{"id":"wa-local:halls-creek-shire-of-fencing-local-law-2017","name":"Fencing Local Law 2017","slug":"halls-creek-shire-of-fencing-local-law-2017","collection":"local_law","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442495,"registerId":"wa-local:halls-creek-shire-of-fencing-local-law-2017-1775957480022","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"29","sectionType":"section","heading":"June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3511","content":"29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3511\nPUBLIC PLACES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT\nPROPERTY LOCAL LAW 2017\nCONTENTS\n1.1 Title\n1.3 Terms used in this local law\n1.4 Meaning of “public place”\n1.5 Meaning of “food”\n1.6 Types of licences\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"DETERMINATIONS IN RESPECT OF LOCAL","content":"PART 2—DETERMINATIONS IN RESPECT OF LOCAL\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\n2.7 Activities which may be pursued on specified local government property\n2.8 Activities which may be prohibited on specified local government property\n2.9 Sign under repealed local law taken to be determination\n2.10 Assistance animals\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"ACTIVITIES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY","content":"PART 3—ACTIVITIES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\nREQUIRING A LICENCE\n3.1 Activities requiring a licence\n3.2 Licence required to camp outside a facility\n3.3 Licence required for possession and consumption of liquor\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"BEHAVIOUR ON ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY","content":"PART 4—BEHAVIOUR ON ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n4.1 Behaviour which interferes with others\n4.2 Behaviour detrimental to property\n4.3 Taking or injuring any fauna\n4.4 Intoxicated persons not to enter local government property\n4.5 No prohibited drugs\n4.6 Signs\n4.7 Authorised person to be obeyed\n4.8 Persons may be directed to leave local government property\n4.9 Disposal of lost property\n4.10 Liability for damage to local government property\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"MATTERS RELATING TO PARTICULAR LOCAL","content":"PART 5—MATTERS RELATING TO PARTICULAR LOCAL\n5.1 No entry to fenced or closed local government property\n5.2 When entry must be refused\n5.3 No school no pool\n5.4 Only specified gender to use entry of toilet block or change room\n5.5 No unauthorised entry to function\n\n","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"3512","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3512 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6","sectionType":"part","heading":"ACTIVITIES IN STREETS","content":"PART 6—ACTIVITIES IN STREETS\n6.1 General prohibitions\n6.2 Activities allowed with a licence\n6.3 Temporary crossings\n6.4 Removal of redundant crossing\n6.5 Permissible verge treatments\n6.6 Only permissible verge treatments to be installed\n6.7 Obligations of owner or occupier\n6.8 Notice to owner or occupier\n6.9 Transitional provision\n6.10 Power to carry out public works on verge\n6.11 Assignment of numbers\n6.12 Public place—Item 4(1) of Division 1, Schedule 3.1 of Act\n6.13 Signs\n6.14 Transitional\n6.15 No driving on closed street\n6.16 Notice to redirect or repair sprinkler\n6.17 Hazardous plants\n6.18 Notice to repair damage to street\n6.19 Notice to remove thing unlawfully placed on street\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"Part 7","sectionType":"part","heading":"OBSTRUCTING ANIMALS, VEHICLES OR SHOPPING TROLLEYS","content":"PART 7—OBSTRUCTING ANIMALS, VEHICLES OR SHOPPING TROLLEYS\n7.1 Leaving animal or vehicle in public place\n7.2 Prohibitions relating to animals\n7.3 Shopping trolley to be marked\n7.4 Person not to leave trolley in public place\n7.5 Retailer to remove abandoned trolley\n7.6 Retailer taken to own trolley\nPART 8—TRADING ON STREETS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n8.1 Offence to trade in certain places\nPART 9—MARKETS ON STREETS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n9.1 Offence to conduct a market in certain places\nPART 10—ENTERTAINMENT ON STREETS AND LOCAL\n10.1 Offence to entertain in certain places\nPART 11—FOOD SALES ON STREETS AND LOCAL\n11.1 Offence to sell food in certain streets or local government property\nPART 12—LICENSING\n12.1 Who may apply for licence\n12.2 Application for licence\n12.3 Information required for application\n12.4 Further information relevant to application\n12.5 Additional information required for trading licence application\n12.6 Additional information required for market licence application\n12.7 Additional information required for entertainment licence application\n12.8 Additional information required for food sales licence application\n12.9 Power of CEO to grant licence\n12.10 General restrictions on grant of licence\n12.11 Conditions applying to certain licence\n12.12 Other conditions\n12.13 Condition of every trading licence\n12.14 Condition of every market licence\n12.15 Condition of every entertainment licence\n12.16 Condition of every food sales licence\n12.17 Contravention of conditions\n12.18 Duration of licence\n12.19 Application for renewal of licence\n12.20 Restrictions on renewal of licence\n12.21 Renewal of licence\n12.22 Suspension of licence\n12.23 Proposed suspension\n12.24 Revocation of suspension\n12.25 Suspension of licence\n12.26 Cancellation of licence\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3513\n12.27 Surrender of licence\n12.28 Licence not transferable\n12.29 Amendment of licence\n12.30 Licence document\n12.31 Production of licence document for amendment\n12.32 Return of licence document if licence no longer in effect\n12.33 Advertising\n","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"Part 13","sectionType":"part","heading":"OFFENCES AND PENALTIES","content":"PART 13—OFFENCES AND PENALTIES\n13.1 Offences\n13.2 Infringement and infringement withdrawal notices\n13.3 Offence description and modified penalty\n13.4 Prosecution for offences\n13.5 Offence to fail to comply with notice\n13.6 Local government may undertake requirements of notice\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"Part 14","sectionType":"part","heading":"REPEAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS","content":"PART 14—REPEAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS\n14.1 Repeal\n14.2 Application for licence or renewal of licence\n14.3 Licences\nSCHEDULE 1—ACCEPTABLE MATERIAL\nSCHEDULE 2—CONDITIONS OF EVERY TRADING LICENCE\nSCHEDULE 3—CONDITIONS OF EVERY MARKET LICENCE\nSCHEDULE 4—CONDITIONS OF EVERY ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE\nSCHEDULE 5—CONDITIONS OF EVERY FOOD SALES LICENCE\nSCHEDULE 6—MODIFIED PENALTIES\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3515\nPUBLIC PLACES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT\nPROPERTY LOCAL LAW 2017\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling\nit, the Council of the Shire of Halls Creek resolved on 15 June 2017 to make the following local law.\n1.1 Title\nThis is the Shire of Halls Creek Public Places and Local Government Property Local Law 2017.\nThis local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of its publication in the Government\nGazette.\n1.3 Terms used in this local law\nIn this local law, unless the contrary intention appears—\n“Act” means the Local Government Act 1995;\n“applicant” means a person who applies for a licence;\n“application” means an application for a licence;\n“application fee” means the fee payable upon lodgement of an application for a licence and\nwhich relates to the lodgement, assessment and determination of the application but does not\ninclude the licence fee;\n“authorised person” means a person authorised by the local government under section 9.10 of\nthe Act;\n“boat” means any ship, vessel or structure capable of being used in navigation by water, however\npropelled or moved, and includes a jet ski;\n“building” means any building which is local government property and includes a—\n(a) hall or room;\n(b) corridor, stairway or annexe of any hall or room; and\n(c) jetty;\n“bulk rubbish container” means a bin or container designed or used for holding a substantial\nquantity of rubbish and which is unlikely to be lifted without mechanical assistance, but does\nnot include a bin or container used in connection with the local government’s regular\ndomestic rubbish collection service;\n“CEO” means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government;\n“children’s playground” means an area set aside for use by children and noted by the presence\nof dedicated children’s playground equipment and the presence of either sand or other form of\nsoft fall surface;\n“charitable organisation” means an institution, association, club, society or body whether\nincorporated or not, the objects of which are of a charitable, benevolent, religious, cultural,\neducational, recreational, sporting or other like nature and from which any member does not\nreceive any pecuniary profit except where the member is an employee or the profit is an\nhonorarium;\n“commencement day” means the day on which this local law comes into operation;\n“commercial activity” means an activity referred to in clause 8.1, clause 9.1, clause 10.1 or\nclause 11.1;\n“Crossing” means a crossing giving access from a public thoroughfare to—\n(a) private land; or\n(b) a private throughfare serving private land;\n“Council” means the council of the local government;\n\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"3516","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3516 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\n“determination” means a determination made under clause 2.1;\n“district” means the district of the local government.