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(2) The occupier of the premises other than a dwelling house shall ensure that—
(a) clean toilet paper is available at all times in each cubicle;
(b) a sanitary napkin disposal facility is provided in each toilet set aside for the use of females;
and
(c) each hand wash basin is provided with—
(i) an adequate supply of soap or other hand cleaning substances; and
(ii) hand drying facilities, situated adjacent to and visible from the hand wash basin.
2.4 Events
The organiser of an outdoor event must provide sanitary conveniences in accordance with the
recommendations contained within the Department of Health’s “Guidelines for concerts, events and
organized gatherings”.
2.5 Toilets
(1) Toilets on premises shall be maintained in accordance with the following requirements—
(a) the door to a toilet, other than an internal toilet, shall be properly screened to a continuous
height of 1.8 metres from the floor;
(b) a toilet or its entrance which is visible from overlooking windows shall be properly screened;
(c) the floor of any internal toilet shall be—
(i) of concrete or of other approved impervious material of an approved thickness; and
(ii) unless otherwise approved graded to a floor waste outlet and proper discharge pipe
with flap valve fitted and, where necessary, protected by an approved sump; and
(d) the floor of any external toilet shall be—
(i) of concrete or of other approved impervious material of an approved thickness; and
(ii) graded to the door or alternatively an approved outlet.
(2) Toilets on premises other than a dwelling house shall be maintained in accordance with the
following additional requirements—
(a) a toilet for the exclusive use of males shall not adjoin any toilet for the exclusive use of
females unless the toilets are separated by a wall extending from floor to ceiling and of
sufficient density to have a sound transmission class of not less than 50 as required by
AS/NZS ISO 717.1:2004; and
(b) where more than one toilet is provided on the premises, the entrance to each toilet shall bear
a suitable sign indicating for which sex its use is intended.
2.6 Temporary works
A person who undertakes temporary work at any place shall ensure every temporary sanitary
convenience is installed and maintained in accordance with the requirements of the Health
(Temporary Sanitary Conveniences) Regulations 1997.
2.7 Maintenance of sanitary conveniences and fittings
(1) The occupier of premises shall—
(a) keep clean, in good condition and repair; and
(b) whenever required by an Authorised Officer, effectively disinfect and clean;
all sanitary conveniences including sanitary fittings in or on the premises.
(2) The owner of premises shall—
(a) keep or cause to be kept in good repair; and
(b) maintain an adequate supply of water to;
all sanitary conveniences including sanitary fittings in or on the premises.
2.8 Ventilation of toilets
(1) A toilet in any premises shall be ventilated in accordance with the Sewerage (Lighting, Ventilation
and Construction) Regulations 1971 and the Building Code.
(2) A mechanical ventilation system provided under subclause (1) shall be maintained in good
working order and condition.
2.9 Public sanitary conveniences
(1) A person shall not—
(a) foul;
(b) damage or vandalise; or
(c) write on or otherwise deface;
a public sanitary convenience or sanitary fixtures or fittings or the premises in or on which the
sanitary convenience is located.
(2) A person shall not live or sleep in or on the premises in which a public sanitary convenience is
located or use it for a purpose other than that for which it was intended.
2.10 Lighting
The owner and occupier of premises in which a sanitary convenience or a public sanitary convenience
is located shall provide and maintain adequate electric lighting for persons using the convenience.
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2.11 Installation
Every sanitary convenience shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of Country Areas
Water Supply Act 1947, the Health (Treatment of Sewage and Disposal of Effluent and Liquid Wastes)
Regulations 1974 and the Water Services Act 2012 and shall have an adequate supply of water.
Division 2—Bathrooms, Laundries and Kitchens
2.12 Bathrooms
(1) A person shall not use or occupy, or permit to be used or occupied, a dwelling house without a
bathroom that—
(a) is adequately lined with an impervious material and has a ceiling that complies with the
Building Code;
(b) complies with the Health Act (Laundries and Bathrooms) Regulations and the Building Code;
and
(c) is equipped with—
(i) a hand wash basin; and
(ii) either a shower in a shower recess or a bath.
(2) All baths, showers, hand wash basins and similar fittings shall be provided with an adequate
supply of hot and cold water.
(3) The floor of the bathroom must be properly surfaced, with an even fall to a floor waste unless
otherwise approved, suitably trapped and discharging to—
(a) the sewer of a licensed water service operator; or
(b) an apparatus for the treatment of sewage approved by the local government.
2.13 Laundries
(1) A laundry must comply with the requirements of the Health Act (Laundries and Bathrooms)
Regulations and the Building Code.
(2) Where, in any building, a laundry 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, unless otherwise approved.
(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 1,220 millimetres wide; and
(b) have a door which when closed shall completely fill the opening.
(4) A person shall not use or occupy, or permit to be used or occupied, a dwelling house without a
laundry that—
(a) is properly enclosed and roofed;
(b) is adequately lined with an impervious material;
(c) has a floor of concrete or other approved impervious material of an approved thickness;
(d) is properly surfaced, with an even fall to a floor waste unless otherwise approved, suitably
trapped and discharging to—
(i) the sewer of a licensed water service operator; or
(ii) an on-site waste water disposal system of a type approved as approved by the local
government; and
(e) is provided with adequate ventilation.
(5) The laundry referred to in subclause (1) must conform to the provisions of the Building Code and
the Health Act (Laundries and Bathrooms) Regulations.
(6) In the case of a single occupancy dwelling, the laundry referred to in subclause (1) shall have—
(a) either—
(i) two wash troughs;
(ii) a washing machine and either a wash trough or a sink; and
(b) a clothes drying facility comprising either a mechanical clothes dryer or not less than
20 metres of clothes line erected externally.
(7) All wash troughs, sinks and washing machines shall be—
(a) in a laundry and connected to an adequate supply of hot and cold water; and
(b) installed to manufacturer’s specifications, and all wash troughs shall have a capacity of at
least 36 litres.
(8) Sole or multiple occupancy units, each being a separate dwelling, shall have—
(a) laundry facilities, in accordance with the Building Code, for the exclusive use of the occupants
of each unit; or
(b) a separate laundry, with communal laundry facilities in accordance with the Building Code,
for up to 4 sole occupancy units that do not have their own laundry facilities.
2.14 Washing or keeping of clothes in kitchens
A person shall not in any kitchen or other place where food is kept—
(a) wash or permit to be washed any clothing or bed linen; or
(b) keep or permit to be kept any soiled clothing or bed linen.