3.3.5.3.(2)

Objective

OS3 Safety in Use

Attribution

Intent

Intent 1:

To remove the requirement for a minimum distance between gas cylinders stored outdoors and a building opening, as stated in Sentence 3.3.5.3.(1), if the building opening is into a room conforming to Subsection 3.2.8.:

  • used for no purpose other than the storage of compressed gases, thus presenting the same level of hazard as the outdoor cylinders, and
  • separated from the remainder of the building [by a gas-tight separation] in a manner that will limit the probability of the migration of gases from the outdoor cylinders into the remainder of the building.

This is to limit the probability that gas will enter a building from the room, which could lead to harm to persons.

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