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OBC 2006 Division B

3.4.2.3.

Version 0 — in force 31 December 2006

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Provenance

OBC 1997 · continues from 3.4.2.3. — Pro

Base · O. Reg. 350/06 · ext← current

Original — base regulation

OBC 2012 · continues as 3.4.2.3. — Pro

3.4.2.3. — Distance between Exits

(1) Except as provided in Sentence (2), the least distance between 2 required exits from a floor area shall be,

(a) one half the maximum diagonal dimension of the floor area, but need not be more than 9 m for a floor area having a public corridor, or

(b) one half the maximum diagonal dimension of the floor area, but not less than 9 m for all other floor areas.

(2) Exits need not comply with Sentence (1) where,

(a) the floor area is divided so that not less than one third of the floor area is on each side of the fire separation, and

(b) it is necessary to pass through the fire separation to travel from one exit to another exit.

(3) The minimum distance between exits referred to in Sentence (1) shall be the shortest distance that smoke would have to travel between the exits, assuming that the smoke will not penetrate an intervening fire separation.

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