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McRAE, GOVERNMENT PRINTER AT 12.00 NOON\n© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA\nWESTERN\nAUSTRALIAN\nGOVERNMENT\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\n_________\nSHIRE OF BROOME\n———————————\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT\nPROPERTY AND PUBLIC\nPLACES LOCAL LAW 2016\n\n\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3143\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nSHIRE OF BROOME\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND PUBLIC\nPLACES LOCAL LAW 2016\nCONTENTS\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Title\n1.2 Commencement\n1.3 Application of local law\n1.4 Repeal\n1.5 Definitions\n1.6 Assistance animals\nPART 2—DETERMINATIONS IN RESPECT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\nDivision 1—Determinations\n2.1 Determinations as to use of local government property\n2.2 Procedure for making a determination\n2.3 Discretion to erect sign\n2.4 Determination to be complied with\n2.5 Register of determinations\n2.6 Amendment or revocation of a determination\nDivision 2—Activities which may be pursued or prohibited under a determination\n2.7 Activities which may be pursued on specified local government property\n2.8 Activities which may be prohibited on specified local government property\nDivision 3—Transitional\n2.9 Signs taken to be determinations\nPART 3—PERMITS\nDivision 1—Preliminary\n3.1 Application of Part\nDivision 2—When a permit is required\n3.2 Activities needing a permit\n3.3 Permit required to camp outside a facility\n3.4 Permit required for possession and consumption of liquor\nDivision 3—Applying for a permit\n3.5 Application for permit\n3.6 Decision on application for permit\n3.7 Factors relevant to the determination of an application\nDivision 4—Conditions\n3.8 Conditions which may be imposed on a permit\n3.9 Compliance with and variation of conditions\n\n3144 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 June 2017\nDivision 5—General\n3.10 Duration of permit\n3.11 Renewal of permit\n3.12 Transfer of permit\n3.13 Production of permit\n3.14 Cancellation of permit\nDivision 6—Responsibilities of permit holder\n3.15 Responsibilities of permit holder\nPART 4—BEHAVIOUR IN PUBLIC PLACES\nDivision 1—Behaviour on and interference with local government property\n4.1 Behaviour which interferes with others\n4.2 Behaviour detrimental to a public place\n4.3 Adequate clothing and loitering outside toilets\n4.4 Taking or injuring any fauna\n4.5 Entry to local government property\nDivision 2—Fees for use of local government property\n4.6 Payment of applicable fees for entry or participation\n4.7 No refund of fees\nDivision 3—Signs\n4.8 Signs\nPART 5—HIRING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n5.1 Application for hire\n5.2 Decision on application where 2 or more applicants\n5.3 Conditions of hire and use\n5.4 Responsibilities of hirer\nPART 6—SWIMMING POOLS AND WATER PARKS\n6.1 Use of all or part of a pool premises\n6.2 When entry to and use of pool premises will be refused\n6.3 When entry to and use of pool premises may be refused\n6.4 Person to comply with direction\n6.5 Decency\n6.6 Objection or Appeal against refusal of admission\n6.7 Carnivals\n6.8 Closure of pool premises\n6.9 Limitations on use\n6.10 Ticket or membership card not transferable\nPART 7—BEACHES AND BATHING\n7.1 Sandboarding and sand dune protection\n7.2 Boat launching\n7.3 Surf life saving activities\n7.4 Identification of life saving patrol\n7.5 Compliance with signs and directions\n7.6 Fishing\n7.7 Surfboards and boats\n7.8 Authority of local government authorised employee to prevail\nPART 8—ACTIVITIES ON VERGES AND FOOTPATHS\nDivision 1—Verge treatments\n8.1 Interpretation\n8.2 Verge treatment\n8.3 Permissible verge treatments\n8.4 Owner’s or occupier’s responsibilities for verge treatments\n8.5 Installation of hardstand surface on a verge for the parking of cars\n8.6 Enforcement\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3145\nDivision 2—Vehicle crossings\n8.7 Standard vehicle crossings\nDivision 3—Protection of footpaths\n8.8 Footpath protection\nPART 9—ADVERTISING SIGNS IN PUBLIC PLACES\nDivision 1—Preliminary\n9.1 Definitions\n9.2 Person taken to own advertising sign\nDivision 2—Permit\n9.3 Permit required for advertising signs and portable direction signs\n9.4 Matters to be considered in determining application for permit\nDivision 3—Conditions on permit\n9.5 Conditions on portable sign\n9.6 Conditions on election sign\nPART 10—DAMAGE TO AND CLOSED THOROUGHFARES\nDivision 1—Damage to thoroughfares\n10.1 Notice to repair damage to thoroughfare\nDivision 2—No driving on closed thoroughfares\n10.2 No access without consent\nPART 11—SHOPPING TROLLEYS\n11.1 Name of owner of shopping trolley\n11.2 Shopping trolleys in public places\n11.3 Shopping trolley to be removed by retailer\n11.4 Retailer taken to own shopping trolley\nPART 12—SECURED SUM\n12.1 Security for restoration and reinstatement\nPART 13—REMEDY FOR BREACH\n13.1 Notice requiring works to be done\nPART 14—MISCELLANEOUS\n14.1 Public liability insurance and indemnity\n14.2 Directions of authorised person\n14.3 Disposal of lost and found property\nPART 15—OFFENCES AND PENALTIES\n15.1 Offences\n15.2 Infringement and infringement withdrawal notices\n15.3 Offence description and modified penalty\nPART 16—OBJECTIONS AND REVIEW\n16.1 Application of Division 1, Part 9 of the Act\nSCHEDULE 1—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES\nSCHEDULE 2—DETERMINATIONS\nSCHEDULE 3—DEFINITION OF “WEED”\n\n\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3147\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nSHIRE OF BROOME\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND PUBLIC\nPLACES LOCAL LAW 2016\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995, and under all other powers enabling\nit, the Council of the Shire of Broome resolved on [insert date] 2016 to make the following local law.\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Title\nThis local law may be referred to as the Shire of Broome Local Government Property and Public\nPlaces Local Law 2016.\n1.2 Commencement\nThis local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of its publication in the Government\nGazette.\n1.3 Application of local law\nThis local law applies except where indicated otherwise throughout the district and in the sea\nadjoining the district for a distance of 200 metres seawards of the local government’s western district\nboundary which is bound by the low water mark of the Indian Ocean.\n1.4 Repeal\nThe Shire of Broome Local Government Property and Public Places Local Law 2012 as published in\nthe Government Gazette on 23 October 2012 and as amended on 20 September 2013 and 6 January\n2015 is repealed.\n1.5 Definitions\n(1) In this local law, unless the context otherwise requires—\nAct means the Local Government Act 1995;\nanimal means any living thing that is not a human being or plant;\napplicant means a person who has lodged an application for a permit;\napplication for a permit means an application for a permit referred to in clause 3.5;\napproval means an application for a permit which has been approved by the local government\nunder clause 3.6(1)(a);\narticle in respect of lost property, includes money;\nattendant means an employee of the local government duly authorised to perform duties in\nconnection with a pool premises;\nauthorised person means—\n(a) a person appointed by the local government under section 9.10 of the Act to perform\nany of the functions of an authorised person under this local law; and\n(b) any member of the Western Australian Police Force;\nbathing means the act of entering the sea, a swimming pool or other water body to swim or use a\nbathing appliance and includes the act of emerging therefrom;\nbathing appliance means a float of any material, including kick boards, paddle boards, body\nboards, or any other device used or capable of being used for the purpose of bathing;\nbeach includes so much of the sea adjoining the beach as is within the application of this local\nlaw;\nboat means any structure vessel, excluding personal watercraft, whether motorised or not and\nmade or used to travel or float on water or travel under water;\nBroome townsite area means the area of the district constituted as the Broome townsite under\nthe Land Administration Act 1997;\ncarriageway has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\n\n3148 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 June 2017\nCEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government;\nclosed thoroughfare means a thoroughfare wholly or partly closed under section 3.50 or section\n3.50A of the Act;\ncommencement day means the day on which this local law comes into operation;\nCouncil means the council of the local government;\ndevelopment approval means approval granted by the local government in accordance with the\nPlanning and Development Act 2005;\ndistrict means the district of the local government;\nevent means an occurrence held within the district by a person(s)/group/organisation, where\npeople assemble at a given time for entertainment, recreation or community purposes and\nincludes but is not limited to—\n(a) concerts and events run as a commercial activity;\n(b) ceremonies and processions;\n(c) sporting and competitor events such as marathons, triathlons, organised swims and\nother similar events;\n(d) shows and fairs including circuses, carnivals and other customised venue based events;\n(e) festivals, exhibitions and expos; and\n(f) community events and fundraisers;\nfishing means to use any line, lure, rod, pot or other method for the purpose of catching marine\nlife;\nfootpath means an area that is open to the public that is designated for, or has as 1 of its main\nuses, use by pedestrians;\ngarden means any part of a verge planted, developed or treated otherwise than as a lawn, with 1\nor more plants;\nindecent exposure means the revealing to view those parts of the body, especially the genitals,\nwhich by law and convention should be covered by clothing under the given circumstances;\nintersection has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\nlarge animal includes a cow, horse, pig, sheep, goat or camel;\nlawn means any part of a verge which is planted only with grass, or with a similar plant, but\nmay include any other plant provided that it has been planted by the local government;\nlife saving club means a life saving club affiliated with Surf Life Saving Western Australia;\nlife saving gear means any gear or appliance for use in life saving or for use in the training of\nmembers of a life saving club;\nlife saving patrol means a patrol comprising such members of a life saving club as are\nappointed by that club from time to time to provide life saving services in an area, and the\nterm includes any local government employee authorised to perform any of the functions in\nclause 7.3;\nliquor has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the Liquor Control Act 1988;\nlocal government means the Shire of Broome;\nlocal government facility means any building, function room, hall, sports field or premises that\nis owned or managed by the local government and made available for use by arrangement or\nduring certain opening hours;\nlocal government property means anything—\n(a) which belongs to, is owned by or is under the care, control and management of the local\ngovernment;\n(b) which is an “otherwise unvested facility” within section 3.53 of the Act; or\n(c) of which the local government is a management body under the Land Administration\nAct 1997;\nbut does not include a thoroughfare;\nlocal planning scheme means a local planning scheme of the local government made under the\nPlanning and Development Act 2005;\nlot has the meaning given to it in section 4 of the Planning and Development Act 2005;\nmanager means the person for the time being employed, contracted or appointed by the local\ngovernment to manage any pool premises and includes any assistant or deputy;\nnuisance means—\n(a) an activity or condition which is harmful or annoying and which gives rise to legal\nliability in the tort of public or private nuisance at law;\n(b) an unreasonable