Section 87: Provision of public conveniences in England .

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

Part II: Sanitation and Buildings

A county council in England, a local authority in England or a parish ... council may, subject to subsection (2) of this section, provide sanitary conveniences in proper and convenient situations.

Any such council or authority shall not provide any such convenience in or under a highway or proposed highway for which they are not the highway authority without the consent of the highway authority.

Any such council or authority who provide any public sanitary conveniences, may—

make byelaws as to the conduct of persons using or entering them;
let them for such term, at such rent, and subject to such conditions as they think fit;
charge such fees for the use of any such conveniences ... as they think fit.

In this section the expression “sanitary conveniences” includes lavatories.

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