Regulation 2

In these Regulations —

• “bunk bed” means any bed having a sleeping surface which, or any part (including the under-surface) of which, would be 800 millimetres or more vertically above any horizontal surface on which the bed were placed in such a position as would be usual for the purpose of enabling a person to sleep on the bed, and references to “height” in relation to a bunk bed or any part of one shall be construed accordingly;

• “mattress” does not include any spring or wire frame intended to support a mattress;

• “permissible gap” means —

  1. (a)

     in relation to a gap in the sleeping surface of a bunk bed, a gap of not more than 75 millimetres;

  2. (b)

     in relation to any other gap in the structure of a bunk bed, a gap of not less than 60 millimetres nor more than 75 millimetres,

  where the gap is measured by the method prescribed by the Schedule to these Regulations;

• “sleeping surface”, in relation to a bunk bed, means the surface, excluding any mattress or upholstery, intended to support a sleeping person.