\n“eating house” means premises which are registered as an eating house under the Health Act or\nwhich are the subject of a hotel licence, a special facility licence or a restaurant licence under\nthe Liquor Act;\n“entertain” means conduct any form of theatrical, artistic, musical, audio or visual performance\nand includes busk;\n“entertainment licence” means a licence of the kind referred to in clause 1.6(c);\n“food” has the meaning given by clause 1.5;\n“food sales licence” means a licence of the kind referred to in clause 1.6(d);\n“function” means an event or activity characterised by all or any of the following—\n(a) formal organisation and preparation;\n(b) its occurrence is generally advertised or notified in writing to particular persons;\n(c) organisation by or on behalf of a club;\n(d) payment of a fee to attend it; and\n(e) systematic recurrence in relation to the day, time and place;\n“garden” means any part of a thoroughfare planted, developed or treated, otherwise than as a\nlawn, with one or more plants;\n“Health Act” means the Public Health Act 2016;\n“hire” includes offer to hire and expose for hire;\n“intersection” has the meaning give to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\n“kerb” includes the edge of a carriageway;\n“lawn” means any part of a thoroughfare which is planted only with grass, or with a similar\nplant, but will include any other plant provided that it has been planted by the local\n“licence” means a licence under this local law;\n“licence fee” means the fee payable upon the issue of a licence;\n“licence document” means a licence document issued under this local law;\n“licensee” means a person who holds a licence;\n“liquor” has the same meaning as is given to it in section 3 of the Liquor Control Act 1988;\n“Liquor Act” means the Liquor Control Act 1988 and includes any regulations made under that\nAct;\n“local government” means the “Shire of Halls Creek”;\n“local government property” means anything except a street—\n(a) which belongs to the local government;\n(b) of which the local government is the management body under the Land Administration\nAct 1997; or\n(c) which is an “otherwise unvested facility” within section 3.53 of the Act;\n“local public notice” has the same meaning as in section 1.7 of the Act;\n“lot” has the meaning given to it in the Planning and Development Act 2005;\n“Manager” means the person for the time being employed by the local government to control and\nmanage a facility which is local government property and includes the person’s assistant or\ndeputy;\n“market” means a collection of stalls, stands or displays erected for the purpose of selling or\nhiring goods, wares, merchandise or services or carrying out any other transaction;\n“market licence” means a licence of the kind referred to in clause 1.6(b);\n“nuisance” means—\n(a) any activity, thing, condition, circumstance or state of affairs caused or contributed to\nby a person which is injurious or dangerous to the health of another person of normal\nsusceptibility, or which has a disturbing effect on the state of reasonable physical,\nmental or social wellbeing of another person;\n(b) anything a person does or permits or causes to be done which interferes with or is likely\nto interfere with the enjoyment or safe use by another person or any public place; or\n(c) anything a person does in or on a public place which unreasonably detracts from or\ninterferes with the enjoyment or value of nearby land owned by another person,\nprovided that anything done in accordance with the law or a legal right or which is\nconsistent with the standard of behaviour in the relevant locality shall not be\nunreasonable for the purpose\n“owner or occupier” in relation to land does not include the local government;\n“permissible verge treatment” means any one of the 4 treatments described in clause 6.5 (2),\nand includes any reticulation pipes and sprinklers;\n“person” does not include the local government;\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3517\n“place” means anywhere at all, and includes anywhere in or on something that is moving or can\nmove;\n“private property” means any real property, parcel of land or lot that has a separate certificate\nof title, which is in private ownership or subject of a lease or agreement with a company or\nperson enabling its use for private purposes and includes any building or structure thereon;\n“prohibited drug” has the meaning given to it in the Misuse of Dugs Act 1981;\n“proprietor”—\n(a) includes the owner, the occupier and any person having the management or control of\nany eating house; or\n(b) the holder of a licence granted under the Liquor Act where the premises in question is\nthe subject of a hotel licence, a limited hotel licence, special facility licence or a\nrestaurant licence granted under that Act;\n“public place” has the meaning given by clause 1.4;\n“repealed local law” means the local law repealed under clause 14.1;\n“retailer” means a proprietor of a shop in respect of which shopping trolleys are provided for the\nuse of customers of the shop;\n“Schedule” means a schedule in this local law.\n“sell” includes—\n(a) offer or attempt to sell;\n(b) display for sale;\n(c) send, forward or deliver for sale or on sale;\n(d) barter or exchange;\n(e) dispose, by lot or chance or by auction;\n(f) supply, or offer, agree or attempt to supply—\n(i) in circumstances which the supplier derives or would be likely to derive a direct or\nindirect pecuniary benefit; or\n(ii) gratuitously, but with a view to gaining or maintaining custom or other commercial\nadvantage; or\n(g) authorise, direct, cause or permit to be done any act referred to in this definition;\n“shopping trolley” means a wheeled container or receptacle supplied by a retailer to enable a\nperson to transport goods;\n“sign” includes a notice, flag, mark, structure or device approved by the local government on\nwhich may be shown words, numbers, expressions or symbols;\n“stall” means a movable or temporarily fixed structure, stand or table in, on or from which goods,\nwares, merchandise, produce or services are sold and includes a vehicle;\n“street” means any highway, thoroughfare or land used for vehicular or pedestrian traffic, and\nincludes all the land lying between property lines, including the verge and footpath;\n“street tree” means any tree planted or self-sown in the street, of an appropriate species and in\nan appropriate location, for the purposes of contributing to the streetscape;\n“trading” means selling or hiring goods, wares, merchandise or services and includes the setting\nup of a stall and conducting business at a stall;\n“trading licence” means a licence of the kind referred to in clause 1.6(a);\n“vehicle” includes—\n(a) every conveyance and every object capable of being propelled or drawn on wheels,\ntracks or otherwise; and\n(b) an animal being ridden or driven,\nbut excludes—\n(c) a wheel chair or any device designed for use, by a physically impaired person on a\nfootpath; and\n(d) a shopping trolley\n“verge” means that part of a street between the carriageway and the land which abuts the\nstreet, but does not include any footpath.\n“water course” has the meaning given to it in the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914;\n1.4 Meaning of “public place”\nFor the purpose of this local law a public place is—\n(a) any street;\n(b) any local government property; or\n(c) any place to which the public have access.\n1.5 Meaning of “food”\n(1) In this local law, “food” includes—\n(a) any substance or thing of kind used, or represented as being used, for human consumption\n(whether it is live, raw, prepared or partly prepared);\n\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"3518","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3518 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\n(b) any substance or thing of a kind used, or represented as being for use, as an ingredient or\nadditive in a substance or thing referred to in paragraph (a);\n(c) any substance used in preparing a substance or thing referred to in paragraph (a) (other than\na substance used in preparing a living thing) if it comes into direct contact with the substance\nor thing referred to in that paragraph, such as processing aid;\n(d) chewing gum or an ingredient or additive in chewing gum, or any substance used in\npreparing chewing gum; and\n(e) any substance or thing declared to be a food under a declaration in force under the\nCommonwealth Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 section 3B,\nwhether or not the substance, thing or chewing gum is in a condition fit for human consumption.\n(2) To avoid doubt, “food” may include live plants and animals.\n1.6 Types of licences\nFor the purposes of this local law—\n(a) a licence which authorises trading on any street or local government property is to be referred\nto as a trading licence;\n(b) a licence which authorises the conduct or setting up of a market on any street or local\ngovernment property is to be referred to as a market licence;\n(c) a licence which authorises entertainment on any street or local government property is to be\nreferred to as an entertainment licence; and\n(d) a licence which authorises the sale of food on any street or local government property is to be\nreferred to as a food sales licence.