Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018N00131:body:0:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018N00131
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 24742–27566

is situated adjacent to a kitchen or a room where food is stored or consumed, the laundry shall be separated from the kitchen by a wall extending from the floor to the roof or ceiling.
    (3) Where there is an opening between a laundry and a kitchen or other room where food is stored or consumed, the opening shall;
       (a)  not be more than 1220 millimetres wide; and
       (b)   have a door which when closed shall completely fill the opening.

Washing or keeping of clothes in kitchens
2.2.3 A person shall not in any kitchen or other place where food is kept;
       (a)  wash or permit to be washed any clothing or bedding; or
       (b)  keep or permit to be kept any soiled clothing or bedding.

Kitchens
2.2.4
    (1) In this section;
    a cooking facility includes a stove, oven, facility or appliance used for or in connection with the cooking of food.
    (2)  A person shall not use or occupy, or permit to be used or occupied, a dwelling house without a kitchen equipped with;
       (a)  an electric, gas, wood or other fuel burning stove;
       (b)  an oven with a capacity of not less than 0.005 cubic metres per person usually accommodated in the house with a minimum capacity of 0.03 cubic metres;
       and
       (c) a sink which shall;
          (i) be at least 380 millimetres long, 300 millimetres wide and 150 millimetres deep; and
          (ii) have an adequate supply of hot and cold water.
    (3)  The occupier of a dwelling house shall ensure that the stove, oven and sink are kept clean, in good order and repair and fit for use.
    (4)  A cooking facility shall;
       (a)  be installed in accordance with the requirements of the Energy Safety and the manufacturers' specifications; and
       (b)   not be installed or used in any room other than a kitchen.
    (5)  Mechanical extraction shall be provided in a kitchen and the exhaust air shall be;
       (a)  carried to the outside air as directly as practicable; and
       (b)  boxed throughout.
    (6)  Mechanical ventilation shall be maintained in good working order and condition.

                         Part 3 - Housing and general
                           Division 1—Maintenance of Houses

Dwelling house maintenance
3.1.1 The owner or occupier of a dwelling shall maintain the dwelling house and any appurtenant buildings in sound condition and fit for use where they have relevant care and control and, in particular, shall;
       (a) maintain all roofs, guttering and downpipes in sound weather proof condition;
       (b) maintain any footings, foundations and walls, either external or internal, in a sound condition;
(c) replace any missing, broken, decayed or termite-eaten timber or other deteriorated material in any veranda, roof, walls, steps, handrails, floors or their supports with material of sound