Hong Kong Regulations

CHILD CARE SERVICES REGULATIONS - REGULATION 21

Ventilation and lighting

(Past version on 09/06/2000).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) All centre premises shall be adequately ventilated and lighted.

(2) No cubicle or partition which obstructs the free passage of light or air
shall be erected in any room in a centre.

(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the ceiling of every room in the centre
shall be not less than 2.5 m above the floor level of the room. (15 of 2005 s.
13)

(4) Where-

   (a)  a centre is wholly or partly situated in specified premises; and

   (b)  the premises are designed and constructed for the purposes of a child
        care centre, the ceiling of every room in the centre shall be not less
        than 3 m above the floor level of the room. (15 of 2005 s. 13)

(5) Where-

   (a)  a centre is wholly or partly situated in specified premises; and

   (b)  the premises are not designed and constructed for the purposes of a
        child care centre, the ceiling of every room in the centre shall be
        not less than 2.75 m above the floor level of the room. (15 of 2005 s.
        13)

(6) In this regulation-

"specified premises" (指明處所) means premises-

   (a)  which were not used as a centre immediately before 1 September 2005;
        and

   (b)  in respect of which an application for registration as a centre or
        part of a centre is made on or after 1 September 2005, irrespective of
        whether the premises are to be used as a new centre, as an addition to
        an existing centre or as the new location of an existing centre. (15
        of 2005 s. 13)

"specified premises" (指明處所)