\nPART 2—DETERMINATIONS IN RESPECT OF LOCAL\n2.1 Determinations as to use of local government property\nThe 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.\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(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) is to 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) is not to be delegated by the Council.\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3519\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 shall 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 are to apply to the register referred to in subclause (1) and for\nthat purpose 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 is to give local public notice of the revocation and the\ndetermination is to cease to have effect on the date of publication.\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, but the determination is not to apply to a person having the charge of a person\nunder the specified age;\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(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 sand board 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 to be taken to be prohibited on all local government property other than\nthat specified in the determination;\n(d) may limit the activity to a class of vehicles, equipment or things, or may extend it to all\nvehicles, 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 sand board or a similar device;\n(c) taking, riding or driving a vehicle on the property or a particular class of vehicle;\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\n","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"3520","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3520 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\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 land which in the opinion of the local government has environmental value\nwarranting such protection, either absolutely or except by 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, equipment or things, or all\nvehicles, 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—\n“premises” means a building, stadium or similar structure which is local government property,\nbut not an open space such as a park or a playing field.\n2.9 Sign under repealed local law taken to be determination\n(1) Where a sign erected on local government property has been erected under a repealed local law,\nthen it is to be taken to be and have effect as a determination on and from the commencement day,\nexcept to the extent that the sign is inconsistent with any provision of this local law or any\ndetermination made under clause 2.1.\n(2) Clause 2.5 does not apply to a sign referred to in subclause (1).\n2.10 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 3—ACTIVITIES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY REQUIRING\nA LICENCE\n3.1 Activities requiring a licence\n(1) A person must not without a licence—\n(a) subject to subclause (3) hire local government property;\n(b) advertise anything by any means on local government property;\n(c) erect a structure for public amusement or for any performance, whether for gain or otherwise,\non local government property;\n(d) teach, coach or train, for profit, any person in any facility which is local government property;\n(e) plant any plant or sow any seeds on local government property;\n(f) carry on any trading on local government property unless the trading is conducted—\n(i) with the consent of a person who holds a permit to conduct a function, and where the\ntrading is carried on under and in accordance with the permit; or\n(ii) by a person who has a licence or permit to carry on trading on local government\nproperty under any written law;\n(g) unless an employee of the local government in the course of her or his duties or on an area set\naside for that purpose—\n(i) drive or ride or take any vehicle on to local government property; or\n(ii) park or stop any vehicle on local government property;\n(h) conduct a function on local government property;\n(i) charge any person for entry to local government property, unless the charge is for entry to\nland or a building hired by a voluntary non-profit organisation;\n(j) light a fire on local government property except in a facility provided for that purpose;\n(k) parachute, hang glide, abseil or base jump from or on to local government property;\n(l) erect a building or a refuelling site on local government property;\n(m) make any excavation on or erect or remove any fence on local government property;\n(n) erect or install any structure above or below ground, which is local government property, for\nthe purpose of supplying any water, power, sewer, communication, television or similar\nservice to a person;\n(o) depasture any horse, sheep, cattle, goat, camel, ass or mule on local government property; or\n(p) conduct or take part in any gambling game or contest or bet, or offer to bet, publicly.\n(2) The CEO may exempt a person from compliance with subclause (1) on the application of that\nperson.\n(3) The CEO may exempt specified local government property or a class of local government property\nfrom the application of subclause (1)(a).\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3521\n3.2 Licence required to camp outside a facility\n“facility” has the same meaning as is given to it in section 5(1) of the Caravan Parks and\nCamping Grounds Act 1995.\n(2) This clause does not apply to a facility operated by the local government.\n(3) A person must not without a licence—\n(a) camp on, lodge at or occupy any structure at night for the purpose of sleeping on local\ngovernment property; or\n(b) erect any tent, camp, hut or similar structure on local government property other than a\nbeach shade or windbreak erected for use during the hours of daylight and which is\ndismantled during those hours on the same day.\n(4) The maximum period for which the CEO may approve an application for a licence in respect of\nparagraph (a) or (b) of subclause (3) is that provided in regulation 11(2)(a) of the Caravan Parks and\nCamping Grounds Regulations 1997.\n3.3 Licence required for possession and consumption of liquor\n(1) A person, on local government property, must not consume any liquor or have in her or his\npossession or under her or his control any liquor, unless—\n(a) that is permitted under the Liquor Control Act 1988; and\n(b) a licence has been obtained for that purpose.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply where the liquor is in a sealed container.\nPART 4—BEHAVIOUR ON ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n4.1 Behaviour which interferes with others\nA person must not in or on any local government property behave in a manner\nwhich—\n(a) is likely to interfere with the enjoyment of a person who might use the property; or\n(b) interferes with the enjoyment of a person using the property.\n4.2 Behaviour detrimental to property\n(1) A person must not behave in or on local government property in a way which is or might be\ndetrimental to the property.\n(2) In subclause (1)—\n“detrimental to the property” includes—\n(a) removing anything from the local government property including a rock, a plant or a\nseat provided for the use of any person; and\n(b) destroying, defacing or damaging anything on the local government property, including\na plant, a seat provided for the use of any person or a building.\n4.3 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 local government property, unless that person is authorised under a written law to do so.\n(2) In this clause—\n“animal” means any living thing that is not a human being or plant; and\n“fauna” 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 eggs or larvae; or\n(c) the carcass, skin, plumage or fur.\n4.4 Intoxicated persons not to enter local government property\nA person must not enter or remain on local government property while under the influence of liquor\nor a prohibited drug.\n4.5 No prohibited drugs\nA person must not take a prohibited drug on to, or consume or use a prohibited drug on, local\ngovernment property.\n4.6 Signs\n(1) A local government may erect a sign on local government property specifying any conditions of use\nwhich apply to that property.\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) is—\n(a) not to be inconsistent with any provision of this local law or any determination; and\n(b) to be for the purpose of giving notice of the effect of a provision of this local law.\n\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"3522","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3522 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\n4.7 Authorised person to be obeyed\nA person on local government property must obey any lawful direction of an authorised person and\nmust not in any way obstruct or hinder an authorised person in the execution of her or his duties.\n4.8 Persons may be directed to leave local government property\nAn authorised person may direct a person to leave local government property where she or he\nreasonably suspects that the person has contravened a provision of any written law.\n4.9 Disposal of lost property\nAn article left on any local government property, and not claimed within a period of 3 months, may be\ndisposed of by the local government in any manner it thinks fit.