983; or

   (b)  to a building which is designed, to the satisfaction of the Building
        Authority, to have available therein a centralized hot water supply.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation-

"room-sealed gas water heater" (密封式氣體熱水爐) means a gas water
heater which, when in operation, has the combustion air inlet and the
combustion products outlet isolated from the room or place in which the gas
water heater is installed;

"suitable provision" (適當設施) means an adequate aperture in an external 
wall, to the satisfaction of the Building Authority, to provide direct access
to the external air in respect of a room-sealed gas water heater which is or
may be installed, and which aperture is capable of being sealed with a readily
removable cover when a room-sealed gas water heater is not installed. (L.N.
143 of 1983)

"room-sealed gas water heater" (密封式氣體熱水爐)

"suitable provision" (適當設施)