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Section 87 Provision of public conveniences in England .F6C2

England and Wales

C1( F1 1 )

F2A county council in England, a local authority in England or a parish F3... council may, subject to subsection (2) of this section, provide sanitary conveniences in proper and convenient situations.

(2)

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.

(3)

F4Any such council or authority who provide any public sanitary conveniences, may—

(a)

make byelaws as to the conduct of persons using or entering them;

(b)

let them for such term, at such rent, and subject to such conditions as they think fit;

(c)

charge such fees for the use of any such conveniences F5... as they think fit.

(4)

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

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 87(1)(2) substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 14 para. 9(1)

F2

Words in s. 87(1) substituted (31.5.2018) by Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 2), s. 126(2), Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(a); S.I. 2018/605, art. 2(b)

F3

Words in s. 87(1) omitted (31.5.2018) by virtue of Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 2), s. 126(2), Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(b); S.I. 2018/605, art. 2(b)

F4

Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 14 para. 9(2)

F5

Words in s. 87(3)(c) omitted (6.4.2008) by virtue of The Sex Discrimination (Amendment of Legislation) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/963), regs. 1(1), 3

F6

Words in s. 87 heading inserted (31.5.2018) by Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 2), s. 126(2), Sch. 4 para. 1(3); S.I. 2018/605, art. 2(b)

Modifications

C1

Functions of Minister of Transport under s. 87(1) in relation to Wales now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1965/319, art. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. I

C2

S. 87 modified by S.I. 1973/686, art. 3(1), Sch. 3

Notes on Part II

Modifications

C1

Pt. II amended by Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), s. 76(1)(2)

C2

Pt. II (ss. 14–90) amended by Housing and Building Control Act 1984 (c. 29, SIF 61), ss. 41(1), 52(1) and 60(2)(a)