\n4.10 Liability for damage to local government property\n(1) Where a person unlawfully damages local government property, the local government may by\nnotice in writing to that person require that person within the time required in the notice to, at the\noption of the local government, pay the costs of—\n(a) reinstating the property to the state it was in prior to the occurrence of the damage; or\n(b) replacing that property.\n(2) On a failure to comply with a notice issued under subclause (1), the local government may recover\nthe costs referred to in the notice as a debt due to it.\nPART 5—MATTERS RELATING TO PARTICULAR LOCAL\n5.1 No entry to fenced or closed local government property\nA person must not enter local government property which has been fenced off or closed to the public\nby a sign or otherwise, unless that person is authorised to do so by the local government.\n5.2 When entry must be refused\nA Manager or an authorised person shall refuse admission to, may direct to leave or shall remove or\ncause to be removed from a pool area any person who—\n(1) in her or his opinion is—\n(a) under the age of 12 years and who is unaccompanied by a responsible person over the\nage of 16 years;\n(b) suffering from any contagious, infectious or cutaneous disease or complaint, or is in an\nunclean condition; or\n(c) under the influence of liquor or a prohibited drug; or\n(2) is to be refused admission under and in accordance with a decision of the local government for\nbreaching any clause of this local law.\n5.3 No school no pool\n(1) A Manager or an authorised person shall refuse admission to, may direct to leave or shall remove\nor cause to be removed from the pool area any person who in her or his opinion may be truant, or may\nhave been truant on that day, from a primary or secondary school in the district.\n(2) Where a person is refused admission to, directed to leave, or removed from the pool area under\nsubclause (1), that person shall not be admitted to or enter the pool area during the whole of that day\nor for such longer period as shall be advised by the relevant school principal.\n(3) Subclause (1) does not apply to children who are home schooled, tourists, stopped schooling or\nunder the custody of an adult.\n5.4 Only specified gender to use entry of toilet block or change room\nWhere a sign on a toilet block or change room specifies that a particular entry of the toilet block or\nchange room is to be used by—\n(a) females, then a person of the male gender must not use that entry of the toilet block or\nchange room; or\n(b) males, then a person of the female gender must not use that entry of the toilet block or\nchange room.\n5.5 No unauthorised entry to function\n(1) A person must not enter local government property on such days or during such times as the\nproperty may be set aside for a function for which a charge for admission is authorised, except—\n(a) through the proper entrance for that purpose; and\n(b) on payment of the fee chargeable for admission at the time.\n(2) The local government may exempt a person from compliance with subclause (1)(b).\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3523\nPART 6—ACTIVITIES IN STREETS\n6.1 General prohibitions\nA person must not—\n(a) plant any plant which is not maintained at or below 0.50m in height in a street so that the\nplant does not create a sightline hazard;\n(b) damage a lawn or a garden or remove any plant or part of a plant from a lawn or a garden\nunless—\n(i) the person is the owner or the occupier of the lot abutting that portion of the street and\nthe lawn or the garden or the particular plant has not been installed or planted by the\nlocal government; or\n(ii) the person is acting under the authority of a written law;\n(c) damage a street tree or remove a street tree or part of a street tree irrespective of whether\nthe street tree was planted by the owner or occupier of the lot abutting the street or by the\nlocal government, unless—\n(i) the removal of the street tree is authorised by the local government in writing; or\n(ii) the person is acting under authority of written law;\n(d) place on any footpath any fruit, fruit skins or other substance or fluid (whether vegetable or\notherwise, but not water) which may create a hazard for any person using the footpath;\n(e) unless at the direction of the local government, damage, remove or interfere with any\nsignpost, direction plate, guidepost, notice, shelter, shed, fence or any structure erected on a\nstreet by the local government or a person acting under the authority of a written law;\n(f) play or participate in any game or sport so as to cause danger to any person or thing or\nimpede the movement of vehicles or persons on a street; or\n(g) within a mall, arcade or verandah of a shopping centre, ride any bicycle, skateboard, roller-\nblades or similar device;\n(g) plant any plant (except grasses or a similar plant) within 6 metres of an intersection.\n6.2 Activities allowed with a licence\n(1) A person must not, without a licence—\n(a) dig or otherwise create a trench through or under a kerb or footpath;\n(b) throw, place or deposit anything on a verge except for removal by the local government under\na bulk rubbish collection, and then only in accordance with the terms and conditions and\nduring the period of time advertised in connection with that collection by the local\n(c) cause any obstruction to a vehicle or a person using a street as a street;\n(d) cause any obstruction to a water channel or a water course in a street;\n(e) throw, place or drain offensive, noxious or dangerous fluid onto a street;\n(f) damage a street;\n(g) fell or damage any street tree;\n(h) fell any tree onto a street;\n(i) unless installing, or in order to maintain, a permissible verge treatment—\n(i) lay pipes under or provide taps on any verge; or\n(ii) place or install anything on any part of a thoroughfare, and without limiting the\ngenerality of the foregoing, any gravel, stone, flagstone, cement, concrete slabs, blocks,\nbricks, pebbles, plastic sheeting, kerbing, wood chips, bark or sawdust;\n(j) provide, erect, install or use in or on any building, structure or land abutting on a street any\nhoist or other thing for use over the street;\n(k) on a street use anything or do anything so as to create a nuisance;\n(l) place or cause to be placed on a street a bulk rubbish container; or\n(m) interfere with the soil of, or anything in a thoroughfare or take anything from a street.\n(2) The CEO may exempt a person from compliance with subclause (1) on the application of that\nperson.\n6.3 Temporary crossings\n(1) Where it is likely that works on a lot will involve vehicles leaving a street and entering the lot, the\nperson responsible for the works must obtain a licence for the construction of a temporary crossing to\nprotect the existing carriageway, kerb, drains, footpath, existing materials and street trees, where—\n(a) a crossing does not exist; or\n(b) a crossing does exist, but the nature of the vehicles and their loads is such that they are likely\nto cause damage to the crossing.\n(2) The “person responsible for the works” in subclause (1) is to be taken to be—\n(a) the builder named on the building licence issued under the Local Government (Miscellaneous\nProvisions) Act 1960, if one has been issued in relation to the works; or\n(b) the registered proprietor of the lot, if no building licence has been issued under the Local\nGovernment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960 in relation to the works.\n\n","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"3524","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3524 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\n(3) If the CEO approves an application for a licence for the purpose of subclause (1), the licence is\ntaken to be issued on the condition that until such time as the temporary crossing is removed, the\nlicensee must keep the temporary crossing in good repair and in such a condition so as not to create\nany danger or obstruction to persons using the street.\n6.4 Removal of redundant crossing\n(1) Where works on a lot will result in a crossing no longer giving access to a lot, the crossing is to be\nremoved and the kerb, drain, footpath, verge and any other part of the thoroughfare affected by the\nremoval are to be reinstated to the satisfaction of the CEO.\n(2) The CEO may give written notice to the owner or occupier of a lot requiring her or him to—\n(a) remove any part of or all of a crossing which does not give access to the lot; and\n(b) reinstate the kerb, drain, footpath, verge and any other part of the street, which may be\naffected by the removal, within the period of time stated in the notice, and the owner or\noccupier of the lot must comply with that notice.\n6.5 Permissible verge treatments\n(1) An owner or occupier of land which abuts on a verge may on that part of the verge directly in front\nof her or his land may install a permissible verge treatment.\n(2) The permissible verge treatments are—\n(a) the planting and maintenance of a lawn;\n(b) the planting and maintenance of a garden provided that—\n(i) clear sight visibility is maintained at all times for a person using the abutting street in\nthe vicinity of an intersection or bend in the street or using a driveway on land adjacent\nto the street for access to or from the street; and\n(ii) where there is no footpath, a pedestrian has safe and clear access of a minimum width\nof 2m along that part of the verge immediately adjacent to the kerb;\n(c) the installation of an acceptable material; or\n(d) the installation over no more than 30 per cent of the area of the verge (excluding any\napproved footpath and/or vehicle crossing) of an acceptable material in accordance with\nparagraph (c), and the planting and maintenance of either a lawn or a garden on the balance\nof the verge in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b).