Part 10.4 Facilities

(1) If a sufficient sewerage system is not available, an authorised alternative means of disposal of sewage may be installed.

(2) If sanitary facilities are not water-flushed, the following provisions apply:

1. A pit latrine, an incinerating toilet, a chemical toilet, a removable pan or a non-flushing urinal must not be within 2 m of a building containing habitable rooms.
2. The floor on which a removable pan is placed must be impervious.
3. A room containing a composting toilet must be separated from habitable rooms by way of a permanently ventilated air lock (which may be a circulation space).
4. The minimum ventilation required under (c) shall be the greater of—
   1. 8000 mm²; or
   2. 1/500th of the floor area of the circulation space.
5. Access for maintenance or removal of waste from a composting toilet must be by way of an access door which opens directly to the outside of the building.