| (1)
Suitable and sufficient washing facilities, including showers if required by the
nature of the work or for health reasons, shall be provided at readily accessible
places |
| (2)
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), washing facilities shall
not be suitable unless - |
a.
They are provided in the immediate vicinity of every sanitary convenience, whether
or not provided elsewhere as well; |
b.
They are provided in the vicinity of any changing rooms required by these regulations,
whether or not provided elsewhere as well; |
c.
They include a supply clean hot and cold, or warm, water (which shall be running
water as far as is practical); |
d.
They include soap or other suitable means of cleaning; |
e.
They include towels or other suitable means of drying; |
f.
The rooms containing them are sufficiently ventilated and lit; |
g.
They and the rooms containing them are kept in a clean and orderly condition;
and |
h.
Separate facilities are provided for men and women, except where and so far as
they are provided in a room the door of which is capable of being secured from
the inside and the facilities in each such room are intended to be used by only
one person at a time. |
| Paragraph
2(h) shall not apply to facilities which are provided for washing hands, forearms
and face only, |