\n(3) In this clause “acceptable material” means any of the materials specified in Schedule 1.\n6.6 Only permissible verge treatments to be installed\n(1) A person must not install or maintain a verge treatment which is not a permissible verge\ntreatment.\n(2) The owner and occupier of the lot abutting a verge treatment referred to in subclause (1) are each\nto be taken to have installed and maintained that verge treatment for the purposes of this clause and\nclause 6.7.\n6.7 Obligations of owner or occupier\nAn owner or occupier who installs or maintains a permissible verge treatment must—\n(a) keep the permissible verge treatment in a good and tidy condition and ensure, where the\nverge treatment is a garden or lawn, that a footpath on the verge and a carriageway adjoining\nthe verge is not obstructed by the verge treatment;\n(b) not place any obstruction on or around the verge treatment; and\n(c) not disturb a footpath on the verge.\n6.8 Notice to owner or occupier\nThe CEO may give a notice in writing to the owner or the occupier of a lot abutting on a verge to\nmake good, within the time specified in the notice, any breach of a provision of this Part.\n6.9 Transitional provision\n“former provisions” means the local law of the local government which permitted certain types\nof verge treatments, whether with or without the consent of the local government, and which\nwas repealed by this local law.\n(2) A verge treatment which—\n(a) was installed prior to the commencement day; and\n(b) on the commencement day is a type of verge treatment which was permitted under and\ncomplied with the former provisions,\nis to be taken to be a permissible verge treatment for so long as the verge treatment remains of the\nsame type and continues to comply with the former provisions.\n6.10 Power to carry out public works on verge\nWhere the local government or an authority empowered to do so under a written law disturbs a verge,\nthe local government or the authority—\n(a) is not liable to compensate any person for that disturbance;\n(b) may backfill with sand, if necessary, any garden or lawn; and\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3525\n(c) is not liable to replace or restore any—\n(i) verge treatment and, in particular, any plant or any acceptable material or other hard\nsurface; or\n(ii) sprinklers, pipes or other reticulation equipment.\n6.11 Assignment of numbers\nThe local government may assign a number to a lot in the district and may assign another number to\nthe lot instead of that previously assigned.\n6.12 Public place—Item 4(1) of Division 1, Schedule 3.1 of Act\nThe following places are specified as a public place for the purpose of item 4(1) of Division 1 of\n","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 3","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"1 of the Act—","content":"Schedule 3.1 of the Act—\na public place, as that term is defined in clause 1.4.\n6.13 Signs\n(1) A local government may erect a sign in a street specifying any conditions of use which apply to\nthat street.\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) is to be for the purpose of giving\nnotice of the effect of a provision of this local law.\n6.14 Transitional\nWhere a sign erected in a street has been erected under a local law of the local government repealed\nby this local law, then on and from the commencement day, it is to be taken to be a sign erected under\nclause 6.13 if—\n(a) the sign specifies a condition of use relating to the street which gives notice of the effect of a\nprovision of this local law; and\n(b) the condition of use specified is not inconsistent with any provision of this local law.\n6.15 No driving on closed street\n(1) A person must not drive or take a vehicle on a closed street unless—\n(a) it is in accordance with any limits or exceptions specified in the order made under section\n3.50 of the Act; or\n(b) the person has first obtained a licence.\n(2) In this clause—\n“closed street” means a thoroughfare wholly or partially closed under section 3.50 or 3.50A of\nthe Act.\n6.16 Notice to redirect or repair sprinkler\nWhere a lawn or a garden is being watered with a sprinkler which is on the lawn or the garden, in a\nmanner which causes or may cause an inconvenience or obstruction to any person using a street, the\nCEO may give a notice to the owner or the occupier of the land abutting on the lawn or the garden,\nrequiring the owner or the occupier or both to move or alter the direction of the sprinkler or other\nwatering equipment.\n6.17 Hazardous plants\n(1) Where a plant in a garden creates or may create a hazard for any person using a street, the CEO\nmay give a notice to the owner or the occupier of the land abutting on the garden to remove, cut, move\nor otherwise deal with that plant so as to remove the hazard.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply where the plant was planted by the local government.\n6.18 Notice to repair damage to street\nWhere any portion of a street has been damaged, the CEO may by notice to the person who caused\nthe damage order the person to repair or replace that portion of the street to the satisfaction of the\nlocal government.\n6.19 Notice to remove thing unlawfully placed on street\nWhere anything is placed on a street in contravention of this local law, the CEO may by notice in\nwriting to the owner or the occupier of the property which abuts on that portion of the street where\nthe thing has been placed, or any other person who may be responsible for the thing being so placed,\nrequire the relevant person to remove the thing.\nPART 7—OBSTRUCTING ANIMALS, VEHICLES OR SHOPPING TROLLEYS\n7.1 Leaving animal or vehicle in public place\n(1) A person must not leave an animal or a vehicle, or any part of a vehicle, in a public place so that it\nobstructs the use of any part of that public place, unless that person has first obtained a licence or is\nauthorised to do so under a written law.\n(2) A person does not contravene subclause (1) where the animal is secured or tethered for a period\nnot exceeding 1 hour.\n(3) A person does not contravene subclause (1) where the vehicle is left for a period not exceeding\n24 hours.\n\n","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"3526","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3526 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\n7.2 Prohibitions relating to animals\n(1) In subclause (2), “owner” in relation to an animal includes—\n(a) an owner of it;\n(b) a person in possession of it;\n(c) a person who has control of it; and\n(d) a person who ordinarily occupies the premises where the animal is permitted to stay.\n(2) An owner of an animal must not—\n(a) allow the animal to enter or remain for any time on any public place except for the use of the\npublic place as a thoroughfare and unless it is led, ridden or driven;\n(b) allow an animal which has a contagious or infectious disease to be led, ridden or driven in a\npublic place; or\n(c) train or race the animal in a public place.\n7.3 Shopping trolley to be marked\nA retailer must clearly mark its name or its trading name on any shopping trolley made available for\nthe use of customers.\n7.4 Person not to leave trolley in public place\nA person must not leave a shopping trolley in a public place other than in an area set aside for the\nstorage of shopping trolleys.\n7.5 Retailer to remove abandoned trolley\n(1) If a shopping trolley is found in a public place, other than in an area set aside for the storage of\nshopping trolleys, the local government may advise (verbally or in writing) a retailer whose name is\nmarked on the trolley of the location of the shopping trolley.\n(2) A retailer must remove a shopping trolley within 24 hours of being so advised under subclause (1),\nunless the retailer—\n(a) requests the local government to collect and deliver the shopping trolley to the retailer; and\n(b) pays any fee for that collection and delivery (imposed and determined under and in\naccordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act) within the period specified by the local\n7.6 Retailer taken to own trolley\n(1) Where an Authorised Person or a member of the Western Australia Police finds a shopping trolley\nabandoned in a public place, the Authorised Person or a member of the Police Service may impound\nthe shopping trolley and place it in an appointed place.\n(2) Where a shopping trolley has been impounded and placed in an appointed place, the apparent\nowner must be advised verbally or in writing of its location by the local government and, the owner\nmust recover the impounded shopping trolley from the appointed place as set out in the Act.