New guidance on single-sex spaces open to the public has come into force, covering facilities such as toilets and changing rooms in England, Wales and Scotland.
The code applies to public-facing spaces where access is designated on a single-sex basis. The source material identifies toilets and changing rooms as examples of the types of facilities covered by the guidance.
Its territorial scope includes England, Wales and Scotland. No separate application to Northern Ireland is stated in the supplied material.
The introduction of the guidance means that organisations and settings operating public-access single-sex facilities now have a new code in force to take into account. The supplied material does not set out the detailed provisions of the code, the body responsible for issuing it, or any enforcement arrangements.
No official responses, statements or reactions are included in the supplied material. The latest known position is that the guidance is now in effect for relevant public spaces in England, Wales and Scotland.
