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Section 43: Closet accommodation to be provided for new buildings.

Public Health Act 1936 · 1936 c. 49View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is omitted
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part II: Sanitation and Buildings.

OMITTED FROM CURRENT TEXT.

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Any question arising under this section between a local authority and the person by whom, or on whose behalf, plans are deposited as to whether—

the provision of closet accommodation, or, as the case may be, the provision of separate closet accommodation for persons of each sex, may properly be dispensed with; or
the closet accommodation proposed to be provided is sufficient and satisfactory or, as the case may be, sufficient and satisfactory for persons of either sex; or
the provision of an earthcloset in lieu of a watercloset should in any particular instance be approved,

may on the application of that person be determined by a court of summary jurisdiction.

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