interference with the use and enjoyment of a person of his or her\nownership or occupation of land; or\n(c) interference which causes material damage to land or other property on the land\naffected by the interference;\npatrol flag means a flag or notice ordinarily erected at the limits of a bathing area to indicate\nthe extremities of that area;\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3149\npermit means a permit issued under this local law;\npermit holder means a person who holds a valid permit;\nperson does not include an authorised person performing a function of the local government;\npersonal watercraft means any vessel designed for the transport of 1, 2, or 3 persons that—\n(a) is propelled by means of an inboard motor powering a water jet pump; and\n(b) is designed to be steered by means of handlebars by a person sitting, standing or\nkneeling on the vessel and not within it;\npool premises means and includes any swimming pool or water park that is local government\nproperty and all buildings, fences, gardens, car parks, structures, fittings, fixtures,\nmachinery, chattels, furniture and equipment forming part of the swimming pool facility or\nused in connection with it;\nprivate land means a place that is not a public place;\npublic place means any thoroughfare or local government property;\nretailer means a proprietor of a shop which provides shopping trolleys for the use of customers of\nthe shop;\nRegulations mean the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996;\nsandboard means a board designed to be used for sliding down a slope of land or a sand dune or\nany similar device;\nshopping trolley means a container or receptacle on wheels provided by a retailer for its\ncustomers to transport goods;\nsign includes a notice, flag, mark, structure or device approved by the local government on which\nmay be shown words, numbers, expressions or symbols;\nsurfboard means flotation device designed and used for the purpose of riding waves that\nincludes 1 or more fins, which is capable of or may endanger the safety of swimmers;\nthoroughfare means a road or other thoroughfare including parking areas, structures or other\nthings appurtenant to the thoroughfare that are within its limits, and nothing is prevented\nfrom being a thoroughfare only because it is not open at each end;\nverge means that part of a thoroughfare that lies between the front of a property and the edge of\nthe carriageway;\nvehicle includes every conveyance and every object capable of being propelled or drawn on\nwheels, tracks or otherwise and an animal being ridden, driven or led, but excludes—\n(a) a wheelchair or any device designed for use by a physically impaired person on a\nfootpath;\n(b) a pram, stroller or similar device; and\n(c) a boat or personal watercraft;\nvehicle crossing means a crossing giving access from a public thoroughfare to either private\nland or a private thoroughfare serving private land;\nweed has the meaning specified in Schedule 3; and\nzoned means zoned under a local planning scheme.\n(2) In this local law, a reference to local government property or a public place includes the reference\nto any part, respectively, of that local government property or public place.\n1.6 Assistance animals\nThis local law is subject to any written law and law of the Commonwealth about assistance animals\nas defined in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Commonwealth) section 9(2).\nPART 2—DETERMINATIONS IN RESPECT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\nDivision 1—Determinations\n2.1 Determinations as to use of local government property\n(1) The local government may make a determination in accordance with clause 2.2—\n(a) setting aside specified local government property for the pursuit of all or any of the activities\nreferred to in clause 2.7;\n(b) prohibiting a person from pursuing all or any of the activities referred to in clause 2.8 on\nspecified local government property;\n(c) as to the matters in clauses 2.7(2) and 2.8(2); and\n(d) as to any matter ancillary or necessary to give effect to a determination.\n(2) The determinations in Schedule 2—\n(a) are to be taken to have been made in accordance with clause 2.2;\n(b) may be amended or revoked in accordance with clause 2.6; and\n(c) have effect on the commencement day.\n2.2 Procedure for making a determination\n(1) The local government is to give local public notice of its intention to make a determination.\n\n3150 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 June 2017\n(2) The local public notice referred to in subclause (1) is to state that—\n(a) the local government intends to make a determination, the purpose and effect of which is\nsummarised in the notice;\n(b) a copy of the proposed determination may be inspected and obtained from the offices of the\nlocal government; and\n(c) submissions in writing about the proposed determination may be lodged with the local\ngovernment within 21 days after the date of publication.\n(3) If no submissions are received in accordance with subclause (2)(c), the Council is to decide to—\n(a) give local public notice that the proposed determination has effect as a determination on and\nfrom the date of publication;\n(b) amend the proposed determination, in which case subclause (5) will apply; or\n(c) not continue with the proposed determination.\n(4) If submissions are received in accordance with subclause (2)(c) the Council is to—\n(a) consider those submissions; and\n(b) decide—\n(i) whether or not to amend the proposed determination; or\n(ii) not to continue with the proposed determination.\n(5) If the Council decides to amend the proposed determination, it is to give local public notice—\n(a) of the effect of the amendments; and\n(b) that the proposed determination has effect as a determination on and from the date of\npublication.\n(6) If the Council decides not to amend the proposed determination, it is to give local public notice\nthat the proposed determination has effect as a determination on and from the date of publication.\n(7) A proposed determination is to have effect as a determination on and from the date of publication\nof the local public notice referred to in subclauses (3), (5) and (6).\n(8) A decision under subclause (3) or (4) must not be delegated by the Council.\n2.3 Discretion to erect sign\nThe local government may erect a sign on local government property to give notice of the effect of a\ndetermination which applies to that property.\n2.4 Determination to be complied with\nA person must comply with a determination.\n2.5 Register of determinations\n(1) The local government is to keep a register of determinations made under clause 2.1, and of any\namendments to or revocations of determinations made under clause 2.6.\n(2) Sections 5.94 and 5.95 of the Act apply to the register referred to in subclause (1) and for that\npurpose the register is to be taken to be information within section 5.94(u)(i) of the Act.\n2.6 Amendment or revocation of a determination\n(1) The Council may amend or revoke a determination.\n(2) The provisions of clause 2.2 are to apply to an amendment of a determination as if the amendment\nwere a proposed determination.\n(3) If the Council revokes a determination it must give local public notice of the revocation and the\ndetermination ceases to have effect on the date of publication.\nDivision 2—Activities which may be pursued or prohibited under a determination\n2.7 Activities which may be pursued on specified local government property\n(1) A determination may provide that specified local government property is set aside as an area on\nwhich a person may—\n(a) bring, ride or drive an animal;\n(b) take, ride or drive a vehicle, or a particular class of vehicle;\n(c) fly or use a motorised model aeroplane;\n(d) use a children’s playground provided that the person is under an age specified in the\ndetermination;\n(e) launch, beach or leave a boat;\n(f) take or use a boat, or a particular class of boat;\n(g) deposit refuse, rubbish or liquid waste, whether or not of particular classes, and whether or\nnot in specified areas of that local government property;\n(h) play or practice—\n(i) golf or archery;\n(ii) pistol or rifle shooting, but subject to the compliance of that person with the Firearms\nAct 1973; or\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3151\n(iii) a similar activity, specified in the determination, involving the use of a projectile which\nin the opinion of the local government may cause injury or damage to a person or\nproperty;\n(i) ride a bicycle, a skateboard, rollerblades, a sandboard or a similar device; and\n(j) wear no clothing.\n(2) A determination may specify the extent to which and the manner in which an activity referred to\nin subclause (1) may be pursued and in particular—\n(a) the days and times during which the activity may be pursued;\n(b) that an activity may be pursued on a class of local government property, specified local\ngovernment property or all local government property;\n(c) that an activity is prohibited on all local government property other than that specified in the\ndetermination;\n(d) may limit the activity to a class of vehicles, boats, equipment or things, or may extend it to all\nvehicles, boats, equipment or things;\n(e) may specify that the activity can be pursued by a class of persons or all persons; and\n(f) may distinguish between different classes of the activity.\n2.8 Activities which may be prohibited on specified local government property\n(1) A determination may provide that a person is prohibited from pursuing all or any of the following\nactivities on specified local government property—\n(a) smoking on premises;\n(b) riding a bicycle, a skateboard, rollerblades, a sandboard or a similar device;\n(c) taking, riding or driving a vehicle or a particular class of vehicle on the property;\n(d) riding or driving a vehicle of a particular class or any vehicle above a specified speed;\n(e) taking or using a boat, or a particular class of boat;\n(f) the playing or practice of—\n(i) golf, archery, pistol shooting or rifle shooting; or\n(ii) a similar activity, specified in the determination, involving the use of a projectile which\nin the opinion of the local government may cause injury or damage to a person or\nproperty;\n(g) the playing or practice of any ball game which may cause detriment to the property or any\nfauna on the property; and\n(h) the traversing of sand dunes or land which in the opinion of the local government has\nenvironmental value warranting such protection, either absolutely or by limiting the\ntraversing of sand dunes or land to paths provided for that purpose.\n(2) A determination may specify the extent to which and the manner in which a person is prohibited\nfrom pursuing an activity referred to in subclause (1) and, in particular—\n(a) the days and times during which the activity is prohibited;\n(b) that an activity is prohibited on a class of local government property, specified local\ngovernment property or all local government property;\n(c) that an activity is prohibited in respect of a class of vehicles, boats, equipment or things, or\nall vehicles, boats, equipment or things;\n(d) that an activity is prohibited in respect of a class of persons or all persons; and\n(e) may distinguish between different classes of the activity.\n(3) In this clause—\npremises means a building, stadium or similar structure which is local government property, but\nnot an open space such as a park or a playing field.\nDivision 3—Transitional\n2.9 Signs taken to be determinations\n(1) Where a sign erected on local government property has been erected under a local law of the local\ngovernment repealed by this local law, then it is to be taken to be and have effect as a determination\non and from the commencement day, except to the extent that the sign is inconsistent with any\nprovision of this local law or any determination made under clause 2.1.\n(2) Clause 2.5 does not apply to a sign referred to in subclause (1).\nPART 3—Permits\nDivision 1—Preliminary\n3.1 Application of Part\nThis Part does not apply to a person who uses or occupies a public place—\n(a) under a written agreement with the local government to do so; or\n(b) subject to a licence issued in accordance with the local government’s Trading, Outdoor Dining\nand Street Entertainment Local Law 2003.