Cooking of Food

11.—(1) Each kitchen shall be provided with a proper cooker with at least four rings or hot plates together with a grill and an oven in the following ratios as per Table 5:—

Table 5

HouseholdNumber of Cookers
1-5 occupants1 cooker
6-10 occupants2 cookers
1-3 households1 cooker
4-6 households2 cookers

(2) A kitchen shall not contain more than 2 cookers.

(3) If due to the physical constraints of an existing kitchen (internal arrangement) the fitting of a second cooker would have a detrimental effect on the safety of anyone using that kitchen, a built in microwave oven may be provided. This will only be acceptable if the maximum occupancy within the unit does not exceed 7 occupants.