(1) Except as permitted by Sentences (2) and (3), the flame-spread rating shall be not more than 75 for the interior wall finish of,
                                
                                
                                (a) a public corridor,
                                
                                
                                (b) a corridor used by the public in,
                                
                                
                                (i) an assembly occupancy, or
                                
                                
                                (ii) a care, care and treatment or detention occupancy,
                                
                                
                                (c) a corridor serving classrooms, or
                                
                                
                                (d) a corridor serving sleeping rooms in a care, care and treatment or detention occupancy.
                                
                                
                                (2) The flame-spread rating limit specified in Sentence (1) does not apply to corridors referred to in Sentence (1) provided the flame-spread rating is not more than,
                                
                                
                                (a) 25 on the upper half of the wall, and
                                
                                
                                (b) 150 on the lower half of the wall.
                                
                                
                                (3) The flame-spread rating limits specified in Sentences (1) and (2) for corridors referred to in Sentence (1) do not apply to a corridor in which the flame-spread rating is not more than 150 provided the floor area is sprinklered.
                                
                                
                                (4) The flame-spread rating limits specified in Sentences (1) to (3) apply to occupancies in the corridor as well as to the corridor itself.
                                
                                
                                (5) Except in a floor area that is sprinklered and as permitted in Sentence (6), the interior ceiling finish of corridors and occupancies referred to in Sentences (1) and (4) shall have a flame-spread rating not more than 25.
                                
                                
                                (6) The flame-spread rating limits specified in Sentence (5) do not apply to a corridor in which the flame-spread rating is not more than 150 provided the floor area is sprinklered.