Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018N00131:body:0:p34
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018N00131
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Character Range: 86986–89753

fire-fighting appliance is clearly visible, accessible and maintained in good working order at all times; and
       (d) ensure all fire-fighting equipment and fire detection and alarm systems are adequately maintained at all times in such a condition as will enable their proper performance.
    (2)  The keeper of a lodging house must ensure that all buildings comprising the lodging house are fitted with fire protection equipment in accordance with the Building Code.
    (3)  No Smoking signs are to be displayed in all rooms for sleeping unless otherwise agreed with an EHO.

Obstruction of passages and stairways
8.2.8 A keeper shall not cause or allow furniture, fittings or other things to be placed either temporarily or permanently in or on;
       (a) a stairway, stair landing, fire-escape, window or common passageway; or
       (b) part of the lodging house in common use or intended or adapted for common use,
in such a manner as to form an obstruction to the free passage of lodgers, residents or persons in or occupying the lodging house.

Fitting of locks
8.2.9 A person shall not fit, or cause or permit to be fitted, to an exit door a lock or other device which prevents the door being opened from within a lodging house.

Restriction on use of rooms for sleeping
8.2.10
    (1)  Subject to subclause (3) and clause 8.3.10, a keeper shall not use or permit to be used as a sleeping apartment, a room in a lodging house;
       (a)       which contains food;
       (b)       which contains or is fitted with a cooking appliance or kitchen sink;
       (c)       which is used as a kitchen, scullery, storeroom, dining room, general sitting room or lounge room, or for the preparation or storage of food;
       (d)       which is not reasonably accessible without passing through a sleeping or other room in the private occupation of another person;
       (e)       which, except in the case of a short term hostel or a recreational campsite, contains less than 5.5 square metres of clear space for each lodger occupying the room;
       (f)         which is naturally illuminated by windows having a ratio of less than 0.1 square metres of unobstructed glass to every 1.0 square metre of floor area;
       (g)       which is ventilated at a ratio of less than 0.5 square metres of unobstructed ventilating area to every 10 square metres of floor area;
       (h)       in which the lighting or ventilation referred to in paragraphs (f) and (g) is obstructed or is not in good and efficient order;
       (i)         which is not free from internal dampness;
       (j)         of which any part of the floor is below the level of the adjoining ground; or
       (k)       the floor of which is not fitted with an approved carpet or vinyl floor