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PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1907 - SECT 44

Compulsory provision of urinals and sanitary conveniences.

44.(1) Where any inn, public-house, beer-house, eating-house,
refreshment-house, or place of public entertainment, whether built before or
after the commencement of this section, has belonging or attached thereto no
urinal, or a urinal which in the opinion of the [district council] is not
proper or sufficient, the [council] may, by notice in writing, require the
owner or occupier of the premises to provide and maintain thereon one or more
than one proper and sufficient urinal suitably placed.

(2) Where any sports ground has belonging thereto no sanitary conveniences, or
sanitary conveniences which in the opinion of the [district council] are not
proper or sufficient, the [council] may by notice in writing require the owner
or occupier to provide and maintain thereon one or more than one proper and
sufficient sanitary convenience suitably placed. In this sub-section the
expression "sports ground" means any lands, premises or place provided and
maintained by any person or body of persons (whether corporate or
unincorporate) for the purpose of exhibitions of games or sports ordinarily
played or contested out of doors between two or more persons or groups of
persons, where payments are charged for admission thereto.

(3) If the owner or occupier fails within a reasonable time to comply with a
notice under this section, he shall be liable in respect of each offence to a
penalty not exceeding [#1] and to a daily penalty not exceeding [50p].

(4) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (2) of section two of this Act,
this section shall have effect in the area of every [district council] in
Northern Ireland.]

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