PART 8PROVISION OF TOILETS
Local authority power to provide public toilets
I1116Local authority power to provide public toilets
1
A local authority may provide toilets in its area for use by the public.
2
A local authority must have regard to the relevant local toilets strategy when determining—
a
whether to provide toilets under subsection (1), and
b
the types of toilets to be provided.
3
For the purposes of subsection (2), the relevant local toilets strategy is—
a
in the case of a county or county borough council (“a principal council”), the local toilets strategy most recently published under section 113 by that council, and
b
in the case of a community council, the local toilets strategy most recently published under section 113 by the principal council of the area in which the community council is situated.
4
A local authority may not provide toilets under subsection (1) on or under land adjoining, or in the vicinity of, a highway or proposed highway unless—
a
the local authority is (or in the case of a proposed highway, will be) the highway authority for that highway, or
b
the local authority has obtained the consent of the highway authority for that highway, or (in the case of a proposed highway) of the authority that will be the highway authority for that highway, to provide such toilets.
5
A local authority that provides toilets under this section may charge fees for the use of those toilets.
6
In this section—
“highway” (“priffordd”) has the meaning given by section 113(9);
“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) includes a community council.