\n\n3152 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 June 2017\nDivision 2—When a permit is required\n3.2 Activities needing a permit\n(1) A permit is required to undertake the following activities—\n(a) subject to subclause (3), hire local government property;\n(b) advertise anything by any means at a public place;\n(c) erect a structure for public amusement or for any performance, whether for gain or otherwise,\nwithin a public place;\n(d) teach, coach or train for profit any person in a pool area or an indoor recreation facility which\nis local government property;\n(e) plant any plant or sow any seeds within a public place, except where this is done to establish\na permissible verge treatment in accordance with clause 8.3;\n(f) carry on any trading within a public place unless the trading is conducted with the consent of\na person who holds a permit to conduct an event and the trading is carried out in accordance\nwith the permit; or\n(g) unless undertaken by an employee of the local government in the course of her or his duties\nor on an area set aside for that purpose—\n(i) drive or ride or take any vehicle on to local government property;\n(ii) park or stop any vehicle on local government property; or\n(iii) take or ride a large animal or large animals on local government property;\n(h) conduct an event within a public place;\n(i) conduct an event on private land, except where the carrying out of the event on that\nproperty—\n(i) is consistent with a development approval, if 1 is required in accordance with the\nPlanning and Development Act 2005; and\n(ii) a certificate of approval for a public building has been issued for the private land in\naccordance with the Health Act 1911 and the event is consistent with the certificate of\napproval;\n(j) light a fire except in a facility provided for that purpose;\n(k) parachute, hang glide, abseil or base jump from or on to a public place;\n(l) erect a building or a refuelling site within a public place;\n(m) make any excavation on or erect or remove any fence within a public place;\n(n) undertake any works in a public place including but not limited to constructing a crossover,\nconstructing a footpath, landscaping, roadworks and works to install sewerage, water, power\nand communications infrastructure;\n(o) depasture any horse, sheep, cattle, goat, camel, ass or mule within a public place;\n(p) conduct or take part in any gambling game or contest or bet, or offer to bet, from a public\nplace;\n(q) use or set off fireworks; or\n(r) land an aircraft or helicopter in a public place.\n(2) A person must not undertake an activity listed in subclause (1) without a permit.\n(3) The local government may exempt a person from compliance with subclause (1) on the application\nof that person.\n(4) The local government may exempt specified public places or a class of local government property\nfrom the application of subclause (1)(a).\n3.3 Permit required to camp outside a facility\n(1) In this clause—\ncamping means to carry out activities associated with habitation including but not limited to\nsleeping, cooking, laundry, ablutions or other domestic tasks.\nfacility has the same meaning as is given to it in section 5(1) of the Caravan Parks and Camping\nGrounds Act 1995.\ngoods has the same meaning as is given to it in section 3.38 of the Act.(2) This clause does not\napply to a facility operated by the local government.\n(3) A person must not without a permit—\n(a) camp on, lodge at or occupy any structure at night for the purpose of sleeping in a public\nplace;\n(b) undertake camping in a public place;\n(c) erect any tent, camp, hut or similar structure in a public place other than a beach shade or\nwindbreak erected for use during the hours of daylight and which is dismantled during those\nhours on the same day; or\n(d) park a vehicle in a public place for the purpose of camping in or around the vehicle.\n(4) The maximum period for which the local government may approve an application for a permit in\nrespect of paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of subclause (3) is that provided in regulation 11(2)(a) of the\nCaravan Parks and Camping Grounds Regulations 1997.\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3153\n(5) Any tent, camp, hut or similar structure erected in contravention of paragraphs (b) or (c) of\nsubclause (3) and associated goods may, subject to regulation 29 of the Regulations, be impounded.\n(6) A vehicle used or parked in contravention of paragraphs (b) or (d) of subclause (3) may, subject to\nthe provisions of regulation 29 of the Regulations, be impounded by immobilising the vehicle by the\nuse of wheel clamps.\n(7) An authorised person who impounds a vehicle under subclause (6) must attach a notice to the\nvehicle advising the owner of the vehicle that—\n(a) the vehicle will be released upon payment of the costs of impounding;\n(b) the place where and hours during which the costs can be paid; and\n(c) that if the impounding costs are not paid within 24 hours, the vehicle may be removed to the\nlocal government pound.\n(8) Notices issued under this clause will be in the form determined by the CEO.\n3.4 Permit required for possession and consumption of liquor\n(1) A person must not, in a public place, consume any liquor or have in her or his possession or under\nher or his control any liquor, unless—\n(a) it is permitted under the Liquor Control Act 1988; and\n(b) a permit has been obtained under this local law for that purpose.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply where the liquor is in a sealed container.\nDivision 3—Applying for a permit\n3.5 Application for permit\n(1) Where a person is required to obtain a permit under this local law, that person must apply for the\npermit in accordance with subclause (2).\n(2) An application for a permit under this local law must—\n(a) be in the form determined by the local government;\n(b) be signed by the applicant;\n(c) provide the information required by the form; and\n(d) be forwarded to the CEO together with the application fee.\n(3) The local government may require an applicant to provide additional information reasonably\nrelated to an application before determining an application for a permit.\n(4) The local government may require an applicant to give local public notice of the application for a\npermit.\n(5) The local government may refuse to consider an application for a permit which is not in accordance\nwith subclause (2).\n3.6 Decision on application for permit\n(1) The local government may—\n(a) approve an application for a permit unconditionally or subject to any conditions; or\n(b) refuse to approve an application for a permit.\n(2) If the local government approves an application for a permit, it will issue to the applicant a permit\nin the form determined by the local government.\n(3) If the local government refuses to approve an application for a permit, it will give written notice of\nthat refusal to the applicant.\n3.7 Factors relevant to the determination of an application\n(1) In deciding whether to approve an application for a permit, the local government—\n(a) may assess the application for a permit in accordance with the provisions of any relevant\npolicy that applies to the proposed use or occupation of the public place;\n(b) must satisfy itself that the proposed use or occupation of the public place—\n(i) will not result in harm to human health or safety or personal injury;\n(ii) will not result in property damage or a loss of amenity;\n(iii) will not result in environmental harm or environmental nuisance; and\n(iv) will not result in a nuisance.\n(2) Before the local government decides an application for a permit, an authorised person may—\n(a) inspect any vehicle, equipment, animal, plant or thing to be involved in the undertaking of\nthe activity; and\n(b) measure, weigh, sample, test or otherwise examine anything that may be inspected.\nDivision 4—Conditions\n3.8 Conditions which may be imposed on a permit\n(1) Without limiting the generality of clause 3.6(1)(a), the local government may approve an\napplication for a permit subject to conditions relating to—\n(a) the payment of a fee and the timing for the payment of that fee;\n\n3154 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 June 2017\n(b) compliance with the provisions of any relevant policy that applies to the proposed use or\noccupation of the public place;\n(c) the duration and commencement of the permit;\n(d) the commencement of the permit being contingent upon an occurrence;\n(e) the rectification, remedying or restoration of a situation or circumstance reasonably related to\nthe application;\n(f) the requirement for approval under any written law;\n(g) the area of the district to which the permit applies;\n(h) where a permit is issued for an activity which will or may cause damage to local government\nproperty, the payment of a deposit or bond against such damage;\n(i) payment of a bond for cleaning expenses;\n(j) restrictions on the erection of material or external decorations;\n(k) rules about the use of furniture, plant and effects;\n(l) limitations on the number of persons who may attend an event;\n(m) the duration of the hire of local government property and whether or not the hire is for the\nexclusive use of the local government property;\n(n) the right of the local government to cancel a booking during the course of an annual or\nseasonal booking, if the local government sees fit;\n(o) the prohibition on the sale, supply or consumption of liquor;\n(p) the provision of an indemnity from the applicant, indemnifying the local government in\nrespect of any injury to any person or any damage to any property which may occur in\nconnection with the proposed use or occupation of the public place; and\n(q) the obtaining of a policy of insurance in an amount and on terms reasonably required by the\nlocal government.\n3.9 Compliance with and variation of conditions\n(1) Where an application for a permit has been approved subject to conditions, the permit holder must\ncomply with each of those conditions.\n(2) The local government may vary the conditions of a permit, and the permit holder must comply\nwith those conditions as varied.\nDivision 5—General\n3.10 Duration of permit\nA permit is valid for 1 year from the date on which it is issued, unless it is—\n(a) otherwise stated in this local law or in the permit; or\n(b) cancelled under clause 3.15.\n3.11 Renewal of permit\n(1) A permit holder may apply to the local government in writing prior to expiry of a permit for the\nrenewal of the permit.\n(2) The provisions of this Part apply to an application for the renewal of a permit with appropriate\nmodifications.\n3.12 Transfer of permit\n(1) An application for the transfer of a valid permit must—\n(a) be made in writing;\n(b) be signed by the permit holder and the proposed transferee of the permit;\n(c) provide such information as the local government may require to enable the application to be\ndetermined; and\n(d) be forwarded to the CEO together with any fee imposed and determined by the local\ngovernment.\n(2) Subject to clause 16.1, the local government may approve an application for the transfer of a\npermit, refuse to approve it or approve it subject to conditions.\n(3) Where the local government approves or refuses the transfer of a permit, it is not required to\nrefund any part of any fee paid by the former permit holder.\n(4) Where the local government refuses to approve the application for the transfer of a permit and the\npermit holder does not wish to continue as the permit holder, the permit holder must return the\npermit as soon as practicable to the CEO.\n3.13 Production of permit\nA permit holder must produce to an authorised person her or his permit immediately upon being\nrequired to do so by that authorised person.\n3.14 Cancellation of permit\n(1) Subject to clause 16.1, a permit may be cancelled by the local government if the permit holder has\nnot complied with a—\n(a) condition of the permit; or\n(b) determination or a provision of any written law which relates to the activity regulated by the\npermit.