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Polyelhylene Damp-Proof Courses for Masonry Order, 1987
Table of Provisions (11)
Statutory Text (11 Articles)
L.N. 60 of 1987
QUALITY CONTROL (EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND
WCAL GOODS) , ACT, 1971
(ACT NO. XIII OF 1971)
Polyelhylene Damp-Proof Courses for Masonry Order, 1987
(Order No. M20 of 1987)
IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Quality
Control (Exports. Imports a nd Local Goods) Act. 1971. the Malta
Board of Standards has made the following order:-
This Order may be cited as the Polyethylene Damp- Proof Ci'ation.Dd
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Courses for Masonry Order. 1987 and may be referred to as Order No. "",,"""""''''''"t.
M20 0f1987.
1.2 This Order shaH become operative on a dat e after the lapse of
20 days from the day on which. it is laid on th e Table of the House of Rep-
resentatives , which date shall be no tifi ed by the Board in the G azette.
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This Order applies to polyethylene damp-proof courses Soopt .
intended for use in masonry construction.
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In this Orde r, "B.S." refers to the Bri tish Standard of the !ntorp«a,ion.
British Standardslnstilulion.
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The damp-proof course shall consist of black low-density C<>mjlOlj.;"".
polyethylene sheet having a mass in the range from 0. 425 kg/m2 to
0.54 kg/m', fonned from polyethylene polyme r of a melt flow rate of
five or less when measured according to the method refe rred to in parag-
raph 10.1. and having a density within the range from 0.915 g/ml toO.925
glml 3t 23' C when tested according 10 the method referred to in para-
graph 10.2. When determined according to the method referred to in
paragraph 10.3, lhesheet shall contain a minimum2% by mass of evenly
dispersed carbon black and contain not more than 5% by mass of
material other than polyethy1cne.
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Nine specimens taken from a roll of damp-proof course Thick ......
material and measured by the method referred to in paragraph 10 .4
shall have a single layer of thickness not less than 0 .46 mm.
The sheetshal1 be free from ai r bubbles and. when tested by ~n;'h .Dd . .
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the method refe rred toin paragraph 10.5 , shall have no visible pin hol es. unpe,mu bility.
A surface texture is permitted.
Polyethylene damp-proof course shall be supplied in the W",h.
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following minimum widths
7.1. 1
152,4 mm (6 inche s),
7.1.2
177.8 mm (7 inches). a nd
7. 1.3 228.6 mm (9 inche s)
Provi ded that diffe rent widths. as may be required by the building
trade, may also be supplied.
1 The finish ed damp-proof course shall be packed in roUs, each
roll containing not less than 8 metres in length _
'.1 No imported or local polyethylene damp-proof course shall
be sold, offered or exposed for sale unl ess it bears a label showi ng
cl early and easi ly legible the following information
1 . 1 The brand !lame or trade m~rk. or
\1 . 1.2 The name and address of th e manufacturer
\1.1 .3 Wh ere Ihe brand [lame is not entered in a list kept by the Di·
reclor of Industry nor is the trade mark registered with the Comptroller
of Industrial Property, the inclusion in the label of th e name an d address
of the manufacturer shall be compul sory;
\1 . 1.4 The width and length of the roll in metric units.
1 Melt flow index shall be measured according to 8.S. 2782
Method nOA.
Density shall be measured according 10 B .S. 278Z
10.2
Methods 62OA , 620B or 6200 .
10.3
Amount of carbon black shall be detennined as described
in B.S. 6515, Appendix A.
10.4
Tne thickness shall be measured asdescrihed in B.S. 6515,
Appendix B.
Freedom from pin holes shall be tested as described in
10.5
B.S. 6515, Appendix C.
Note: In preparing this Order. reference was made to British
Standard 6515: 1984.
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