Section 88: Control over conveniences in, or accessible from, streets.

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

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Part II: Sanitation and Buildings

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Any person aggrieved by the refusal of a local authority to give a consent under the preceding subsection, or by any terms imposed by them, may appeal to a court of summary jurisdiction.

The local authority may by notice require—

the owner of a sanitary convenience which has been erected in contravention of subsection (1) of this section, or the removal of which they are by virtue of the terms of a consent given under that subsection entitled to require, to remove it;
the owner of a sanitary convenience which opens on a street and is so placed or constructed as to be a nuisance or offensive to public decency, to remove or permanently to close it.

The provisions of Part XII of this Act with respect to appeals against, and the enforcement of, notices requiring the execution of works shall apply in relation to any notice given under this section.

Nothing in this section affects the powers of a county council under the last preceding section.

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