Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (STANDARDS OF SANITARY FITMENTS, PLUMBING, DRAINAGE WORKS AND LATRINES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 5

Offices, industrial undertakings and other places of work

(1) Save as provided in paragraph (3), in every building used or intended to
be used for the purpose of an office and in every industrial  undertaking and
other place of work-

   (a)  the number of watercloset fitments and urinals provided for male
        persons employed or likely to be employed therein shall be not less
        than the number specified in Table VI;

   (b)  the number of watercloset fitments provided for female persons
        employed or likely to be employed therein shall be not less than the
        number specified in Table VII; and

   (c)  the number of lavatory basins provided for persons employed or likely
        to be employed therein shall not be less than the number specified in
        Table VIII.

TABLE VI

Type of fitment No. of male persons employed or likely
to be employed and No. of fitments
o be provided therefor Watercloset fitments Less than 100, 1 such fitment for
every 25 such persons, or part thereof.
More than 100, 5 such fitments and 1 additional such fitment for every 50 such
persons, or part thereof, over 150. Urinals 10-50 inclusive, 1 such fitment.
More than 50, 2 such fitments and 1 additional such fitment for every 50 such
persons, or part thereof, over 100.

TABLE VII

No. of females employed or likely to be employed No. of watercloset fitments
1-10 inclusive 11-25 inclusive More than 25 1
2
3 and 1 additional watercloset fitment for every 25 such persons, or part
thereof, over 50.

TABLE VIII

No. of male persons employed or likely to be employed
No. of lavatory
basins No. of female persons employed or
likely to be
employed
No. of lavatory
basins Less than 100 1 for every 25 such persons, or part thereof. Less than
100 1 for every 25 such persons, or part thereof. More than 100 5 and 1
additional lavatory basin for every 50 such persons, or part thereof, over
150. More than 100 5 and 1 additional lavatory basin for every 50 such
persons, or part thereof, over 150.

(2) Baths or showers shall be provided in any industrial undertaking or other
place of work (other than in a building used or intended to be used for the
purpose of an office) as required for the trade or industry carried on
therein.

(3) Where, in any building used or intended to be used for the purpose of an
office or in any industrial undertaking or other place of work, the number of
persons, whether the same are or will be male persons or female persons, or
both, employed or likely to be employed does not or will not exceed 10, there
shall be provided not less than one watercloset fitment and one lavatory
basin.

(4) In every building used or intended to be used for the purpose of an office
and in every industrial undertaking and other place or work, the watercloset
fitments, urinals and lavatory basins for male persons and the watercloset
fitments and lavatory basins for female persons shall be provided in separate
rooms exclusively for the use of male persons and female persons respectively.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation-

   (a)  the number of persons employed or likely to be employed in any
        building used or intended to be used for the purpose of an office or
        in any other place of work (other than in an industrial undertaking)
        shall be determined by the Building Authority, and, in the case of a
        building used or intended to be used for the purpose of an office,
        shall be so determined at the rate of one person for every 92 of
        usable floor space; (L.N. 294 of 1976)

   (b)  the number of persons employed or likely to be employed in any
        industrial undertaking shall be determined by the Commissioner for
        Labour; and

   (c)  in the case of a building used or intended to be used for the purpose
        of an office, the proportion of male persons to female persons
        employed or likely to be employed therein shall be deemed to be 2:1,
        and, in any other case, shall be determined by the Building Authority
        or, in the case of an industrial undertaking, by the Commissioner for
        Labour.