Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970

5Provision of public sanitary conveniences

(1)Where any local authority undertake the provision of a public sanitary convenience, it shall be the duty of the authority, in doing so, to make provision, in so far as it is in the circumstances both practicable and reasonable, for the needs of disabled persons.

(2)Any local authority which in any public sanitary convenience provided by them make or have made provision for the needs of disabled persons shall take such steps as may be reasonable, by sign-posts or similar notices, to indicate the whereabouts of the convenience.

(3)In this section " local authority " means a local authority within the meaning of the [1933 c. 51.] Local Government Act 1933 or the [1947 c. 43.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 and any joint board or joint committee of which all the constituent authorities are local authorities within the meaning of either of those Acts.