\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3155\n(2) On the cancellation of a permit the permit holder—\n(a) must return the permit as soon as practicable to the CEO; and\n(b) is taken to have forfeited any fees paid in respect of the permit.\nDivision 6—Responsibilities of permit holder\n3.15 Responsibilities of permit holder\nA holder of a permit must—\n(a) ensure that an authorised person has unobstructed access to any public place for the purpose\nof inspecting the public place or enforcing any provision of this local law;\n(b) leave the public place in a clean and tidy condition after its use;\n(c) report any damage or defacement of the public place to the local government;\n(d) take steps to repair or rectify any damage or defacement within a public place as directed by\nthe local government; and\n(e) prevent the consumption of any liquor within the public place unless the permit allows it and\na licence has been obtained under the Liquor Control Act 1988 for that purpose.\nPART 4—BEHAVIOUR IN PUBLIC PLACES\nDivision 1—Behaviour on and interference with local government property\n4.1 Behaviour which interferes with others\nA person must not, in a public place, behave in a manner which—\n(a) is likely to interfere with the enjoyment of a person who might use the place;\n(b) interferes with the enjoyment of a person using the place or nearby private land; or\n(c) creates a nuisance.\n4.2 Behaviour detrimental to a public place\n(1) A person must not behave in a public place in a way which is or might be detrimental to the place.\n(2) In subclause (1)—\ndetrimental to the place includes—\n(a) removing any thing from the public place such as a rock, a plant or a seat provided for\nthe use of any person;\n(b) destroying, defacing or damaging any thing within the public place, such as a plant, a\nseat provided for the use of any person or a building; and\n(c) causing environmental harm or nuisance within the public place.\n4.3 Adequate clothing and loitering outside toilets\n(1) A person over the age of 6 years must not in any public place—\n(a) be present unless dressed in a manner which prevents indecent exposure, except where the\nlocal government property is set aside for the wearing of no clothes under clause 2.7;\n(b) loiter outside or act in an unacceptable manner in any portion of a toilet or dressing room; or\n(c) without the consent of the occupier, attempt to enter any dressing room or other\ncompartment which is already occupied.\n(2) Where an authorised person considers that a person on or in a public place is not dressed in a\nmanner which prevents indecent exposure, an authorised person may direct that person to put on\nadequate clothing which prevents indecent exposure, and that person must comply with the direction\nimmediately.\n4.4 Taking or injuring any fauna\n(1) A person must not take, injure or kill or attempt to take, injure or kill any fauna which is on or\nabove any public place, unless that person is authorised under a written law to do so.\n(2) In this clause—\nfauna means any animal indigenous to or which periodically migrates to any State or Territory\nof the Commonwealth or the territorial waters of the Commonwealth and includes in relation\nto any such animal—\n(a) any class of animal or individual member;\n(b) the nests, eggs or larvae; or\n(c) the carcass, skin, plumage or fur.\n4.5 Entry to local government property\nA person, other than a contractor of the local government carrying out a contracted duty, must not—\n(a) enter or leave any local government property other than by the public entrance or exit, except\nin an emergency;\n(b) enter or remain on any local government property except on those days and during those\ntimes when access is available to the public; or\n(c) enter any public place that has been fenced off or closed to the public.\n\n3156 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 June 2017\nDivision 2—Fees for use of local government property\n4.6 Payment of applicable fees for entry or participation\nWhere a fee is payable for entry to local government property or participation in an activity on or in\nany local government property, a person must not enter that property or participate in the activity\nwithout first paying the applicable fee, unless that person has been exempted by the local government\nfrom paying that fee.\n4.7 No refund of fees\n(1) A person will not be entitled to a refund of any fee paid for bathing or using any facilities provided\nfor public use in a pool premises.\n(2) Where the hire of local government property is cancelled, the local government may, at its sole\ndiscretion, authorise repayment of part or all of the amount paid.\nDivision 3—Signs\n4.8 Signs\n(1) A local government may erect a sign in a public place specifying any conditions of use which apply\nto that public place.\n(2) A person must comply with a sign erected under subclause (1).\n(3) A condition of use specified on a sign erected under subclause (1) must—\n(a) not be inconsistent with any provision of this local law or any determination; and\n(b) be for the purpose of giving notice of the effect of a provision of this local law.\nPART 5—HIRING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n5.1 Application for hire\n(1) The local government may hire local government property to a person who makes an application\nfor a permit for the hire of the local government property under clause 3.5 and who pays the hire fee,\nif the local government approves the application under clause 3.6.\n(2) The local government may determine that the requirements of subclause (1) do not apply to the\nhiring of particular local government property or a class of local government property.\n5.2 Decision on application where 2 or more applicants\nIn the event of 2 or more applications being made for the hire of the same local government property\nfor the same date and time, the local government may determine which, if any, applicant will be\ngranted an approval to hire.\n5.3 Conditions of hire and use\nThe conditions that may relate to a permit for hire of local government property include–\n(a) the amount of any fees and charges and when they are to be paid;\n(b) the purpose for which the local government property may be used;\n(c) the duration of the hire;\n(d) payment of a bond against possible damage, cleaning or other expenses;\n(e) restrictions on the erection of decorations inside and outside any building which is local\ngovernment property;\n(f) restrictions on use of furniture, plants and effects;\n(g) the number of persons that may attend any event in a building which is local government\nproperty;\n(h) the right of the local government to cancel a booking at any time during the course of an\nannual or seasonal booking;\n(i) the prohibition of the consumption of liquor unless an approval has been issued by the local\ngovernment;\n(j) the prohibition of or any restrictions on the sale and supply of liquor;\n(k) securing and locking up local government property at the end of each hire period;\n(l) the prohibition of gaming;\n(m) restrictions on the type of container (whether of glass, metal, plastic or other) that drinks\nmay be provided and served in or consumed from;\n(n) requiring that the amplification of any noise or any noise emitted during the duration of the\nhire complies at all times with the Environmental Protection (Noise) Regulations 1997; and\n(o) any other condition that the local government considers fit.\n5.4 Responsibilities of hirer\nThe holder of a permit for the hire of local government property must—\n(a) take reasonable steps to maintain law and order by all in attendance at any event for which\nthe local government property has been hired;\n(b) ensure that an authorised person has unobstructed access to the local government property\nfor the purpose of inspecting the local government property or enforcing any provision of this\nlocal law;\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3157\n(c) prevent overcrowding;\n(d) leave the local government property in a clean and tidy condition after its use;\n(e) prevent the sale and consumption of any liquor unless a licence has been obtained under the\nLiquor Control Act 1988 for that purpose, and the local government has approved the sale\nand consumption of the liquor;\n(f) report any damage or defacement to the local government property to the local government\nforthwith;\n(g) take steps to repair or rectify any damage or defacement to the local government property as\ndirected by the local government; and\n(h) ensure compliance with all conditions and relevant laws upon which the permit was issued.\nPART 6—SWIMMING POOLS AND WATER PARKS\n6.1 Use of all or part of a pool premises\nThe manager or attendant of a pool premises may—\n(a) set aside all or part of the pool premises for the use of certain persons to the exclusion of\nothers; and\n(b) direct a person as to that person’s use of the pool premises.\n6.2 When entry to and use of pool premises will be refused\nThe manager or attendant of a pool premises will refuse admission to, direct to leave or will remove,\nor cause to be removed from the pool premises any person who in the opinion of the manager or\nattendant—\n(a) is under the age of 10 years and who is unaccompanied by a responsible person over the age\nof 16 years; or\n(b) is—\n(i) suffering from any contagious, infectious or cutaneous disease or complaint; or\n(ii) in an unclean condition; or\n(iii) wearing unclean clothes; or\n(iv) is or appears to be under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs; or\n(c) is to be refused admission under and in accordance with a decision of the local government for\nbreaching any clause of this local law.\n6.3 When entry to and use of pool premises may be refused\nThe manager or attendant of a pool premises may—\n(a) temporarily suspend admission to, direct to leave or remove from the pool premises all\npersons or any person, if in her or his opinion such action is necessary or desirable;\n(b) refuse admission to, direct to leave or remove, or cause to be removed from the pool premises\nany person who, in the opinion of the manager or attendant—\n(i) is committing a breach of any provision of this local law; or\n(ii) is by reason of her or his past or present conduct, within or about the pool premises,\nhas created or is creating a nuisance; and\n(c) suspend admission for a minimum period of 1 week to any person who has committed a\nbreach of any provision of this local law in relation to the pool premises.\n6.4 Person to comply with direction\nIf a manager or an attendant of a pool premises has refused admission to a person, directed a person\nto leave the pool premises or otherwise directed a person in relation to her or his use of the pool\npremises, then that person must accept that refusal or direction.\n6.5 Decency\nIf a person appearing in public is not dressed in a manner which prevents indecent exposure, the\nmanager or attendant will direct that person to put on a bathing costume or other clothing that\nprevents indecent exposure and that person must comply with that direction immediately.\n6.6 Objection or appeal against refusal of admission\n(1) Where a manager or attendant refuses admission to a person or directs a person to leave pool\npremises under clause 6.3(b), the person may seek a review of that refusal or direction by the CEO.\n6.7 Carnivals\n(1) A person, club, organisation or association must not conduct controlled swimming events,\ncarnivals or competitions without the prior consent of the manager.\n(2) The manager may grant such consent subject to any conditions considered fit by the manager and\nmay, at any time, withdraw that consent.\n(3) A person, club, organisation or association conducting a carnival or event at the pool premises\nmust take reasonable steps to—\n(a) prevent overcrowding;\n\n3158 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 June 2017\n(b) ensure that no damage is done to the buildings or fencing or any other portion of the pool\npremises; and\n(c) ensure that this local law is observed by all competitors, officials and spectators attending the\nfunction.\n6.8 Closure of pool premises\n(1) The local government may, for such periods and reasons that it determines, close a pool premises\non giving 7 days local public notice under section 1.7 of the Act.