### Building (Standards of Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing, Drainage Works and Latrines) Regulations 《建築物(衞生設備標準、水管裝置、排水工程及廁所)規例》

75. Building Authority required to make every connexion of drain and private sewer to public sewer or nullah and recovery of cost thereof
(1) The connexion of every drain or private sewer to a public sewer or nullah shall be made by the Building Authority who may recover the cost thereof as provided in paragraph (3).
(2) The Building Authority shall not make any such connexion until he is satisfied that the drainage work, of which such drain or private sewer forms part, have been carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance and regulations made thereunder.
(3) (a) Where a drain is so connected to a public sewer, the Building Authority may recover the cost of making the connexion from the owner of the building for which the drain is provided.
(b) Where a private sewer is so connected to a public sewer, the Building Authority—
(i) may, where the buildings for which the private sewer is provided are owned by the same person, recover the cost of making the connexion from such person; or
(ii) shall, where such buildings are owned by different persons, apportion the cost of making the connexion equally among such persons and may recover from each of such persons his portion of the cost.

76. Building Authority required to fix every disconnecting trap, etc. and recovery of cost
(1) Every disconnecting trap, required, by regulation 57, to be provided, shall be fixed, and the manhole in which such trap is fixed shall be constructed, by the Building Authority who may recover the cost of such work as provided in paragraph (2).
(2) (a) Where the trap and manhole so fixed and constructed, respectively, are provided for a drain, the Building Authority may recover the cost thereof from the owner of the building for which such drain is provided.
(b) Where the trap and manhole so fixed and constructed, respectively, are provided for a private sewer, the Building Authority—
(i) may, where the buildings for which the private sewer is provided are owned by the same person, recover the cost thereof from such person; or (E.R. 3 of 2020)
(ii) shall, where such buildings are owned by different persons, apportion the cost thereof equally among such persons and may recover from each of such persons his portion of the cost.

77. Building Authority required to carry out any work to be carried out on unleased Government land
Without prejudice to the provisions of regulations 75 and 76, where, in order to comply with these regulations, any work has to be carried out on unleased Government land, the work shall be carried out by the Building Authority who may recover the cost of the work from the person for whom it is carried out.
(29 of 1998 s. 30)

### Building (Standards of Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing, Drainage Works and Latrines) Regulations 《建築物(衞生設備標準、水管裝置、排水工程及廁所)規例》

78. Powers of Building Authority in event of contravention of regulations
Where, in contravention of regulation 75, 76 or 77, any work has been carried out otherwise than by the Building Authority the Building Authority may demolish, remove or alter such work and may carry out such other work as he considers necessary and may recover the cost of such work, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 75, 76 or 77, as the case may be, as if such work had been carried out pursuant to the provisions of such regulation.

79. Interpretation
In the regulations in this Part, open air (露天地方) means a space which—
(a) is vertically uncovered and unobstructed;
(b) is not less, in any dimension, than 1.5 m; and
(c) where such space is enclosed on four sides, has a horizontal area of not less than 1 m2 for every 6 m of the mean height of the walls enclosing the space.
(L.N. 294 of 1976)

80. Latrines be provided with doors
Every latrine, except a latrine fitted with a chemical closet fitment, shall be provided with a self-closing door to the full height of the opening.

81. Doors to open into open air, etc.
(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), the door of every latrine shall open directly into the open air.
(2) Where the latrine fitment in any latrine is a chemical closet fitment, the door of the latrine need not open into the open air, but shall not open into any room used or intended to be used for the manufacture, preparation or storage of food for human consumption.

82. Lighting and ventilation
(1) Every latrine shall be provided with an opening for light and ventilation.
(2) Every such opening shall—
(a) be such that the part thereof which is permanently open or designed to open, as the case may be, is not less in area than 0.2 m2 ; (L.N. 294 of 1976)
(b) be situated as near the ceiling of the latrine as practicable;
(c) communicate directly with the open air; and
(d) be covered with a metal or other approved mesh flyscreen.

### Building (Standards of Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing, Drainage Works and Latrines) Regulations 《建築物(衞生設備標準、水管裝置、排水工程及廁所)規例》

83. Floors
The floor of every latrine shall be not less than 150 mm above the level of the ground outside the latrine and shall—
(a) be constructed of non-absorbent material and finished with a smooth surface; and
(b) have a fall towards an outlet of not less than 1:25, save that, in the case of a latrine designed for a squatting type latrine fitment, the surface surrounding the aperture to the receptacle for excrement shall have a fall towards the aperture of not less than 1:10.
(L.N. 294 of 1976)

84. Internal surfaces
The internal surfaces of every latrine shall be—
(a) faced with tiles; or
(b) rendered in—
(i) cement mortar, not less than 12.5 mm thick; or
(ii) other non-absorbent material,
to a height of not less than 1.2 m from the level of the floor of the latrine.
(L.N. 294 of 1976)

85. Walls of and access to latrine fitments
In every latrine fitment—
(a) the walls of the space in which the receptacle for excrement is placed shall, except the opening provided, in accordance with subparagraph (b), to give access to such space, be constructed of non-absorbent material; and
(b) adequate access, which shall be so covered as to prevent flies from entering the space, shall be provided to enable the space in which the receptacle for excrement is placed to be cleaned and to enable such receptacle to be placed in the fitment and removed therefrom.

86. Design and construction of latrine fitment in relation to receptacle for excrement
Every latrine fitment shall be so designed and constructed that, when the receptacle for excrement is placed therein, it is retained in such a position as to prevent, so far as possible, the deposit of excrement elsewhere than in the receptacle.

87. Receptacles for excrement
The receptacle for excrement shall be—
(a) constructed of galvanized metal or other non-absorbent material;
(b) so constructed as to prevent the escape, by leakage or in any other way, of its contents; and
(c) have a capacity not exceeding 50 L. (L.N. 294 of 1976; E.R. 3 of 2020)