http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/32/section/1Public Lavatories (Turnstiles) Act 1963An Act to make it the duty of local authorities to abolish turnstiles in public lavatories and sanitary conveniences.1979-08-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2015-09-14Expert Participation2012-05-27 11Every 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.2It 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.3If 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5In 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.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 I and (E.) 1970/1681, arts. 2(1), 6(3)S. 1(4) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIIWords substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 272(2)1972 c. 70. Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIIWords in s. 1(5) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/974, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 2S. 1 excluded (27.5.2012) by London Local Authorities Act 2012 (c. ii), ss. 1(3), 6