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.