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply where the local government considers that the condition of the pool\npremises may affect the health of any person, in which case it may close the pool premises without\ngiving any notice.\n6.9 Limitations on use\nA person must not—\n(a) enter any portion of the pool premises set apart exclusively for the opposite sex unless the\nperson is under the age of 6 years;\n(b) behave in a manner which creates a nuisance;\n(c) play any ball games or other aquatic sports whatsoever which would in any way limit the\nenjoyment of the users of the pool premises, unless as part of any games or aquatic sports\nundertaken in accordance with the Manager’s approval;\n(d) permit any animal of which he or she is the owner or for which he or she is liable for the\ncontrol of to enter or remain in or about the pool premises, unless the animal is a dog and the\nperson is a person referred to in section 8 of the Dog Act 1976 acting in accordance with that\nsection;\n(e) undress or remove any part of their bathing costume except in a dressing room or enclosure\nprovided for that purpose;\n(f) use any soap or shampoo in any part of the pool premises other than in a shower recess or\nbathroom;\n(g) climb up or upon any roof, fence, wall, grandstand railings or partition on the pool premises;\n(h) use indecent, obscene, offensive or abusive language or spit in the pool or on any part of the\npool premises or in any way commit any nuisance on or in any part of the pool premises;\n(i) bring onto or deposit in any part of the pool premises any filth or rubbish except in\nreceptacles set aside for that purpose;\n(j) consume any foodstuffs or drinks in any area in which that consumption is prohibited;\n(k) wastefully use the water or leave any taps flowing in the dressing rooms or elsewhere in the\npool premises;\n(l) use any substance or preparation whereby the water of the swimming pool becomes\ndiscoloured or rendered turbid or otherwise unfit for the proper use of persons;\n(m) foul or pollute water in a shower or swimming pool;\n(n) soil, damage, injure, destroy, use improperly, disfigure or write in or upon any dressing room,\ncubicle or compartment or any part of the pool premises or any furniture or other article or\nequipment on the pool premises;\n(o) while suffering from a contagious, infectious or cutaneous disease or skin complaint or whilst\nin an unclean condition, enter or use or attempt to enter or use the swimming pool or pool\npremises;\n(p) smoke in the pool premises; or\n(q) operate a recording device to record or transmit images of any person without that person’s\nknowledge or consent.\n6.10 Ticket or membership card not transferable\nNo ticket, token, licence, membership card or receipt issued by or under the authority of the local\ngovernment in respect of the use of or admission to the pool premises is transferable to another\nperson.\nPART 7—BEACHES AND BATHING\n7.1 Sandboarding and sand dune protection\nA person must not—\n(a) use a sandboard or any other board or thing to slide down sand dunes on local government\nproperty;\n(b) take onto any sand dunes a sandboard or other thing used for sliding down sand dunes on\nlocal government property;\n(c) traverse sand dunes on local government property except along pathways designated by signs\nor fences for the purpose; or\n(d) unless authorised to do so by the local government or permitted by a sign, take a vehicle onto\nany beach or sand dunes on local government property.\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3159\n7.2 Boat launching\n(1) A person must not launch a boat or personal watercraft from—\n(a) a public place unless it has been set aside for that purpose under clause 2.7; or\n(b) a beach within the application of this local law unless that launching is permitted by a sign.\n(2) Any prohibition in subclause (1) does not apply to a member of a surf life saving club or life saving\npatrol in the course of her or his duties, training or while in competition.\n7.3 Surf life saving activities\nThe local government may authorise members of surf life saving clubs or any local government\nemployee to perform all or any of the following functions in the interests of maintaining safety at\nbeaches in the district—\n(a) patrol any beach;\n(b) take onto any beach any life saving gear including vehicles or boats that are for use in life\nsaving activities;\n(c) indicate by signs or patrol flags, any areas of a beach and the adjacent water beyond the\nbeach, where bathing is permitted;\n(d) indicate by signs any areas of a beach and the adjacent water beyond the beach where—\n(i) the riding of surfboards or use of any other bathing appliance is prohibited;\n(ii) the driving of boats or personal watercraft is prohibited;\n(iii) fishing is prohibited; or\n(iv) the use of skim boards, land boards, kite surfing and associated activities are\nprohibited;\n(e) regulate, prohibit, restrict or set aside by a sign, rope, wire, cloth or other flexible sheeting or\nthing any areas of a beach for any 1 or more of the following activities—\n(i) entry or exit by any person;\n(ii) playing of games;\n(iii) conduct of training or surf club carnivals; and\n(iv) establishing a first aid or command post; and\n(f) direct any person to—\n(i) bathe within the permitted bathing area indicated by signs or patrol flags under\nparagraph (c);\n(ii) leave the water adjacent to a beach during any period of potential dangerous conditions\nor the sighting of a shark or crocodile; or\n(iii) cease any activity not in accordance with this local law.\n7.4 Identification of life saving patrol\n(1) A person who is a member of a life saving club will wear a red and yellow quartered swimming cap\nwhile he or she is on duty during a life saving club life saving patrol.\n(2) A person who is not a member of an on duty life saving patrol must not wear a red and yellow\nquartered swimming cap or give the impression they are a member of an on duty life saving patrol.\n(3) A person appointed by the local government to patrol any beach must wear a patrol uniform in the\ncolours and style as determined by the local government.\n(4) A vehicle used for a life saving patrol must have a logo or decal on the vehicle to indicate that it is\na vehicle being used for that purpose.\n7.5 Compliance with signs and directions\nA person attending at any beach must—\n(a) comply with any sign erected on the beach;\n(b) comply with any lawful direction given by an authorised person, member of a surf life saving\nclub or local government employee under clause 7.3(f);\n(c) not enter any area designated for any life saving activity, training, competition or carnival\nconducted by a life saving club unless that person is a member of the club or has obtained\npermission to enter that area from the club; and\n(d) not interfere with, obscure, obstruct or hang any item of clothing or towel on a flag, sign,\nnotice or item of life saving equipment.\n7.6 Fishing\n(1) A person must not fish on or from any public place—\n(a) where fishing is prohibited and the prohibition is designated by a sign; or\n(b) in any permitted bathing area indicated by signs or patrol flags under clause 7.3(c).\n(2) A person must not, whether fishing is permitted or not—\n(a) leave or deposit dead fish or fish offal on any beach;\n(b) leave or deposit dead fish or fish offal in the sea within 200 metres of any part of a beach; or\n(c) fish for sharks by the use of set or buoyed lines or use blood, offal or any other lure for the\npurpose of attracting sharks within 200 metres of any part of a beach.\n\n3160 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 June 2017\n7.7 Surfboards and boats\n(1) A person must not ride a surfboard or drive a personal watercraft or boat in any permitted bathing\narea indicated by signs or patrol flags under clause 7.3(c).\n(2) A person must not drive or ride on any personal watercraft within 50 metres of any person\nbathing.\n(3) In this clause surfboard includes a windsurfer and surf kite.\n7.8 Authority of local government authorised employee to prevail\nIf the local government has authorised a person under clause 7.3 and member of a surf life saving\nclub under clause 7.3 in relation to the same beach, where they could perform a function referred to in\nclause 7.3 or 7.5 contemporaneously, the authority of an authorised person employed by the local\ngovernment under clause 7.3 is to prevail.\nPART 8—ACTIVITIES ON VERGES AND FOOTPATHS\nDivision 1—Verge treatments\n8.1 Interpretation\nIn this Division, the following terms have the following meaning—\nacceptable material means material that will create a dust free, moisture retentive, erosion\nresistant surface and is prescribed in clause 8.3(c); and\npermissible verge treatment means a verge treatment specified in clause 8.3.\n8.2 Verge treatment\nThe owner or occupier of land adjacent to a verge must not—\n(a) install or maintain a verge treatment on the verge which is not a permissible verge\ntreatment;\n(b) alter the finished level of the verge; or\n(c) cover, obstruct or otherwise adversely affect the intended purpose of any manhole, inspection\npit, constructed drain or other facility or installation placed or constructed by a public body in\nany part of or adjacent to a thoroughfare.\n8.3 Permissible verge treatments\nFor the purpose of clause 8.1, the permissible verge treatments are as follows—\n(a) plant and maintain a lawn;\n(b) plant and maintain a garden provided that no part of the vegetation—\n(i) is greater than 400 millimetres in height within 20 metres of an intersection;\n(ii) restricts the clear sight visibility of a person using the thoroughfare or using a\ndriveway abutting the thoroughfare;\n(iii) inhibits or interferes with street lighting and visibility of signage;\n(iv) is of a thorny or poisonous nature or which may otherwise create a hazard for\npedestrians;\n(v) is a weed;\n(vi) produces large heavy fruits, eg coconuts;\n(vii) restricts a 2 metre clear and safe pedestrian access way where there is no existing\nfootpath;\n(viii) is no more than 600 millimetres in height within 1.2 metres of either side of a footpath\nor access way;\n(ix) intrude on a 3 metre clearance zone above a footpath or access way or a 4.5 metre\nclearance zone above a roadway; and\n(x) no water pipes or connections protrude above the surface of the garden;\n(c) installation of surface treatments using 1 of the following materials where the treatment is\ninstalled and levelled to 15 millimetres below a containment border or garden kerb—\n(i) treated timber, plastic or concrete garden edge kerbing flush with infill or garden bed;\n(ii) stone/rock-mulch treatments using—\nA. river-washed rounded stone D50<40 millimetres;\nB. crushed rock D50<40 millimetres, limited to an area no greater than 20 square\nmetres unless otherwise approved in accordance with a development approval; or\nC. crusher dust D50<10 millimetres; or\n(iii) organic mulch;\n(d) installation of statues and/or boulder rockwork provided they do not—\n(i) exceed 600 millimetres in height when within 20 metres of an intersection;\n(ii) restrict clear visibility for a person using the thoroughfare or driveway abutting the\nthoroughfare;\n(iii) inhibit or interfere with adequate street lighting and visibility of signage;\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3161\n(iv) occur within 2.75 metres of the back of kerb or travelled path on roads without kerbing;\nor\n(v) require electricity; or\n(e) a combination of (a) to (d) above.\n8.4 Owner’s or occupier’s responsibilities for verge treatments\nAn owner or occupier of land adjacent to a verge who installs or maintains a permissible verge\ntreatment on the verge must—\n(a) keep the verge treatment in good and tidy condition and ensure, where the verge treatment is\na garden or lawn, that no obstruction of any sort (physical, sight or other) is caused to any\naccess way, footpath, pavement or carriageway;\n(b) create a hard surface with an acceptable material only;\n(c) not place any obstruction on or around any verge treatment;\n(d) not water or maintain a verge treatment in such a manner as to cause a nuisance or hazard\nto any person using the adjacent footpath, access way or carriageway;\n(e) keep the verge free of weeds; and\n(f) not extend the verge treatment beyond the verge immediately adjacent to the land owned or\noccupied by the owner or occupier, without the written approval of the owner of the adjoining\nproperty, immediately adjacent to the verge to be treated.