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