<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_105e17f7-1c03-441a-b239-584e33f58d2e" outputclass="ncc-clause" variation="TAS"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>I4P8</sptc><title id="_93e2064d-938b-4473-9538-380cba77237a">Floors</title><archive-num>2019: TAS H102 P7</archive-num><subclause id="_c754b0f8-0dff-4ab8-a59a-fdfdecc4a6dc" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_11059c7f-72f1-4892-935c-e681c2d8f982">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Floors must be designed and constructed in a way that is appropriate for the activities conducted on the food premises.</p></subclause><subclause id="_1f2444ae-1178-47b8-b3f7-5085b3166c46" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_384e7c9d-9586-428f-9961-74547e488b82">SubClause</title><num>2</num><p>Floors must—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_9651b3df-fe8b-4450-b4d1-cd6a4c0b4a08">be able to be effectively cleaned; and</li><li id="_6cd332c6-53dd-412a-b19f-78de86603698">be unable to absorb grease, food particles or water; and</li><li id="_4924ce2b-ee8f-492d-bd82-975c48bf40e5">be laid so that there is no ponding of water; and</li><li id="_c19df552-ea3d-4c3d-b558-af598f6c9240">to the extent that is practicable, be unable to provide harbourage for pests.</li></ol></subclause><callout id="_a564a2af-80e6-4bb4-99ee-3a19bbbcddb2"><callout-type ncc-info-type="application"/><p>The requirements for floors apply to the floors of all areas used for food handling, cleaning, sanitising and personal hygiene except the following areas—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_3b160213-3ca1-4a14-a7bf-f202ecc66a3d">dining areas; and</li><li id="_f6e3f792-01fe-4a6d-a4c5-d106c6f4b2d6">drinking areas; and</li><li id="_92223386-d888-4deb-947a-970edaf51940">other areas to which members of the public usually have access.</li></ol></callout><callout id="_fb88880f-357a-466c-b63c-c55552f9111a"><callout-type ncc-info-type="exemption"/><p>The following floors do not have to comply with TAS I4P8(2)—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_6e49f0f0-d3e9-462d-a1cf-ac32e60fb770">floors of temporary food premises, including ground surfaces, that are unlikely to pose any risk of contamination of food handled on the food premises; and</li><li id="_bea27bf1-b932-4aa9-bf2e-7cac22d82a39">floors of food premises that are unlikely to pose any risk of contamination of food handled on the food premises provided the food business has obtained approval for their use.</li></ol></callout></clause>