Legal Information
The area that often raises most concerns – the legal aspects associated with the provision and use of Changing Places toilets – can easily become an obstacle to progress.
A factsheet about the legal issues you need to be aware of, written by experts in law and disability and moving and handling policies, is now available to download.
The factsheet provides an outline of legislation that is relevant to the provision and use of Changing Places toilet facilities. It also identifies the practical implications of installing this type of facility.
This information can be used in two ways:
- to encourage large organisations and individuals, such as local authorities, city centre planners, transport companies, and other relevant organisations to seriously consider providing Changing Places toilets, in light of the current legislation
and/or to support these organisations to provide Changing Places toilets by helping them to:
- understand existing policy and current accepted practice
- identify relevant factors associated with this e.g. benefits, risks, manual handling issues
- take these factors into account e.g. explore ways to manage identified risk.
This information should support individuals and organisations to develop balanced, reasoned decisions on what is, in legal terms, ‘reasonably practicable’ in the provision and the use of Changing Places toilets.