\n","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"Part 8","sectionType":"part","heading":"TRADING ON STREETS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY","content":"PART 8—TRADING ON STREETS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n8.1 Offence to trade in certain places\nA person must not carry on trading in or on any thoroughfare or local government property except\nunder and in accordance with the licence authorising the trading at that thoroughfare or local\ngovernment property\n","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"Part 9","sectionType":"part","heading":"MARKETS ON STREETS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY","content":"PART 9—MARKETS ON STREETS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n9.1 Offence to conduct a market in certain places\nA person must not conduct or set up a market in or on any thoroughfare or local government property\nexcept under and in accordance with a licence authorising the conduct of a market at that\nthoroughfare or local government property.\n","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"Part 10","sectionType":"part","heading":"ENTERTAINMENT ON STREETS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY","content":"PART 10—ENTERTAINMENT ON STREETS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n10.1 Offence to entertain in certain places\nA person must not entertain in or on any thoroughfare or local government property except under and\nin accordance with the licence authorising the entertainment at that thoroughfare or local\ngovernment property.\n","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"Part 11","sectionType":"part","heading":"FOOD SALES ON STREETS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY","content":"PART 11—FOOD SALES ON STREETS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY\n11.1 Offence to sell food in certain streets or local government property\nA person must not sell food in or on any thoroughfare or local government property except under and\nin accordance with a food sales licence authorising the sale of food at that thoroughfare or local\ngovernment property\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3527\n","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"Part 12","sectionType":"part","heading":"LICENSING","content":"PART 12—LICENSING\n12.1 Who may apply for licence\nAn application for a licence may only be made to the CEO by an individual or a Charitable\nOrganisation.\n12.2 Application for licence\nAn application must be—\n(a) in writing in a form approved by the CEO;\n(b) accompanied by any document or information that is required under this local law; and\n(c) accompanied by the application fee.\n12.3 Information required for application\nThe following documents and information are required to accompany an application—\n(a) written statement of the details of the activity for which a licence is being requested;\n(b) written particulars of arrangements made in respect of public liability insurance; and\n(c) any other information the local government considers necessary in the circumstances of the\ncase.\n12.4 Further information relevant to application\n(1) The CEO may ask an applicant for any additional document or information that the CEO\nconsiders is or could be relevant to making a decision on the application.\n(2) Without limiting subclause (1), for the purpose of deciding whether or not an individual applicant\nis a fit and proper person to be granted a licence, and whether or not the application should be\ngranted, the CEO—\n(a) must ask the applicant to provide a reference or report specified by the CEO; and\n(b) must ask the applicant to provide evidence that the person has the necessary experience in\nrelation to the type of commercial activity to which the application relates.\n(3) If the CEO makes a request under subclause (1) or (2) the CEO does not have to consider the\napplication, or consider it further, until the request is complied with.\n(4) Any costs incurred in complying with the request under subclause (1) or (2) are to be paid by the\napplicant unless the CEO determines otherwise.\n12.5 Additional information required for trading licence application\ntrading licence—\n(a) the number of assistants to be employed in the trading at any one time;\n(b) a plan of the proposed location;\n(c) the proposed goods, wares, merchandise or services to be traded;\n(d) a detailed and accurate plan and description of any proposed stall, stand, table, structure or\nvehicle to be used for trading; and\n(e) the type of sign to be used to display the licence name and licence number.\n12.6 Additional information required for market licence application\nmarket licence—\n(a) a copy of the planning approval issued by the local government under a town planning\nscheme;\n(b) a plan or plans to a scale of 1:50 showing—\n(i) the location and dimensions of the proposed area to be used for the market;\n(ii) the dimensions of the public place including any footpath and the location and nature of\nany street furniture, trees, utilities, parking or service bays in the area; and\n(iii) the position and dimensions of all proposed stalls;\n(c) a management plan outlining the operation of the market including—\n(i) the proposed days and times of operation;\n(ii) the proposed type and form of any advertising devices to be used; and\n(iii) details of how the operational responsibilities of the licensee will be met; and\n(d) the nature and extent of any activity relating to entertainment.\n12.7 Additional information required for entertainment licence application\nThe following additional information and documents are required to accompany an application for an\nentertainment licence—\n(a) the nature of the proposed entertainment;\n(b) any musical instrument or amplifier proposed to be used; and\n(c) the number of people involved in the proposed entertainment.\n\n","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"3528","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3528 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\n12.8 Additional information required for food sales licence application\nfood sales licence—\n(a) a plan and specification of the proposed area to be licenced on a scale of 1:50 showing—\n(i) the location and dimensions of the proposed area and the means by which the area is to\nbe separated from the balance of the public place; and\n(ii) the position of all tables, chairs and other structures proposed to be provided in the\narea and which of the items, if any, are to be retained within the area at all times;\n(b) a plan and specification on a scale of 1:200 showing the area and all improvements within 30\nmetres of the boundaries of the area including any public facility and parking restrictions;\n(c) a colour photograph or photographs of the tables, chairs and other structures to be set up in\nthe area;\n(d) a written statement of the manner in which foodstuffs and other dining accessories are to be\nconveyed to and protected from contamination within the area; and\n(e) written particulars of arrangements made in respect of public liability insurance.\n12.9 Power of CEO to grant licence\n(1) The CEO may grant a licence to a person authorising the person to provide a specified type of\ntrading at a specified public place.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n“specified” means specified in the licence document.\n(3) A licence cannot be granted in respect of more than one type of commercial activity or in respect of\nmore than one public place.\n(4) A licence cannot be granted to 2 or more persons.\n(5) A person may be granted 2 or more licences whether for the same type of commercial activity or for\ndifferent types of commercial activity or for different public places.\n12.10 General restrictions on grant of licence\n(1) The CEO must not grant a licence if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the provision\nof the activity to which the application relates would constitute an unacceptable risk to the safety of\nthe public.\n(2) The CEO must not grant a licence unless the CEO is satisfied that—\n(a) the applicant is capable of carrying on the activity in accordance with this local law and the\nterms and conditions of the licence;\n(b) the public place at which the activity is to be provided is suitable for that purpose;\n(c) a licence or equivalent authority granted or issued to the applicant has not been cancelled in\nthe period of 5 years before the application is made; and\n(d) the applicant is a fit and proper person to carry on the activity.\n(3) The CEO must not grant a licence to an individual applicant if the applicant has been found guilty\nof an offence under this local law unless the CEO is satisfied that there are exceptional reasons for\ndoing so.\n12.11 Conditions applying to certain licence\nIt is a condition of every trading licence, market licence, entertainment licence and food sales licence\nthat—\n(a) at all times during the period for which the licence is issued, the licencee must effect and\nmaintain a public risk policy of insurance with a reputable insurer with respect to the\ncommercial activity authorised by the licence.\n(b) the commercial activity can only be conducted at the public places specified in the licence; and\n(c) unless otherwise stated on the licence, the expiration date of the licence is midnight on 30\nJune of that year.\n12.12 Other conditions\nThe CEO may grant a licence subject to any conditions that the CEO considers appropriate.\n12.13 Condition of every trading licence\nEvery trading licence is taken to be subject to the conditions set out in Schedule 2.\n12.14 Condition of every market licence\nEvery market licence is taken to be subject to the conditions set out in Schedule 3.\n12.15 Condition of every entertainment licence\nEvery entertainment licence is taken to be subject to the conditions set out in Schedule 4.