\n8.5 Installation of hardstand surface on a verge for the parking of cars\nAn owner or occupier must not install an impervious concrete, bitumen, brick-paved hardstand\nsurface or an area of inorganic material which exceeds 20 square metres on a verge for the purpose of\nparking vehicles without first obtaining written approval of the local government.\n8.6 Enforcement\nThe local government may give a notice under clause 13.1, requiring the owner or occupier of any land\nadjacent to a verge to—\n(a) make good within the time period specified in the notice any breach of a provision of this\nDivision; or\n(b) within the time specified in the notice, give a satisfactory reason to the local government why\nthe verge treatment should be retained without alteration, or why the owner or occupier\nshould be given extra time in which to comply with the notice.\nDivision 2—Vehicle crossings\n8.7 Standard vehicle crossings\nFor the purpose of regulation 15 of the Local Government (Uniform Local Provisions)\nRegulations 1996, a standard crossing in the district is a vehicle crossing constructed in accordance\nwith the local government’s residential vehicle specifications as determined by the local government\nand varied by it from time to time.\nDivision 3—Protection of footpaths\n8.8 Footpath protection\n(1) An owner, occupier, licensee or contractor who undertakes works on land adjacent to a footpath\nmust—\n(a) take all necessary precautions to ensure that the footpath is not damaged during the course\nof the works; and\n(b) notify the local government of any existing damage to the footpath prior to the\ncommencement of the works.\n(2) A person who carries out any building or other operations or works necessitating the crossing of a\nfootpath with vehicles that may cause damage to the footpath must ensure that—\n(a) all reasonable precautions are taken to prevent damage to the footpath during the course of\nthe works; and\n(b) heavy vehicles, that access the land, cross the footpath at the designated area for the\nproposed vehicle crossing.\n(3) Any person who causes damage to a footpath during works undertaken on the land or works\nwithin the thoroughfare must reinstate the footpath to the satisfaction of the local government.\nPART 9—ADVERTISING SIGNS IN PUBLIC PLACES\nDivision 1—Preliminary\n9.1 Definitions\nIn this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—\nadvertisement means the use or intention of use for the purpose of advertising any premises,\nservices, business, function, event, product or thing;\n\n3162 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 June 2017\nadvertising device means an object on which words, numbers or figures are written, placed,\naffixed or painted for the purpose of advertising any business, function, operation, event,\nundertaking, product, or thing and includes a vehicle or trailer or other similar object placed\nor located so as to serve the purpose of advertising a business, function, operation, event,\nundertaking, product or thing;\nadvertising sign means a sign used for the purpose of advertisement and includes an election\nsign, advertising device, portable direction sign and real estate sign;\ndirection sign means a sign which indicates the direction of a place, activity or event, but does\nnot include any such sign erected or affixed by the local government or the Commissioner of\nMain Roads;\nelection sign means a sign which advertises any aspect of a forthcoming Federal, State or local\ngovernment election;\nportable direction sign means a direction sign that is portable;\nportable sign means a portable freestanding advertising sign;\nreal estate sign means a sign indicating that the premises whereon it is affixed or erected, are\nfor sale, for letting or to be auctioned; and\nsign includes a notice, poster, flag, mark, word, letter, model, placard, board, structure, device or\nrepresentation.\n9.2 Person taken to own advertising sign\nIn the absence of any proof to the contrary, an advertising sign is to be taken to belong to the\nperson—\n(a) whose name is marked on the sign; or\n(b) who owns the business or is identified in the local government’s records as in control of the\ncompany or business marked on the sign.\nDivision 2—Permit\n9.3 Permit required for advertising signs and portable direction signs\n(1) A person must not, without a permit—\n(a) erect or place an advertising sign in a public place; or\n(b) post any bill or paint, place or affix any advertisement in a public place.\n(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1), a permit is not required in respect of a portable direction sign\nwhich neither exceeds 500 millimetres in height nor 0.5 square metres in area, provided that the sign\nis placed or erected on a thoroughfare on an infrequent or occasional basis only to direct attention to a\nplace, activity or event during the hours of that activity or event.\n(3) Notwithstanding subclause (1), a person must not erect or place an advertising sign—\n(a) on a footpath, or where there is no existing footpath, in a way that restricts a 2 metre clear\nand safe pedestrian access way;\n(b) over any footpath where the resulting vertical clearance between the sign and the footpath is\nless than 2.5 metres;\n(c) on or within 3 metres of a carriageway;\n(d) in any other location where, in the opinion of the local government or an authorised person,\nthe sign is likely to obstruct lines of sight along a thoroughfare or cause danger to any person\nusing the thoroughfare; or\n(e) on any natural feature, including a rock or tree, on a thoroughfare, or on any bridge or the\nstructural approaches to a bridge.\n9.4 Matters to be considered in determining application for permit\nIn determining an application for a permit for the purpose of clauses 3.6 and 9.3(1), the local\ngovernment may have regard to—\n(a) any other written law regulating the erection or placement of advertising signs or\nadvertisements within the district;\n(b) the dimensions of the advertising signs or advertisements;\n(c) whether the siting, design and general appearance of the advertising sign detracts from the\nvisual amenity and character of the area;\n(d) other advertising signs already approved or erected in the vicinity of the proposed location;\n(e) whether or not the advertising signs or advertisements will create a hazard to persons using\na thoroughfare; and\n(f) the amount of the public liability insurance cover, if any, to be obtained by the applicant.\nDivision 3—Conditions on permit\n9.5 Conditions on portable sign\n(1) Without limiting the generality of clause 3.6(1)(a), the local government may approve an\napplication for a permit for a portable sign subject to conditions relating to—\n(a) the portable sign—\n(i) not exceeding 1,000 millimetres in height;\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3163\n(ii) not exceeding an area of 0.8 square metres on any side;\n(iii) relating only to the business activity described on the permit;\n(iv) not being placed in any position other than immediately in front of the building or the\nbusiness to which the sign relates, and being located no closer than 500 millimetres to\nthe kerb or further than 1,200 millimetres from the kerb so as to ensure the free\npassage of persons using the footpath, if the sign is advertising an adjacent business or\nactivity;\n(v) being removed each day at the close of the business to which it relates and not be\nerected again until the business next opens for trading, if the sign is advertising an\nadjacent business or activity;\n(vi) being secured in position in accordance with any requirements of the local government;\n(vii) being placed so as not to obstruct or impede the reasonable use of a public place by any\nperson or the sight line of any vehicle drivers; and\n(viii) being maintained in good condition; and\n(b) the number of portable signs being erected in relation to the 1 building or business.\n(2) The permit holder of a permit for a portable sign must comply with any conditions imposed in\naccordance with subclause (1).\n9.6 Conditions on election sign\n(1) If the local government approves an application for a permit for the erection or placement of an\nelection sign in a public place, the application is to be taken to be approved subject to the sign—\n(a) being erected at least 30 metres from any intersection;\n(b) being free standing and not being affixed to any existing sign, post, power or light pole or\nsimilar structure;\n(c) being placed so as not to obstruct or impede the reasonable use of a public place by any\nperson;\n(d) being placed so as not to obstruct or impede the vision of a driver of a vehicle entering or\nleaving a thoroughfare or crossing;\n(e) being maintained in good condition;\n(f) not being erected until the election to which it relates has been officially announced;\n(g) being removed within 24 hours of the close of polls on voting day;\n(h) not being placed within 100 metres of any works in a public place;\n(i) being securely installed;\n(j) not being an illuminated sign;\n(k) not incorporating reflective or fluorescent materials; and\n(l) not displaying only part of a message which is to be read with other separate signs in order to\nobtain the whole message.\n(2) The permit holder of a permit for the erection or placement of an election sign must comply with\neach of the conditions in subclause (1).\nPART 10—DAMAGE TO AND CLOSED THOROUGHFARES\nDivision 1—Damage to thoroughfares\n10.1 Notice to repair damage to thoroughfare\nWhere any portion of a thoroughfare has been damaged, the local government may, by notice to the\nperson who caused the damage, order the person to repair or replace that portion of the thoroughfare\nto the satisfaction of the local government.\nDivision 2—No driving on closed thoroughfares\n10.2 No access without consent\n(1) A person must not drive or take a vehicle on or cause a vehicle to be driven or taken on a closed\nthoroughfare—\n(a) unless it is in accordance with any limits or exceptions specified in the order made under\nsection 3.50 of the Act; or\n(b) the person has first obtained approval from the local government under this local law or\nanother written law.\n(2) In this clause –closed thoroughfare means a thoroughfare wholly or partly closed under\nsection 3.50 or 3.50A of the Act.\nPART 11—SHOPPING TROLLEYS\n11.1 Name of owner of shopping trolley\nA retailer must clearly mark its name or its trading name on any shopping trolley made available for\nthe use of its customers.\n\n3164 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 June 2017\n11.2 Shopping trolleys in public places\nA person must not leave a shopping trolley in a public place, other than in an area approved by the\nlocal government for this purpose and set aside for the storage of shopping trolleys.\n11.3 Shopping trolley to be removed by retailer\nWhere a shopping trolley is found in a public place, other than in an area approved by the local\ngovernment for this purpose and set aside for the storage of shopping trolleys, and the retailer whose\nname is marked on the trolley has been advised verbally or in writing of its location by an authorised\nperson, the retailer must remove the shopping trolley from the public place within 12 hours of being\nadvised.\n11.4 Retailer taken to own shopping trolley\nIn the absence of any proof to the contrary, a shopping trolley is to be taken to belong to a retailer\nwhose name is marked on the trolley.\nPART 12—SECURED SUM\n12.1 Security for restoration and reinstatement\n(1) The local government may require payment of a bond for a sum determined by the local\ngovernment for the purpose of ensuring that—\n(a) hired local government property, including fixtures and fittings in a building, can be cleaned\nor repaired;\n(b) any local government asset damaged during works in a public place, works adjacent to a\npublic place or the construction of a building on land adjacent to a public place, can be\nrepaired or reinstated; or\n(c) conditions of an approval, in so far as they relate to a public place, are complied with.