Regulation 8 Number of pupils in roomsI1

An education authority shall determine from time to time the maximum number of pupils who may be suitably accommodated in every room to which this regulation applies in any school under their management and, in discharging their duty under this regulation, the authority shall have regard to the dimensions of the room and the type of equipment provided, or to be provided, the safety and health of the pupils to be accommodated and the type of instruction to be given, in the room; and any determination under this regulation may provide for different maximum numbers in relation to different types of instruction.

The education authority shall cause a record to be kept in every school under their management showing, for every room to which this regulation applies in that school, the dimensions of the room and their determination under this regulation in respect of the room.

This regulation applies to every room where the room is or may be used for any form of instruction, and in this regulation “room” in relation to an open plan school includes any open plan teaching area.