20 Provision of sanitary appliances at places of entertainment
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (1976 c 57) | Legislation

20  Provision of sanitary appliances at places of entertainment

(1)     A local authority (other than a county council [in England] and the Greater London Council) may, by a notice served on an owner or occupier of a relevant place in the area of the authority, require him—

(a)     to provide, before the expiration of a period specified in the notice and in such positions at the place as are so specified, sanitary appliances of such kinds and numbers as are so specified;

(b)     to maintain and keep clean the appliances to the reasonable satisfaction of the authority;

(c)     to provide and maintain a proper supply of such things for use in connection with the appliances as are so specified (which may be or include cold water or hot water or both); and

(d)     to make the appliances and things available for use by members of the public resorting to the place and, if the notice so requires, to make them so available free of charge.

(2)     A notice in pursuance of this section may require the provision of sanitary appliances on such occasions as are specified in the notice but if it does so it shall not also require the provision

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