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PUBLIC TOILET ACT [Repealed March 31/09 by 2008
Bill 23, c. 28 (B.C. Reg. 49/2009)]
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PUBLIC TOILET ACT [Repealed March 31/09 by 2008 Bill 23, c. 28 (B.C. Reg. 49/2009)]
PUBLIC TOILET ACT [Repealed March 31/09 by 2008 Bill 23, c.
28 (B.C. Reg. 49/2009)]
CHAPTER 389 [RSBC 1996]
[There have been no amendments to this Act since the 1996 Statute Revision.]
Contents
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Definitions
No payment for use of toilets
Removal of coin operated locks
Inspection
Offence
Minister's power to make regulations
Definitions
1.
In this Act:
"public place or building" means a place or building to which members of the public have
access, whether or not an admission fee or charge is required to be paid to obtain access to the
place or building, and without limiting this definition includes all of the following:
(a) churches, theatres, auditoriums, amphitheatres, stadiums and other places of
assembly or entertainment;
(b) commercial or industrial buildings or structures;
(c)
hospitals and nursing institutions;
(d)
railway cars, stations and depots;
(e)
ferries and ferry landings;
(f)
public parks and campsites;
"toilet" means a device used for individual disposal of human waste and excrement, and includes
a lavatory, water closet and urinal.
RS1979-347-1.
No payment for use of toilets
2.
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An owner, occupier or other person having control over a public place or building must not
install, or authorize or permit the installation or maintain, in the public institution or
building, a toilet that is contained in
(a) a closet, receptacle or compartment, or
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PUBLIC TOILET ACT [Repealed March 31/09 by 2008 Bill 23, c. 28 (B.C. Reg. 49/2009)]
(b)
a washroom or restroom
that is locked and requires the deposit of a coin or the payment of money for the use of the
toilet.
RS1979-347-2.
Removal of coin operated locks
3.
Every owner, occupier or other person having control over a public place or building in
which there is a toilet described in section 2,
(a) must not have coin operated locks or other coin operated devices on the door of a
closet, receptacle or compartment, and
(b) must not demand payment for the use of the toilet.
RS1979-347-3.
Inspection
4.
(1)
(2)
The minister or any other person authorized by the minister or appointed under the Health
Act may enter and inspect any public place or building to determine whether this Act is
being complied with.
For this purposes of subsection (1), the minister or the other person has the authority of a
medical health officer or an inspector under that Act.
RS1979-347-4(1).
Offence
5.
(1)
(2)
A person who contravenes this Act, the regulations, or the order of the minister or other
person referred to in section 4, commits an offence.
Every day that a contravention continues constitutes a separate offence.
RS1979-347-5.
Minister's power to make regulations
6.
The minister may make regulations referred to in section 41 of the Interpretation Act.
RS1979-347-4(2).
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