{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1936/section-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1936/section-51.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5and1Edw8/26/49",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health Act 1936",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1936",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Care of closets.",
  "text": "(1) The occupier of every building in, or in connection with, which a watercloset or an earthcloset is provided shall, in the case of a watercloset, cause the flushing apparatus thereof to be kept supplied with water sufficient for flushing and where necessary to be properly protected against frost, and shall, in the case of an earthcloset, cause it to be kept supplied with dry earth or other suitable deodorising material.\n(2) A person who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 51-52 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 51-52 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch.2."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 51 modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Cowes Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1216), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 51 modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Cornwall Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1215), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch. (with art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 51 modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Bristol Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1214), arts. 1, 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 51 modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Southampton Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1218), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 51 modified (E.) (6.4.2010) by The Portsmouth Port Health Authority Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1217), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Ss. 51 52 modified (24.3.2011) by The Hull and Goole Port Health Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/939), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "S. 51: functions etc. assigned to the Port Health Authority (7.11.2024) by The London Port Health Authority Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1161), arts. 1(1), 4(2), Sch. (with arts. 4(3), 5(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "S. 51 amended (Greater London) by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 13"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5and1Edw8/26/49/section/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:34:55.147062+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}