S.L. 646.8 Art. 27Sanitary equipment.

(1) The employer shall provide sufficient and suitable sanitary conveniences at readily accessible places, which conveniences shall be deemed suitable if:

(a) they and the rooms containing them are suitably maintained and kept clean;

(b) the rooms containing them are adequately ventilated and well lit;

(c) they are provided with adequate handwashing and drying facilities, as far as reasonably practicable;

(d) they are in the vicinity of workstations, rest rooms, changing rooms and rooms housing showers or washbasins.

(2) Eating shall not be allowed in the said areas.

(3) Where for any reason attributable to the design and dimensions of the workplace, the employer is unable to provide the aforementioned facilities in accordance with the provisions of subregulation (1), he shall allow his workers adequate opportunity to leave the workplace during breaks.

(4) The employer shall provide separate conveniences for persons of different sexes: Provided that where for any reason attributable to the design and dimensions of the workplace, the employer is unable to provide separate conveniences, the employer shall ensure the adequate privacy of any person using such facilities.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation, the number of sanitary conveniences provided shall be deemed sufficient if it complies with the First Schedule.