Disabled Persons Act 1981

4 Duty to draw attention to provisions as to access— Sanitary appliances at places of entertainment. E+W+S

The following subsections shall be inserted after subsection 10 of section 20 of the M1 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (provision of sanitary appliances at places of entertainment)—

(11)A notice under this section shall draw the attention of the person on whom it is served—

(a)to sections 6(1) and 7 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970; and

(b)to the Code of Practice for Access for the Disabled to Buildings.

(12)In subsection (11) of this section “the Code of Practice for Access for the Disabled to Buildings” means, subject to subsection (13) of this section, the British Standards Institution code of practice referred to as BS 5810: 1979.

(13)Section 28 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (power to define certain expressions for the purposes of provisions of that Act) shall have effect as if any reference in it to a provision of that Act included a reference to this section..

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of ss. 1, 4, 5, 6(1)–(5) and 7 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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