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(c) unless otherwise approved by an authorised person, a toilet shall not be directly accessible from
a kitchen or a room where food is stored, prepared, served or consumed;
(d) 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
(e) 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) 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 717.1:2013;
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 sanitary conveniences at temporary work sites
A person who undertakes temporary work at any place shall ensure that every temporary sanitary
convenience is—
(a) installed and maintained in accordance with the requirements of the Health (Temporary
Sanitary Conveniences) Regulations 1997; and
(b) removed within 48 hours of completion of works.
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 person, effectively disinfect and clean;
all sanitary conveniences and 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 NCC.
(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 fittings on the premises in which the public sanitary
convenience is located.
(2) A person shall not live or sleep in 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 lighting for persons using the convenience.
2.11 Installation
Every sanitary convenience shall—
(a) be installed in accordance with the requirements of—
(i) the Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947; and
(ii) the Health (Treatment of Sewage and Disposal of Effluent and Liquid Wastes)
Regulations 1974; and
(iii) the Water Services Act 2012; and
(b) have an adequate supply of water.
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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 complying with the NCC;
(b) complies with the Health Act (Laundries and Bathrooms) Regulations and the NCC: 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 shall 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 an authorised person.
2.13 Laundries
(1) A laundry shall comply with the requirements of the Health Act (Laundries and Bathrooms)
Regulations and the NCC.
(2) Where, in any building, a laundry is situated adjacent to a kitchen or a room where food is stored,
prepared, served 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,
prepared, served 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.
(4) A person shall not use or occupy, or permit to be used or occupied, a dwelling house without a laundry
(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 by an authorised person; and
(e) is provided with adequate ventilation.
(5) In the case of a single occupancy dwelling house, the laundry referred to in subclause (1) shall have—
(a) either—
(i) two wash troughs; or
(ii) a washing machine and either a wash trough or a sink; and
(b) a clothes drying facility comprising either—
(i) a mechanical clothes dryer; or
(ii) not less than 20 metres of clothes line erected externally.
(6) 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.
(7) Sole or multiple occupancy units, each being a separate dwelling house, shall have—
(a) laundry facilities for the exclusive use of the occupants of each unit; or
(b) a separate laundry, with communal laundry facilities for up to four 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 bedding; or
(b) keep or permit to be kept any soiled clothing or bedding.
2.15 Kitchens
cooking facility includes a stove, oven, facility or appliance used for or in connection with the
cooking of food.