### 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》

88. Power of Building Authority to permit door of latrine to open onto or opening required by regulation 82 to communicate with unenclosed verandah, etc.
(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), the Building Authority may, where he thinks fit, permit the door of a latrine not fitted with a chemical closet fitment or the opening required by regulation 82, to open onto or communicate with, as the case may be, an unenclosed verandah or balcony or any other unenclosed space, if such verandah, balcony or other space—
(a) in the case of the door of a latrine, opens directly to the open air; and
(b) in the case of the opening required by regulation 82, communicates with the open air,
and, in any such case, such door or opening shall, for the purposes of regulations 81 and 82, respectively, be deemed to open directly into or communicate with the open air.
(2) The Building Authority shall not give his permission under this regulation unless he is satisfied that to do so will not be to the prejudice of the standard of lighting or ventilation or the health of the occupiers of the building for which the latrine is provided.

89. Power of Building Authority to prohibit installation of soil fitments
In any case where he considers that the drains or private sewers or other means provided for the disposal of soil from any building are unsatisfactory, the Building Authority may, by order in writing, prohibit the installation of soil fitments in the building.

90. Power of Building Authority to require provision of neutralizing tanks, etc.
Where, from any building it is intended to discharge, or there may be discharged, into any drain or sewer—
(a) any trade effluent;
(b) any chemical refuse or waste steam or any liquid of a temperature higher than 40oC being refuse or steam which, or a liquid which when so heated, is either alone or in combination with the contents of a drain or sewer, dangerous, or the cause of a nuisance, or prejudicial to health; (L.N. 294 of 1976)
(c) any petroleum spirit, carbide of calcium, acid, grease or oil; or
(d) any matter likely to injure any drain or sewer or to interfere with the free flow of its contents or to affect prejudicially the treatment or disposal of its contents,
the Building Authority may require the owner of the building to provide neutralizing tanks, cooling tanks, petrol intercepting traps, grease traps or other suitable provision.

### 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》

91. Certain regulations not to apply to soil fitments flushed with water from waterworks
Regulations 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 shall not apply to any soil fitment which is flushed with water from the waterworks.
(L.N. 295 of 1986)

### Building (Administration) Regulations 《建築物(管理)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Building (Administration) Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
authorized persons’ register (認可人士名冊) means the register kept under section 3(1) of the Ordinance; (L.N. 188 of 1974)
bulk excavation (大型挖掘工程) means all excavation except excavation for ground investigation, public utility trenches, drains, sewers, piles or caissons; (L.N. 233 of 1982)

geotechnical design assumption (岩土設計假定) means an assumption regarding—
(a) geological conditions;
(b) groundwater and surfacewater conditions;
(c) site history;
(d) location and nature of services, utilities, drains and sewers;
(e) existing site formation;
(f) foundations of existing buildings (whether on the site or adjacent or nearby);
(g) shear strength of materials;
(h) effect of the proposed works; and
(i) any other geotechnical matters,
on the basis of which the margin of safety of any building, street or natural, formed or man-made land is demonstrated to be adequate in a submission to the Building Authority; (L.N. 75 of 1981)

geotechnical engineers’ register (岩土工程師名冊) means the register kept under section 3(3A) of the Ordinance; (15 of 2004 s. 34)
hard copy form (印本形式) means a paper form or similar form capable of being read without the aid of any equipment; (L.N. 222 of 2021)
inspectors’ register (檢驗人員名冊) means the register kept under section 3(3B) of the Ordinance; (L.N. 147 of 2011)
site formation plans (地盤平整工程圖則) means the site formation plans prescribed in regulation 8; (L.N. 75 of 1981)
structural engineers’ register (結構工程師名冊) means the register kept under section 3(3) of the Ordinance; (L.N. 188 of 1974)
water authority (水務監督) and waterworks (水務設施) have the meaning assigned to them by section 2 of the Waterworks Ordinance (Cap. 102). (L.N. 63 of 1966)
(54 of 1996 s. 23)

### Building (Administration) Regulations 《建築物(管理)規例》

4. Requirements upon application for inclusion in register
(1) Every person (other than a person mentioned in regulation 3(4B)(a) or (c), (4C)(a) or (d) or (4D)(a) or (d)) applying for inclusion in the authorized persons’ register, structural engineers’ register, geotechnical engineers’ register or inspectors’ register must— (15 of 2004 s. 37; L.N. 147 of 2011)
(a) produce, to the Registration Committee, documentary evidence to prove compliance with the requirements of regulation 3; and (L.N. 188 of 1974)
(b) satisfy the Registration Committee of his suitability for inclusion in the authorized persons’ register, structural engineers’ register, geotechnical engineers’ register or inspectors’ register and, if required by the Registration Committee, attend a professional interview before the Registration Committee. (L.N. 70 of 1987; 15 of 2004 s. 37; L.N. 147 of 2011; E.R. 5 of 2018)
(c) (Repealed 54 of 1996 s. 25)(1A) A person mentioned in regulation 3(4B)(a) or (c), (4C)(a) or (d) or (4D)(a) or (d) applying for inclusion in the inspectors’ register must produce to the Building Authority documentary evidence to prove compliance with the requirements of regulation 3. (L.N. 147 of 2011)
(2) Every professional interview shall be conducted by the Registration Committee. (L.N. 188 of 1974; 54 of 1996 s. 25)