(1) Every place of assembly of an outdoor nature, such as grandstands and stadia, shall comply with the requirements of this section.

(2) Seating. – All seating shall be firmly fixed in rows and may be with or without back-rests.

(3) In the case of all seating accommodation, including grandstands –

a) The width of seating accommodation provided or intended to be provided for each person shall be not less than 460 millimetres; and

b) Each tier of seating shall be not less than 685 millimetres in horizontal depth and not more than 380 millimetres in height; and

c) If timber planks are used to construct the seating, such planks shall –

i) Be not less than 40 millimetres thick; and

ii) Not cantilever more than 150 millimetres beyond any support; and

iii) Not terminate on any support unless they have a bearing of at least 75 millimetres; and

d) The supports for any planks referred to in paragraph (c) shall be not more than 1,5 metres apart; and

e) The situation on the site of all seating accommodation shall require the approval of the local authority.

(4) In the case of grandstands—

a) No grandstand, other than earth-tier grand-stands, shall exceed a height of 3,6 metres unless structural calculations relating to the grandstand have been submitted to, and approved by, the local authority, or a certificate has been submitted to the local authority by a structural engineer in terms of paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 6 of Chapter 2; and

b) No grandstand shall be erected on the roof, balcony or veranda of any building or structure unless the local authority considers that the building or structure is capable of supporting –

i) The load of the grandstand; and

ii) The number of persons which the grandstand is intended to accommodate; and

c) Every grandstand, including earth-tier grandstands, shall be provided with barriers approved by the local authority—

i) If it exceeds 2 metres in height, at the back and ends of every unit; and

ii) If it is of or more than eight tiers in height, dividing the same into units of not more than eight tiers in height; and

iii) If it is of or more than eight tiers in height and is more than 15 metres in length, dividing the same into units of not more than 15 metres in length; and

d) The space under every grandstand shall be kept free from extraneous flammable materials.

(5) Each of the barriers referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (4) shall be capable of withstanding a horizontal force of 3 kilonewtons per metre applied at the top of such barrier.

(6) The local authority may, upon written application by the owner, in special cases, and where it is deemed necessary or desirable owing to the circumstances, and having due regard to the public safety, waive or relax any of the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of subsection (3) and paragraph (c) of subsection (4).

(7) Longitudinal aisles. – Longitudinal aisles, that is aisles running at right-angles to the rows of seating, shall be provided so that no person seated in a row shall be more than 9,2 metres or 20 seats from a longitudinal aisle.

(8) The width of every longitudinal aisle shall be not less than 915 millimetres plus 40 millimetres for every 1,5 metres or remaining portion thereof its length and such aisle shall maintain a constant width throughout its length from the beginning of such aisle to its intersection with a cross-aisle or to a point of access to an exit-way.

(9) Cross-aisles. –The width of any cross-aisle provided shall be not less than the width of the widest longitudinal aisle which the cross-aisle intersects, or the width required, in terms of section 26, if such cross-aisle were a component of a required exit-way, whichever is the greater.

(10) Exits. – The number of exits from grandstands and stadia shall be not less than the number specified in Table XVII, and the width of each such exit shall be as required for exit-ways by section 26, but in no case less than 1,8 metres.

TABLE XVII
MINIMUM NUMBER OF EXITS FROM GRANDSTANDS AND STADIA

(11) Such exits shall be spaced not more than 23 metres apart for exits from grandstands constructed of combustible materials and not more than 60 metres apart for grandstands constructed of non-combustible materials.