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29 1988

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS) ACT, 1988

THIRD SCHEDULE

Actions to Ensure that there is no Undue Risk of Accidental Damage to a Multi-Storey Building

Section 3

1. The protection of important members of a building against vehicular impact by the provision of bollards, crash barriers or other appropriate means.

2. The checking, testing and, if necessary, remedying of the condition of gas installations.

3. The carrying out of leak surveys in and around, and within the vicinity of, the building and the repairing of gas leaks, if any.

4. The checking and, if necessary, remedying of the ventilation systems for lift shafts and service ducts in the building.

5. The checking and, if necessary, remedying of the ventilation system for rooms containing gas appliances in the building.

6. The sealing of service entries through building walls below ground level.

7. The ventilation or filling of voids under the building.

8. The ensuring that any gas service in a void in the building is located in a ventilated sleeve or, if necessary, the removal of gas service from the void.

9. The cessation of, and the restriction on, the use or storage in the building in containers exceeding 500 millilitres in capacity of petroleum spirit, within the meaning of section 20 of the Dangerous Substances Act, 1972 .

10. The cessation of, and the restriction on, the use or storage in the building of gas in containers exceeding 500 millilitres in capacity.

11. The cutting-off of gas supplies to the building.