\n(2) A bond required under subclause (1) must be deposited into an account established by the local\ngovernment for the purpose of this clause.\nPART 13—REMEDY FOR BREACH\n13.1 Notice requiring works to be done\n(1) Where the local government requires works to be done to rectify a breach of any approval or a\ncondition of an approval or a provision of this local law, the local government may give a notice in\nwriting to the approval holder or person who has breached this local law—\n(a) advising details of the breach of the approval, condition or local law and of the works required\nto rectify the breach;\n(b) requiring the approval holder or person to do the works required within the time specified in\nthe notice; and\n(c) advising that where the approval holder or person fails to comply with the requirements of\nthe notice within the time specified, the local government may do the required works.\n(2) An approval holder or person must comply with a notice given to her or him under subclause (1).\n(3) Where the approval holder or person referred to in subclause (1) fails to comply with the\nrequirements of a notice given under subclause (1), the local government may by its employees,\nagents or contractors carry out all works and do all things necessary to comply with the requirements\nof the notice.\n(4) The local government may recover the expenses incurred in carrying out the works under\nsubclause (3)—\n(a) as a charge against any secured sum lodged for the purpose by the approval holder or person\nwho has breached this local law under clause 13.1; or\n(b) from the approval holder or person who has breached this local law in a court of competent\njurisdiction.\nPART 14—MISCELLANEOUS\n14.1 Public liability insurance and indemnity\n(1) Where, as a condition of an approval, an approval holder or person is required to obtain public\nliability insurance, this public liability insurance must indemnify the local government against all\nactions, suits, claims, damages, losses and expenses made against or incurred by the local government\narising from any activity, action or thing performed or erected in accordance with the approval.\n(2) The public liability insurance policy referred to in subclause (1) must be kept current for the\nduration of the approval and—\n(a) must be in the name of the approval holder or person and the local government, for a\nminimum value of $10 million or such other amount as the local government considers\nappropriate for the risk involved;\n(b) include a clause which prevents the policy from being cancelled without the written consent\nof the local government;\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3165\n(c) include a clause which requires both the approval holder or person and the insurance\ncompany to advise the local government if the policy lapses, is cancelled or is no longer in\noperation; and\n(d) be available for inspection by an authorised person at the request of the authorised person.\n(3) An approval holder or person who refuses or cannot provide a certificate of currency within 2\nworking days of a request under subclause (2)(d) commits an offence.\n14.2 Directions of authorised person\n(1) An authorised person may direct any person in a public place to—\n(a) stop doing anything which the authorised person considers on reasonable grounds the person\nis in the process of doing, which is contrary to this local law or any other local law applying in\nthe district;\n(b) leave that place; or\n(c) assist the authorised person in the case of an emergency.\n(2) A person who is given a lawful direction under subclause (1) must comply with that direction.\n14.3 Disposal of lost and found property\n(1) This clause does not apply to an article which is subject to Subdivision 4 of Division 3 of Part 3 of\nthe Act.\n(2) A person finding an article left at or in a local government facility must give that article to the\nlocal government, an authorised person or a manager or attendant.\n(3) The local government must register a description of the article and all particulars relating to it in\na lost property register to be kept for that purpose.\n(4) A person claiming the article who satisfies the local government, an authorised person, or\nmanager or attendant that he or she is the lawful owner of the article must, on return of the article,\nby way of acknowledging its receipt, write her or his name and address and provide their signature in\nthe lost property register.\n(5) An article not claimed within a period of 3 months from the date it is entered in the lost property\nregister must be disposed of by the local government as it considers fit and the proceeds from any sale\nbelong to the local government.\n(6) Where an article which is perishable is given to the local government, an authorised person or a\nmanager or attendant under subclause (2), may dispose of that article at any time without entering\nthat in the register under subclause (3).\nPART 15—OFFENCES AND PENALTIES\n15.1 Offences\n(1) Any person who fails to do anything required, directed or ordered to be done under this local law,\nor who does anything which under this local law that person is prohibited from doing without\nreasonable excuse, commits an offence.\n(2) An offence against a clause specified in Schedule 1 of this local law is a prescribed offence for the\npurposes of section 9.16(1) of the Act.\n(3) Any person who commits an offence under this local law is liable, upon conviction, to a penalty not\nexceeding $5,000 and, if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an additional penalty not exceeding\n$500 for each day or part of each day during which the offence continues.\n15.2 Infringement and infringement withdrawal notices\n(1) For the purposes of this local law—\n(a) where a vehicle is involved in the commission of an offence, the form of the notice referred to\nin section 9.13 of the Act is that of Form 1 in Schedule 1 of the Regulations;\n(b) the form of the infringement notice given under section 9.16 of the Act is that of Form 2 in\nSchedule 1 of the Regulations; and\n(c) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is that of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of\nthe Regulations.\n(2) Where an infringement notice is given under section 9.16 of the Act in respect of an alleged offence\nagainst clause 2.4, the notice is to contain a description of the alleged offence.\n15.3 Offence description and modified penalty\n(1) The amount appearing in the final column of the table in Schedule 1 directly opposite an offence\ndescribed in Schedule 1 is the modified penalty for that offence.\n(2) The amount appearing in the final column in the table in Schedule 1 directly opposite an offence\ndescribed in Schedule 1 is the modified penalty which applies each day or part of each day during\nwhich the offence continues.\nPART 16—OBJECTIONS AND REVIEW\n16.1 Application of Division 1, Part 9 of the Act\nWhen the local government makes a decision as to whether it will—\n(a) grant a person a permit or approval under this local law; or\n(b) renew, vary, or cancel a permit or approval that a person has under this local law,\nthe provisions of Division 1 of Part 9 of the Act and regulation 33 of the Regulations applies to that\ndecision.\n\n3166 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 June 2017\nSchedule 1\nPRESCRIBED OFFENCES\n[cl 15.1(2)]\nItem\nNo\nClause\nNo General Description of Offence\nModified\nPenalty\n$\n1 2.4 Failure to comply with a determination 175\n2 3.2(2) Undertaking an activity without a permit 175\n3 3.3(3) Failure to obtain permit to camp outside facility 175\n4 3.4(1) Failure to obtain permit for liquor 175\n5 3.9(1) Failing to comply with conditions of a permit 175\n6 3.9(2) Failing to comply with conditions of permit as varied 175\n7 4.1(a) Behaviour likely to interrupt, disturb or interfere with enjoyment\nof other persons 175\n8 4.1(b) Behaviour which interrupts, disturbs or interferes with enjoyment\nof other persons 175\n9 4.1(c) Behaviour which creates a nuisance 175\n10 4.2(1) Behaviour detrimental to the place 175\n11 4.3(1)(c) Without consent of the occupier, entering or attempting to enter a\ndressing room already occupied 175\n12 4.4(1) Taking, killing or injuring any fauna 175\n13 4.5(a) Entering or leaving any local government property or building\nother than by the public entrance or exit 110\n14 4.5(b) Entering or remaining on any local government property except\nduring times access is available to the public 110\n15 4.5(c) Entering any place that has been fenced off, or closed to the public 175\n16 4.6 Entering local government property without first paying the\napplicable fee or charge 110\n17 4.8(2) Failure to comply with sign on local government property 175\n18 5.4 Failing to meet responsibilities of hirer of local government\nproperty 175\n19 6.4 Failing to accept a refusal or direction in relation to the pool\npremises 110\n20 6.9 Failing to meet limitations on use of swimming pool 175\n21 7.1(a) Using a sandboard, other board or thing to slide down sand dunes 175\n22 7.1(c) Traversing sand dunes other than along designated paths 175\n23 7.1(d) Taking a vehicle onto any beach or sand dunes without local\ngovernment authorisation 175\n24 7.2(1) Launching a boat or personal watercraft from a public place or\nbeach not set aside for that purpose or approved by a sign 175\n25 7.5(a) Failing to comply with a sign erected on a beach 175\n26 7.6(1)(a) Fishing in an area where fishing is prohibited and designated by\nsigns 150\n27 7.6(1)(b) Fishing in a permitted bathing area indicated by signs or patrol\nflags 150\n28 7.6(2)(a) Leaving or depositing dead fish or fish offal on any beach 110\n29 7.6(2)(b) Leaving or depositing dead fish or fish offal in the sea within 200m\nof any beach 110\n30 7.7(1) Riding a surfboard, driving a personal watercraft or boat in a\ndesignated permitted bathing area 150\n31 8.2(a) Installation of verge treatment other than permissible verge\ntreatment 150\n32 8.2(b) Alteration of the finished level of a verge 150\n33 8.2(c) Covering, obstructing or adversely affecting any manhole,\ninspection pit, constructed drain, other facility or installation on\na verge 150\n34 8.4(a) Failing to keep verge treatment in good and tidy condition and\navoid obstruction of any sort 150\n35 8.4(c) Placing any obstruction on or around any verge treatment 150\n36 8.4(d) Watering or maintaining a verge treatment so as to cause a\nnuisance or hazard to a person using the adjacent footpath,\naccess way or carriageway 150\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3167\nItem\nNo\nClause\nNo General Description of Offence\nModified\nPenalty\n$\n37 8.8(1)(a) Failing to take necessary precautions to ensure footpath is not\ndamaged during works 150\n38 8.8(1)(b) Failing to notify local government of existing footpath damage\nprior to commencement of works 110\n39 9.3(1) Failure to obtain permit for an advertising sign or advertisement\nin a public place 175\n40 9.5(2) Failure to comply with conditions of permit for a portable sign 175\n41 9.6(2) Failure to comply with conditions of permit for an election sign 175\n42 10.2(1) Driving on a closed thoroughfare 200\n43 11.2 Leaving a shopping trolley in a public place not set aside for\nstorage of trolleys 110\n44 11.3 Failure of owner to remove shopping trolley within 12 hours of\nbeing advised by local government 150\n45 13.1(2) Failing to comply with a notice 300\n46 14.2(2) Failing to comply with a lawful direction of an authorised person 175\n————\nSchedule 2\nDETERMINATIONS\n[cl 2.1]\nThe following determinations are to be taken to have been made by the local government under\nclause 2.1.\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Definitions\n(1) In these determinations unless the context otherwise requires—\napproved place means the land or premises specified in a trading licence as approved by the\nlocal government;\napproved route means a route specified in a trading licence approved by the local government;\nauthorised person means a person appointed by the local government under section 9.10 of the\nLocal Government Act 1995 to perform any of the functions of an authorised person under this\nlocal law;\ncamel operators means those persons associated with commercial camel activities, either as the\nowner, the licensee or an employee;\ncommercial camel activities means those activities associated with camel tours/rides on Cable\nBeach;\nlocal government means the Shire of Broome; and\nlocal law means the Shire of Broome Local Government Property and Public Places Local Law\n2016.