Building Regulations for Cafes/ Retaraunts Etc.

[ALLIGATOR]

Is a Cafe or Restaraunt bound by law to have Toilets for the use of the general Public installed on their premises before they are allowed to open for Business . Thanking You all in anticipation of an answer. Cheers, ALLIGATOR.

[JanineG]

Not 100% sure on this, but I think that they do have to have toilets for the use of customers, but not the "general public" at large. I would say the toilets would have to be open and in use before the cafe is allowed to be open for business.

[Buenchico]

There is no UK-wide law which states that food outlets have to provide toilets for customers. (You only need to head for the tourist areas of Central London to find hundreds of small caf�s which operate, perfectly legally, with no such provision).

Local authorities now usually require all new premises serving food to provide customer toilets but existing food outlets are not required to install them.

As far as providing toilets for the general public, rather than just customers, is concerned, nobody is required to provide these. (Even local authorities are under no obligation to provide public toilets).

Chris

[dzug]

Motorway service areas are obliged to provide facilities for the general public as a term of their concession but AFAIK nowhere else.

[ALLIGATOR]

Hi There , Thank You all for your Answers and I apolgise for for the term General Public , I should have said Customers .But you have answered my question. Thanks once again. ALLIGATOR