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OBC 2006 Division B

3.3.5.3.

Version 0 — in force 31 December 2006

In force
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Provenance

OBC 1997 · continues from 3.3.5.3. — Pro

Base · O. Reg. 350/06 · ext← current

Original — base regulation

OBC 2012 · continues as 3.3.5.3. — Pro

3.3.5.3. — Basements

(1) A basement shall not be used for the storage, manufacture or handling of volatile solids, liquids or gases that generate explosive air-vapour mixtures or for processes that involve explosive dusts.

(2) Entrances and exits to a basement and to rooms containing building services shall be separate from the remainder of the building in a building in which,

(a) the storage, manufacture or handling of volatile materials can generate explosive air-vapour mixtures, or

(b) processes occur that produce explosive dusts.

(3) Basements and rooms referred to in Sentence (2) shall be separated from the remainder of the building with a vapour-tight separation.

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