1963 c.32: An Act to make it the duty of local authorities to abolish turnstiles in public lavatories and sanitary conveniences.
[31st July 1963]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
[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 Minister of Housing and Local Government, by mandamus.
(4) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable by way of Rate-deficiency Grant or Exchequer Equalisation Grant under the enactments relating to local government in England and Wales or in Scotland.
[23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 51. 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 40.]
(5) In this section the expression “local authority” means, in England and Wales, a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1933, a local authority within the meaning of the London Government Act 1939 or the Common Council of the City of London and, in Scotland, the council of a county, the town council of a burgh or a district council.
[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.
Source: Public General Acts 1963.
See also: Legislation.gov.uk.