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The section is difficult to apply in the case
of a building that is occupied by more than
one employer of labour and the tenants change
from time to time. For instance, a landlord
might provide one w.c. for a limited number
of males and, say, two for women. A change
of tenancy occurs, and he may be called upon to
make a complete reversal of the arrangements.
This is more frequently the case where one
building is in several occupations.
It would be straining the intention of the
framers of the Act to rigidly enforce it in the
case of a workshop used by women only, with
the exception of one male, especially where a
public convenience is in the vicinity.
The same applies, but to a lesser extent, to
workshops where a female clerk or typewriter
is "in attendance at" a counting-house
attached to a business where male workpeople
are employed.
Cases have occurred where the owner has
fulfilled the requirements of the law, but some