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Originally Posted by chowhou
If you follow the act to the legal letter, technically you're not paying for the toilet you're paying a transit fare.
Similarly it seems to be perfectly legal to have bathrooms on WCE, bathrooms in Playland, and bathrooms in nightclubs with cover charges.
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The Act says
1 In this Act:
"
public place or building" means a place or building to which members of the public have access, whether or not an admission fee or charge is required to be paid to obtain access to the place or building, and without limiting this definition includes all of the following:
(a) churches, theatres, auditoriums, amphitheatres, stadiums and other places of assembly or entertainment;
(b) commercial or industrial buildings or structures;
(c) hospitals and nursing institutions;
(d) railway cars, stations and depots;
(e) ferries and ferry landings;
(f) public parks and campsites;
"toilet" means a device used for individual disposal of human waste and excrement, and includes a lavatory, water closet and urinal.
No payment for use of toilets
2 An owner, occupier or other person having control over a public place or building must not install, or authorize or permit the installation or maintain, in the public institution or building, a toilet that is contained in
(a) a closet, receptacle or compartment, or
(b) a washroom or restroom
that is locked and requires the deposit of a coin or the payment of money for the use of the toilet.