Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948

PART V.

Baths, Washhouses, Bathing Places, Etc.

Provision of public baths, etc.

35.—(1) A sanitary authority may provide and maintain—

(a) public baths,

(b) public swimming baths or public bathing places,

(c) conveniences for bathers (including, in particular, dressing accommodation, sanitary conveniences, shower baths, first-aid equipment and refreshments), or

(d) public washhouses,

either within their sanitary district or, subject to subsection (3) of this section, outside their sanitary district but at a convenient distance therefrom.

(2) Where a sanitary authority maintain a washhouse, they may provide thereat facilities for drying and ironing clothes and other articles.

(3) A bath, swimming bath, bathing place, convenience or washhouse shall not be provided under this section by a sanitary authority in the sanitary district of another sanitary authority save either with the consent of the other sanitary authority or, where such consent is refused or is not given within three months of being sought, with the consent of the Minister.

(4) Where a sanitary authority provide or maintain under this section outside their sanitary district a bath, swimming bath, bathing place, convenience or washhouse, they shall, for any purpose ancillary to such provision or maintenance, have the same powers (inclusive, in particular, of powers for the acquisition of land, the obtaining of water, the disposal of water or sewerage and the laying of water pipes and sewers) and shall be subject to the same restrictions as they would have and be subject to for that purpose if the bath, swimming bath, bathing place, convenience or washhouse were provided in their sanitary district.

(5) A bath, swimming bath, bathing place, convenience for bathers, or washhouse which is at the commencement of this section maintained by a sanitary authority shall be deemed to have been provided under this section by that authority.