<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_ef26b70a-ddf2-4faa-991f-3d7ed859262b" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>S13C6</sptc><title id="_1134f98e-b304-4e10-9355-5728f1be3c79">Electrical switches and outlets</title><archive-num>2019: Spec C3.15: 6</archive-num><subclause id="_129898cf-e40f-4d98-951e-f7e928908ade" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_90e7f963-3f68-48bb-a0aa-12ae5f188365">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>If an electrical switch, outlet, socket or the like is accommodated in an opening or recess in a wall, floor or ceiling—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_142f18cb-16cd-4de7-a1ea-61294d8cee70">the opening or recess must not—<ol><li>be located opposite any point within 300 mm horizontally or 600 mm vertically of any opening or recess on the opposite side of the wall; or</li><li>extend beyond half the thickness of the wall; and</li></ol></li><li id="_058ba938-a396-47c9-b4ea-9d06f16e14e5">the gap between the service and the wall, floor or ceiling must be fire-stopped in accordance with <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/575_5.2.0.xml#_86c5cb34-f4d4-4211-9fe4-042c05ad5c50" id="_a15cf731-5f3f-42c4-8c7a-044f3d2ee485" scope="local" type="clause">S13C7</xref>.</li></ol></subclause></clause>