### Education Regulations 《教育規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Education Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
boarders (寄宿生) means the pupils of a boarding school for whom housing or lodging accommodation is provided;
boarding school (寄宿學校) means a school in connexion with which hostels, dormitories or other rooms or premises are provided for the housing or lodging of some or all of the pupils of that school out of school hours, whether such hostels, dormitories, or other rooms or premises are in or part of the same building or group of buildings as the classrooms or not;
classroom (課室) means any room used for teaching purposes;
dangerous substance (危險物質) means any substance which is dangerous to a person or which may be dangerous to a person if not handled or otherwise dealt with under the supervision of a responsible teacher;
dormitory (集體寢室) means any room provided as sleeping accommodation for boarders;
full-day kindergarten education (全日制幼稚園教育) means kindergarten education received by a pupil at a school for a substantial period beginning before and ending after 1 p.m. on any day that he attends the school; (L.N. 237 of 1982)
responsible person (負責人) means, in relation to—
(a) school without IMC, the supervisor of the school;
(b) an IMC school, the principal of the school; (27 of 2004 s. 35)

scheduled infectious disease (表列傳染病) has the same meaning as in the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance (Cap. 599); (14 of 2008 s. 18)
school workshop (學校工場) means any place in school premises in which instruction is given in the use of tools or machinery or where tools or machines are used for the repair, adjustment or manufacture of articles, or for training students for any trade or commercial occupation;
science laboratory (科學實驗室) means any place in school premises in which practical experiments or demonstrations in science subjects are carried out and includes any place where instruction is given in domestic science or homecraft.
(14 of 2008 s. 18)

3. Responsible person to furnish plan of school premises
The responsible person of every school shall on demand supply the Permanent Secretary with a plan or diagram, with dimensions, of the school premises.
(3 of 2003 s. 14; 27 of 2004 s. 71)

4. Precautions for health and safety
In all school buildings, the design, the construction, the fire resistance of the elements of the structure and the properties of the materials, shall be such that the health and safety of the occupants, and in particular their safe escape in the event of fire, shall be reasonably assured.

### Education Regulations 《教育規例》

5. Repair
All school premises shall at all times be kept in a satisfactory state of repair.

6. Schools not to be over godowns, shops, etc.
No school premises or any part thereof shall be situated—
(a) over any godown; or
(b) over any shop, store or factory unless the Permanent Secretary is satisfied that situation over such shop, store or factory would not constitute a danger or hazard or would not be detrimental to the health or well-being of the pupils. (3 of 2003 s. 14)

7. Maximum height of schools
No part of any school premises, except the parapet wall round a roof playground, shall be situated at a height of more than 24 m above ground level:
Provided that the Permanent Secretary, with the advice of the Director of Fire Services, may by notice in writing authorize that any part of such premises be situated at such height greater than 24 m as may be specified in the notice.(L.N. 62 of 1977; 3 of 2003 s. 12)

8. Minimum height of parapets and window openings
The height of all parapets and window openings shall, unless such parapet or window opening is satisfactorily guarded by bars, be at least 1.1 m measured from the level of the floor immediately adjoining and where such bars are installed in openings giving access to areas to be occupied by teachers or pupils the bars shall be so installed as to be readily removable by the Fire Services in emergency.
(L.N. 62 of 1977)

9. Ventilation and lighting
(1) All school 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 classroom.
(3) The ceiling of every classroom shall—
(a) in premises designed and constructed for the purposes of a school, be not less than 3 m above the floor level of such classroom;
(b) in premises not designed and constructed for the purposes of a school, be not less than 2.75 m above the floor level of such classroom. (L.N. 62 of 1977)

10. Structural alterations
Except with the consent in writing of the Permanent Secretary there shall not be made— (3 of 2003 s. 14)
(a) any structural alterations to the school premises;
(b) any alteration to the latrine accommodation or the sanitary arrangements of any school or in the ventilation or lighting of a classroom;
(c) any subdivision of a classroom.

### Education Regulations 《教育規例》

11. Application of Part III
This Part applies to every school premises which are, in the opinion of the competent authority for the purposes of section 12 of the Ordinance, unsuitable for the purposes of a school having regard to the loading for which they were designed and constructed.
(L.N. 95 of 1993)

12. Restriction on assembly of pupils
No assembly of pupils, other than of the pupils permitted under these regulations to be in a classroom, shall be permitted to take place in any school premises to which this Part applies—
(a) in any room, except a room on the lowest floor of the premises; or (L.N. 95 of 1993)
(b) on the roof of the premises.

13. Restriction on gymnastics
No gymnastics or other form of physical education shall be permitted to take place in any such school premises—
(a) in any room, except a room on the lowest floor of the premises; or
(b) on the roof of the premises.

14. Restriction on furniture to be in any classroom
Save with the permission of the Permanent Secretary, no classroom in any such school premises, except a classroom on the lowest floor of the premises, shall contain any furniture of any kind whatsoever, other than desks, tables, chairs and blackboards, unless the floors in the premises are strengthened, to the satisfaction of the Director of Buildings, to carry the load imposed by any other furniture.
(L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993; 3 of 2003 s. 13)

15. Periodic inspection of premises
(1) The management authority of any such school shall, at intervals not exceeding 3 years in the case of premises of reinforced concrete construction and at intervals not exceeding 12 months in the case of premises with timber floors, cause the premises to be inspected by an authorized person in order to determine whether the premises are in sound structural condition.
(2) (a) Where, upon any inspection under paragraph (1), the authorized person is satisfied that the premises are in sound structural condition, he shall deliver to the management authority of the school a certificate, in writing, that he is so satisfied.
(b) The management authority shall deliver such certificate to the Permanent Secretary.
(3) Where, upon any such inspection, the authorized person is not satisfied that the premises are in sound structural condition, he shall, in writing, report the fact to the Permanent Secretary and shall notify the management authority of the school thereof.
(47 of 1990 s. 12; 3 of 2003 s. 14; 27 of 2004 s. 70)