However, demanding that an individual provide verification of their birth sex or questioning them at toilet doors is expressly considered inappropriate under the code. Northern Ireland has distinct and separate legal frameworks regarding transgender people's access to single-sex spaces like bathrooms and changing rooms. When it comes to bathrooms and changing rooms, the burden is on private business owners in England, Scotland and Wales. Related: Women's Institute to ban transgender women after U.K. Supreme Court rulingThe other complication is money. Thousands of bathrooms and changing rooms had to be changed to meet the new code, SkyNews reported.