\n12.16 Condition of every food sales licence\nEvery food sales licence is taken to be subject to the conditions set out in Schedule 5.\n12.17 Contravention of conditions\nA licensee who contravenes a condition of the licence commits an offence.\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3529\n12.18 Duration of licence\n(1) A licence has effect for the period specified in the licence document unless—\n(a) it is suspended under clause 12.22; or\n(b) it is cancelled under clause 12.26; or\n(c) it is surrendered under clause 12.27.\n(2) The period specified in the licence document must not exceed one year from the day on which the\nlicence is granted or renewed.\n12.19 Application for renewal of licence\n(1) A licensee may apply to the CEO for the renewal of a licence.\n(2) An application for renewal must be—\n(a) in writing in the form approved by the CEO;\n(b) lodged with the CEO no later than 28 days prior to the expiry of the licence or any further\ntime that the CEO in a particular case allows;\n(c) accompanied by any document or information that is required under this local law; and\n(d) accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n(3) Clause 12.4 applies in relation to an application for renewal as if it were an application for a\nlicence.\n12.20 Restrictions on renewal of licence\nThe CEO must not renew a licence if—\n(a) the CEO is no longer satisfied as to any matter referred to in clause 12.10 or 12.11 that was\nrelevant to the decision to grant the licence; or\n(b) the CEO is satisfied that the licensee has persistently or frequently contravened the\nprovisions of this local law or a term or condition of the licence; or\n(c) there are reasonable grounds for believing that the continued provision of the trading to\nwhich the application relates will constitute an unacceptable risk to the safety of the public.\n12.21 Renewal of licence\nIf the CEO renews a licence the CEO may—\n(a) renew it subject to any existing conditions; or\n(b) impose any new conditions; or\n(c) change or remove any existing condition (other than the conditions referred to in clauses\n12.11, 12.12, 12.14, 12.15 and 12.16.\n12.22 Suspension of licence\n(1) The CEO may, subject to clause 12.23, by written notice given to the licensee, suspend a licence if\nthere are reasonable grounds for believing that—\n(a) the licensee has contravened a term or condition of a licence; or\n(b) the licensee has contravened a provision of this local law; or\n(c) the continued provision of the activity constitutes or will constitute an unacceptable risk to\nthe safety of the public.\n(2) The suspension notice must—\n(a) state the day, or the day and time, on or at which the suspension takes effect;\n(b) state the reasons for the CEO’s decision to suspend the licence; and\n(c) where appropriate, indicate what steps need to be taken to ensure that there is compliance\nwith the relevant provision, term or condition or that there is no longer a risk as described in\nsubclause (1)(c); and\n(d) inform the licensee that the licensee has a right to apply under the Act for a review of the\nCEO’s decision to suspend the licence.\n12.23 Proposed suspension\n(1) If the CEO proposes to suspend a licence for the reason mentioned in clause 12.22 (1)(a)(b), the\nCEO must give written notice to the licensee of the proposed suspension.\n(2) The notice must—\n(a) state that the CEO proposes to suspend the licence;\n(b) state the reasons for the proposed suspension; and\n(c) inform the licensee that the licensee is entitled to make representation to the CEO in respect\nof the proposed suspension within 7 days after the day on which the licensee is given the\nnotice.\n(3) In considering whether to suspend the licence the CEO must have regard to any representations\nmade by the licensee within the period referred to in subclause (2)(c).\n12.24 Revocation of suspension\n(1) The CEO must, by written notice given to the licensee revoke the suspension of a licence if the\nCEO is satisfied that the steps specified in the suspension notice have been taken.\n\n","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"3530","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3530 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\n(2) The CEO may, by written notice given to the licensee, revoke the suspension of the licence if it is\nappropriate to do so in the circumstances of a particular case.\n12.25 Suspension of licence\nThe suspension of a licence has effect on the day or the day and time, specified in the suspension\nnotice until one of the following happens—\n(a) the suspension is revoked under clause 12.24;\n(b) the licence is cancelled under clause 12.26 or expires;\n(c) the licence is surrendered in accordance with the provisions of this local law.\n12.26 Cancellation of licence\nGrounds for the cancellation of the licence exists if—\n(a) the licence was obtained improperly; or\n(b) the CEO can no longer be satisfied as to a matter referred to in clause 12.10 that was\nrelevant to the decision to grant the licence; or\n(c) the licensee has persistently or frequently contravened a term or condition of the licence or a\nprovision of this local law, whether or not the licence is or has been suspended on the grounds\nof a contravention; or\n(d) there are reasonable grounds for believing that the continued provision of the commercial\nactivity constitutes or would constitute an unacceptable risk to the safety of the public\nwhether or not the licence has been suspended on the grounds of that risk.\n12.27 Surrender of licence\nA licensee may at any time by notice in writing to the CEO surrender the licence.\n12.28 Licence not transferable\nA licence is not transferable.\n12.29 Amendment of licence\n“amend” includes—\n(a) to impose any new condition; and\n(b) to change or remove any existing condition (other than a condition referred to in\nclauses 12.11, 12.12, 12.14, 12.15 or 12.16.\n(2) The CEO may, by written notice given to the licensee, amend a licence.\n(3) An amendment may be made on application made by the licensee or on the CEO’s initiative.\n12.30 Licence document\nIf the CEO grants a licence to a person the CEO must issue to the person a licence document that\ncontains the details required under this local law.\n12.31 Production of licence document for amendment\nIf the CEO amends or renews a licence, the licensee must, if required by the CEO, produce the licence\ndocument to the CEO for amendment within the period specified by the CEO.\n12.32 Return of licence document if licence no longer in effect\nIf a licence—\n(a) has expired or has not been renewed; or\n(b) has been suspended or cancelled; or\n(c) has been surrendered,\nthe person who was the licensee must, as soon as practicable after the expiry, suspension,\ncancellation or surrender, return the licence document to the CEO.\n12.33 Advertising\nA person must not advertise, or otherwise hold out in any way, that the person conducts a commercial\nactivity in any public place unless that person holds a licence authorising that commercial activity.\nPART 13—OFFENCES AND PENALTIES\n13.1 Offences\n(1) A person who fails to do anything required or directed to be done under this local law, or who does\nanything which under this local law that person is prohibited from doing, commits an offence.\n(2) An offence against a clause specified in Schedule 6 is a prescribed offence for the purposes of\nsection 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 a day during which the offence has continued.\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3531\n13.2 Infringement and infringement withdrawal notices\nFor the purpose of this local law—\n(a) the form of the infringement notice referred to in section 9.17 of the act is form 2 in the First\nSchedule of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; and\n(b) the form of the infringement withdrawal notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is form 3\nin the First Schedule of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996.\n13.3 Offence description and modified penalty\nThe amount appearing in the final column of Schedule 6 directly opposite an offence described in that\nSchedule is the modified penalty for that offence.\n13.4 Prosecution for offences\nA penalty for an offence against this local law (not being a modified penalty) may be recovered by the\nlocal government by taking proceedings against the alleged offender in the Magistrates Court.\n13.5 Offence to fail to comply with notice\nWhenever the local government gives a notice under this local law requiring a person to do anything,\nif the person fails to comply with the notice, the person commits an offence.\n13.6 Local government may undertake requirements of notice\nWhere a person fails to comply with a notice referred to in clause 8.1, the local government may do\nthe thing specified in the notice and recover from that person, as a debt, the costs incurred in so\ndoing.\nPART 14—REPEAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS\n14.1 Repeal\nThe Shire of Halls Creek Local Government Act Local Law 2002 as published in the Government\nGazette on 2 October 2002 is repealed.\n14.2 Application for licence or renewal of licence\nAn application for a licence or the renewal of a licence made under the repealed local law that has not\nbeen finally determined immediately before the commencement day is to be dealt with and\ndetermined as if it were an application for a licence or a renewal of licence under this local law.