\n(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, where a term is used but not defined in a determination\nand that term is defined in the local law then the term has the meaning given to it in the local law.\nPART 2—DRIVING VEHICLES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n2.1 Speed of Vehicles on Reserves\nA person must not drive a vehicle or allow a vehicle to be driven upon local government property at a\nspeed exceeding 15 kilometres an hour, or in such a manner as to cause danger, inconvenience or\nannoyance to any person.\nPART 3—ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n3.1 Activities prohibited on local government property\nA person is prohibited from pursuing all or any of the following activities on local government\nproperty, except on land which is reserved to the local government for the purpose or which is set\naside under clause 2.7(1) of this local law for the purpose of playing or practicing golf, archery, pistol\nshooting or rifle shooting.\nPART 4—ACTIVITIES WHICH MAY BE PURSUED ON SPECIFIED LOCAL\nGOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n4.1 Activities which may be pursued on specified local government property\n(1) In this Part—\nCable Beach means that part of the beach as described in clause (2).\n\n3168 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 June 2017\n(2) Under clause 2.7(1)(a) of this local law commercial camel activities may be conducted in the area of\nCable Beach between a point formed by the westerly prolongation, to the low water mark of the\nnorthern boundary of Reserve 36477, to a point formed by the westerly prolongation, to the low water\nmark of the Northern Boundary of Lot 405 Lullfitz Drive between the high and low water mark.\n(3) Under clause 2.7(2) of this local law the following conditions apply—\n(a) camel operators must have a trading licence issued by the local government under its\nTrading, Outdoor Dining and Street Entertainment Local Law 2003;\n(b) camel operators must only access Cable Beach via the approved route from the approved\nplace of stabling camels, unless otherwise approved by the local government;\n(c) only gelded male camels and/or cow camels are permitted for commercial camel activities on\nCable Beach;\n(d) a maximum of 18 camels per operator is allowed on Cable Beach at any 1 time, unless\notherwise approved by the local government for extraordinary circumstances, eg. cruise ships\nand corporate/conference functions;\n(e) camel operators will at all times identify their own camels with the same coloured and\npatterned blankets, which must be easily distinguishable from the colours and patters used\nby other operators of commercial activities on Cable Beach;\n(f) camel operators must comply with any lawful direction given at any time by the CEO of the\nlocal government or his or her delegate, or an authorised person;\n(g) each licence holder is responsible for the effective control of their respective camel trains at\nall times and—\n(i) at all times during the tours being conducted on Cable Beach, a competent staff\nmember must lead the camel train whilst walking and holding onto the reins of the\nlead camel;\n(ii) where a camel train exceeds 4 camels—\nA. 2 competent staff members must be in attendance;\nB. at all times a competent staff member must lead the camel train whilst walking\nand holding onto the reins of the lead camel; and\nC. the other staff member may ride a camel in the train to and from the beach but\nnot whilst undertaking a camel tour on the beach;\n(iii) During morning sessions only, and where 4 or less camels form the camel train—\nA. only 1 competent staff member is required to be in attendance; and\nB. on the route to and from the beach, the competent staff member may either lead\nthe camel by walking and holding the reins or may ride the lead camel at walking\npace.\n(h) camel operators must, at the conclusion of business each day, remove all and any refuse and\nlitter associated with the operation of their activity and ensure the site is left in a clean and\nsafe condition;\n(i) all camels must be fitted with manure collection devices and any manure that may escape the\nmanure collection devices must be collected immediately along the local government approved\naccess route and along the entire distance of the tour;\n(j) front and rear camels must be fitted with lights facing to the front and the rear and every\nsecond camel must have a reflective tape to each saddle and/or stirrup; and\n(k) camel operators must ensure there is at least 30 metres between each camel train at all\ntimes.\n(4) The local government reserves the right to close Cable Beach to commercial camel activities at any\ntime.\n————\nSchedule 3\nDEFINITION OF “WEED”\n[cl 1.5]\nFor the purposes of this local law, the following plant species are weeds—\nBotanical name Common name\nAlternanthera pungens Khaki Weed\nAzadirachta indica Neem\nCenchrus biflorus Gallon’s Curse\nCenchrus ciliaris Buffel Grass\nHyptis suaveolens Mint Bush\nJatropha gossypifolia Bellyache Bush\nLeucaena leucocephala Coffee Bush\nMacroptilium atropurpureum Siratro\n\n22 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3169\nBotanical name Common name\nMerremia aegyptia Hairy Morning Glory\nMerremia dissecta Noyau Vine\nPassifora foetida Bush Passionfruit\nTribulus terrestris Caltrop\nDated 6 June 2017.\nThe Common Seal of Shire of Broome was affixed by the authority of a resolution of Council in the\npresence of—\nR. J. JOHNSTON, Shire President.\nS. MASTROLEMBO, Chief Executive Officer.\n———————————","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be a consolidated and updated version of a previous local law (the 2012 version is explicitly repealed in clause 1.4). The scope remains consistent with typical local government property management laws, covering the standard range of activities (permits, behaviour, hiring, pools, beaches, verges, advertising, and enforcement). While comprehensive, it does not appear to have expanded significantly beyond the traditional remit of such legislation. The inclusion of specific provisions for camel operations on Cable Beach reflects local conditions rather than scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Length: 16 Parts plus 3 Schedules, spanning approximately 30 pages of dense legislative text","Defined terms: 47+ defined terms in clause 1.5 alone, plus additional definitions in Schedules 2 and 3","Cross-references: Extensive references to the Local Government Act 1995, Road Traffic Code 2000, Liquor Control Act 1988, Planning and Development Act 2005, Firearms Act 1973, Dog Act 1976, Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995, and Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act 1992","Nested conditional logic: Multiple layers of exceptions and qualifications (e.g., clause 3.2 lists activities needing permits, then subclause (3) allows exemptions, and clause 3.1 excludes certain agreements)","Dual regimes: Operates alongside other local laws (e.g., Trading, Outdoor Dining and Street Entertainment Local Law 2003) with complex interaction clauses","Specific technical requirements: Detailed specifications for verge treatments (e.g., 'D50<40 millimetres', height restrictions at specific distances from intersections)","Transitional provisions: Clause 2.9 treats existing signs as 'determinations' under the new regime"],"plain_english_summary":"This local law governs use of Shire of Broome public land and facilities, setting a permit regime for activities from events and camping to alcohol consumption, signage and boat launching. It controls public behaviour, protects beaches, dunes and pools (including Cable Beach rules), regulates verges and shopping trolleys, and creates fines and penalties for breaches. It affects residents, visitors, businesses and anyone using council-managed spaces to protect safety, amenity and the environment."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument expressly repeals the Shire of Broome Local Government Property and Public Places Local Law 2012 (cl 1.4) and re-enacts a consolidated scheme that: (a) applies throughout the district and seaward to 200 metres (cl 1.3); (b) treats specified pre-existing signs as determinations and preserves them subject to inconsistency (cl 2.9); and (c) imports new or explicit detailed controls and operational conditions (for example, detailed camel operation rules on Cable Beach in Schedule 2 Part 4 and comprehensive verge-treatment standards in cl 8.3). These textual changes indicate a revised scope of regulation compared with the repealed 2012 instrument (cl 1.4; cl 2.1(2); Schedule 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Broad subject matter covering beaches, pools, verges, footpaths, signage, vehicle access, events, camping and advertising (Parts 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 3).","Multi-layered authorisation scheme: Council makes determinations (cls 2.1–2.6) while CEO/authorised persons administer permits and enforce (cls 3.6, 3.15, 14.2).","Extensive permit regime with many grounds for refusal, conditions and variation powers and procedural requirements (cls 3.2–3.14, 3.8–3.9).","Cross-references to multiple other Acts and regulations (Local Government Act 1995, Liquor Control Act 1988, Planning and Development Act 2005, Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Acts/Regs, Dog Act 1976, Environmental Protection (Noise) Regulations) creating layered compliance obligations (cl 1.5, cl 3.2, cl 3.7).","Detailed operational prescriptions and technical limits (eg. permissible verge treatments and dimensions cl 8.3; portable sign sizes cl 9.5).","Schedule-based determinations treated as having immediate effect and alter local permissions (Schedule 2; cl 2.1(2)).","Mix of discretionary powers and firm procedural requirements (public notice and submission processes for determinations cl 2.2; non-delegable Council decisions cl 2.2(8)).","Enforcement and remedy mechanisms include notices to rectify, recovery from secured sums, impoundment and infringement notices with specified modified penalties (Parts 12–15; cl 13.1; cl 12.1; Schedule 1).","Administrative burdens on applicants and permit-holders: application forms, fees, public notices, bonds, insurance (cls 3.5, 3.8, 12.1, 14.1).","Geographic reach explicitly includes the sea adjoining the district to 200 metres seawards (cl 1.3), expanding the spatial scope of the local law."],"plain_english_summary":"This local law sets rules for use, hire and behaviour on Shire-owned land and adjacent sea (to 200 metres out). It creates a permit system, lets the Council make determinations about permitted or prohibited activities, prescribes fees, bonds, insurance and offences, and gives authorised officers enforcement powers.  \n\nThe Council (and its CEO/delegates) decides permits and conditions; users (businesses, hirers, event organisers, residents and visitors) pay fees, provide bonds/insurance and face fines or remediation costs if they breach the rules. Schedule 2 lists specific existing determinations (eg. commercial camel operations on Cable Beach)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/broome-shire-of-local-government-property-and-public-places-local-law-2016","history":"/api/acts/broome-shire-of-local-government-property-and-public-places-local-law-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/broome-shire-of-local-government-property-and-public-places-local-law-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/broome-shire-of-local-government-property-and-public-places-local-law-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/broome-shire-of-local-government-property-and-public-places-local-law-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/broome-shire-of-local-government-property-and-public-places-local-law-2016/documents"}}