Part 1Sexual Offences

Other offences

71Sexual activity in a public lavatory

F11

A person commits an offence if—

a

he is in a lavatory to which the public or a section of the public has or is permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise,

b

he intentionally engages in an activity, and,

c

the activity is sexual.

2

For the purposes of this section, an activity is sexual if a reasonable person would, in all the circumstances but regardless of any person’s purpose, consider it to be sexual.

3

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.