Public Lavatories (Turnstiles) Act 1963

Abolition of turnstiles.

1

• (1) Every turnstile in any part of a public lavatory or public sanitary convenience controlled or managed by a local authority, or in any entrance or exit of such a public lavatory or convenience, shall be removed not later than six months after the passing of this Act; and after the passing of this Act no turnstile shall be installed in, or in any entrance or exit of, any such public lavatory or convenience.

• (2) It shall be the duty of local authorities to ensure that the provisions of this Act are complied with notwithstanding anything in any other Act, whether public or local.

• (3) If any local authority in England and Wales fail to discharge a duty imposed on them by the foregoing provisions of this section, that duty shall be enforceable, on the application of the Secretary of State, by mandamus.

• (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (5) In this section the expression “local authority” means, in England and Wales, a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1972, . . . or the Common Council of the City of London and, in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

Short title and extent.

2

• (1) This Act may be cited as the Public Lavatories (Turnstiles) Act 1963.

• (2) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

Abolition of turnstiles.

Editorial notes

[^c653765]: Act: transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

[^c653771]: Words substituted by virtue of (W.) S.I. 1965/319, arts. 2(1), 10(1)(a), Sch. 1 Pt. I and (E.) 1970/1681, arts. 2(1), 6(3)

[^c653772]: S. 1(4) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

[^c653773]: Words substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 272(2)

[^c653774]: 1972 c. 70.

[^c653775]: Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

[^c653776]: Words in s. 1(5) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/974, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 2

[^key-7e55aa27bb2b4c93d0e45b3034f2eceb]: S. 1 excluded (27.5.2012) by London Local Authorities Act 2012 (c. ii), ss. 1(3), 6