F1[5 Power of sanitary authority to secure maintenance and cleanliness of sanitary conveniences.E+W+S
(1)If it appears to [F2the Health and Safety Executive] that a sanitary convenience provided for the use of workers employed in agriculture on an agricultural unit . . . F3 (being a convenience provided on the unit or provided in pursuance of regulations under the last foregoing section elsewhere) is not being properly maintained or is not being kept clean, they shall, by notice to the occupier of the unit (or, where the convenience is provided in pursuance of such regulations as aforesaid, to the person who provided it) require him, as the case may be, to take, within such time as may be specified in the notice, such steps for the purpose of securing the proper maintenance of the convenience as may be so specified or to cleanse the convenience forthwith.
(2)A person who fails to comply with the requirements of a notice under this section shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that, in any proceedings under this subsection for an offence consisting in a failure to comply with the requirements of a notice requiring the taking of steps for the purpose of securing the proper maintenance of a convenience, it shall be open to the defendant to question the reasonableness of the requirements of the notice.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 5 repealed (1.1.1993 with respect to certain premises and 1.1.1996 with respect to certain further premises) by S.I. 1992/3004, regs. 1(2)(3), 2, 3, 27, Sch. 2 Pt. I
F2Words substituted by S.I. 1977/746, Sch. 2
F3Words repealed by S.I. 1977/746, Sch. 2