Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 50

Definition of temporary buildings and short lived materials

PART VII

TEMPORARY BUILDINGS

(1) (a) In these regulations temporary buildings shall mean any building for
which a permit is issued on a temporary basis and is-

        (i)    required only for a short time;

        (ii)   constructed of short lived materials; or

        (iii)  constructed as a contractor's shed required in connexion with
               the erection of permanent buildings.

   (b)  The Building Authority may, in his discretion, include any building
        constructed on land held on licence.

(2) Short lived materials mean any building materials which are, in the
absence of special care, liable to rapid deterioration or are otherwise
unsuitable for use in the construction of permanent buildings-

   (a)  so far as they are used wholly or principally for the construction of
        the weather-resisting part of a roof or external wall of a building-

        (i)    tongued and grooved boarding fixed horizontally, and any
               boarding less than 16 mm in thickness, or in the case of
               feather edge boarding less than 16 mm in thickness at the
               thicker edge of the board; (L.N. 294 of 1976)

        (ii)   sheets of fibre building board (except super hard-board as
               defined in British Standard Specification 1142:1953), wood chip
               board or compressed straw;

        (iii)  wood-wool building slabs;

        (iv)   plywood, except plywood suitable for external use;

        (v)    plaster board;

        (vi)   fibrous plaster;

        (vii)  lime or gypsum plaster on wood or metal lath;

        (viii) cement plaster not exceeding 40 mm in thickness on wood or
               metal lath; (L.N. 294 of 1976)

        (ix)   sheet iron or steel which is not galvanized, painted or
               otherwise protected by a bituminous or other not less suitable
               coating;

        (x)    organic-based felt; (L.N. 439 of 1990)

        (xi)   canvas or cloth;

        (xii)  palm leaves or matting;

   (b)  unprotected softwood boarding, so far as it is used wholly or
        principally for the construction of the weather-resisting part of the
        roof of a building;

   (c)  any other combustible material.