# The School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967, Regulation 15: Sanitary accommodation for pupils

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(1) Subject to paragraph (1A) of this regulation, in every school sanitary accommodation shall be provided for the pupils by appliances on a scale not less than that specified in Table VIII:
Provided that , except where paragraph (1A) of this regulation applies, in every school which is not designed exclusively for girls half the accommodation shall be for boys and not more than one third of the appliances for boys shall be water closets and the remainder shall be urinals, each 610 mm length of urinal being counted as one appliance for the purposes of Table VIII.
TABLE VIII
Number of pupils
Number of appliances
Every 15 pupils up to a total of 60
2
Every additional 30 pupils up to a total of 300
2
Every additional 60 pupils over 300 pupils
2
(1A) Every nursery school and every nursery class in a primary school shall have not less than 1 water closet for every 10 pupils.
(2) In every school providing for pupils beyond stage P IV in the sanitary accommodation for girls there shall be suitable provision for the disposal of sanitary towels.
(3) In every school every sanitary appliance or group of sanitary appliances shall be situated near to a wash basin or wash basins.
(4) In every school every water closet shall be provided with a partition sufficient to secure privacy and, except in relation to a nursery school or nursery class in a primary school, with a lockable door.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1967/1199/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-premises-general-requirements-and-standards-scotland-regulations-1967/regulation-15
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