\n14.3 Licences\nA licence under the repealed local law that is in force immediately before the commencement day is to\nbe regarded on and after that day as a licence under this local law and may be dealt with accordingly.\n————\n","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"ACCEPTABLE MATERIAL","content":"SCHEDULE 1—ACCEPTABLE MATERIAL\n[Clause 6.6]\n1. General\nAll forms of compacted aggregate materials such as crushed stones, crushed brick and gravel are\nacceptable. The minimum depth of the material is to be no less than 100mm, and must be water\nbound and compacted to a smooth finish. The material must be contained within the verge area at all\ntimes.\n2. Hardstands\nThe verge may be partly paved with brick paving, concrete or bitumen to form a hardstand. The\nmaximum area that may be paved is 3 metres wide, measured from the back of the kerb and running\nparallel to the kerb in the verge abutting the owners or occupiers land.\n","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"CONDITIONS OF EVERY TRADING LICENCE","content":"SCHEDULE 2—CONDITIONS OF EVERY TRADING LICENCE\n[Clause 12.13]\n1. The licensee must—\n(a) display a sign with letters and numerals not less than 5cm in height in a conspicuous place in\nthe licensed area indicating the name of the licensee and the licence number;\n(b) ensure that the licensed area is attended by either the licensee or an assistant at all times\nwhen trading is being undertaken;\n(c) keep any store, table, structure or vehicle specified in the licence in a clean and safe condition\nand in good repair;\n(d) ensure a minimum width of 2 metres is kept clear for pedestrian access;\n(e) keep the location specified in the licence free from refuse and rubbish;\n(f) have the licence available at operation times and produce the licence to any authorised\nperson or any Police Officer when requested; and\n\n","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"3532","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3532 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\n(g) remove any store, merchandise and signs from the location to which the licence applies and\nleave the location clean and vacant—\n(i) at the conclusion of the permitted hours of operation specified in the licence; and\n(ii) at the conclusion of the permitted hours of operation specified in the licence; and\n(iii) whenever the trading is not taking place on the location to which the licence applies.\n2. The licensee must not—\n(a) engage in or permit any trading in any goods, wears, merchandise or services other than\nthose specified in the licence;\n(b) cause, permit or suffer any nuisance to exist, arise or continue on from the location to which\nthe licence applies;\n(c) cause, permit or store any goods, wares, merchandise on any public place, other than on the\nlocation to which the licence applies;\n(d) obstruct the free passage of pedestrians on any footpath or pedestrian access way;\n(e) use or display or permit to be used or displayed any advertisement, placard, poster, sign or\nsign board on or about the location specified in the licence other than price tickets or labels on\nthe permitted place not exceeding a total of 0.25m 2 of the licensed area;\n(f) erect and maintain signs in accordance with this paragraph (f) so as to obscure any other\nsignage on or adjacent to the licensed area;\n(g) cry out, shout about or permit any other person to cry out or shout about any goods, wares,\nmerchandise or services in any street or public place;\n(h) use or permit to be used any loud hailer, microphone, amplifier or other apparatus for making\nor transmitting sound, on or from the permitted place specified in the licence, unless\napproved by the CEO;\n(i) use or permit to be used any record, tape, radio, bell, musical instrument or other instrument\nor device capable of being heard beyond the boundaries of the permitted place specified in the\nlicence unless approved by the CEO;\n(j) use or permit to be used any flashing or intermittent lighting apparatus or device on or from\nthe permitted place specified in the licence; or\n(k) use or permit to be used apparatus or device including flap or shelf where the dimensions of\nthe stall area are increased beyond that specified in the licence.\nSCHEDULE 3—CONDITIONS OF EVERY MARKET LICENCE\n[Clause 12.14]\n1. Prior to commencing operations of the market, the licensee must—\n(a) obtain approval from the local government and the Western Australian Police Service for the\nclosure of public streets to vehicular traffic, where the market is to be held and during the\nhours of operation of the market;\n(b) lodge a copy of the approved plans of the market with the Fire and Rescue Service of WA;\n(c) ensure adequate refuse collection arrangements have been made to the satisfaction of the\nlocal government;\n(d) where appropriate, have the necessary local government approval in accordance with the\nHealth (Public Building) 1992 including a maximum occupation certificate and electrical\ncompliance certificate; and\n(e) obtain approval from the local government in relation to entertainment aspects of the market.\n2. During the operation of the market, including setting up and dismantling times, the licensee\nmust—\n(a) maintain pedestrian access through and beyond the market area;\n(b) maintain access to adjacent building entries;\n(c) retain access to areas the subject of approved food service licences;\n(d) maintain adequate access for emergency vehicles through the streets of the licensed area;\n(e) stabilise all structures and furniture provided and used in the operation of the market at all\ntimes and removal of such structures and furniture when not in use;\n(f) maintain noise levels from any associated music announcements, and the like, in accordance\nwith any licence condition, so as not to cause a nuisance;\n(g) maintain the area of the market clean and free from rubbish; and\n(h) provide separate sanitary facilities for food stall staff.\n3. At the conclusion of each market, the licensee must ensure that all structures and equipment used\nin the operation of the market are removed and the area returned to the condition it was before the\ncommencement of the market and to the satisfaction of the local government.\n","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 4","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"CONDITIONS OF EVERY ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE","content":"SCHEDULE 4—CONDITIONS OF EVERY ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE\n[Clause 12.15]\n1. The licensee must not permit the entertainment to extend beyond the specified portion of the public\nplace approved in the licence.\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3533\n2. The licensee must ensure that the entertainment—\n(a) does not prevent or impede pedestrian flow or access to and along footpaths, entries or exits\nto shops and other buildings;\n(b) does not prevent or impede vehicular flow or access to and along any street, entry or exit to\nany service delivery area;\n(c) does not cause a nuisance to any other entertainment or activity approved by the local\n(d) unless otherwise approved, does not include any person under the age of 14 years—\n(i) during school hours, on school days; or\n(ii) between 7pm and 6am; and\n(e) does not include, involve or permit—\n(i) anything that is offensive or obscene;\n(ii) the use of fire;\n(iii) any weapon or object with sharp edges including knives and swords;\n(iv) any motorised machinery that omits a loud noise in its operation or is not suitable in\nthe location;\n(v) any other activity, object or matter whatsoever that endangers the safety of the public\nor the performance; or\n(vi) cruelty to any animal;\n(f) does not include any amplification unless specifically approved and endorsed on the licence\nand in any event will not be permitted in any location between Monday to Saturday, 10pm to\n7am and Sundays between 10pm and 9am;\n(g) complies at all times with the Environmental Protection (Noise) Regulations 1997.\n3. The licensee must—\n(a) use the allocated space and location to perform during the days and times specified in the\nlicence or vacate the location;\n(b) produce the licence when requested to do so by an authorised person;\n(c) ensure a valid licence number is visibly displayed during each performance;\n(d) comply at all times with the direction of an authorised person; and\n(e) move at least 50 metres from the performance location at the completion of the performance\nand not return to the same location within 2 hours.\n4. A licensee must not—\n(a) reserve or attempt to reserve a location or leave equipment at a location used for\nperformances unless immediately before, during and immediately after a performance;\n(b) sell any goods or services without written approval or licence issued for that purpose; or\n(c) perform in any one location for more than 30 minutes unless specifically authorised by\nendorsement on the licence, or the performance is by a pavement or visual artist.\n5. A licensee who is performing pavement or visual art—\n(a) must not perform at the same site for longer than 2 hours and must not return to the same\nsite unless 2 hours after the previous performance of that day;\n(b) must not use chalk unless working on paper or card;\n(c) must not use spray paint, crayons, textures or inedible materials; and\n(d) must return the location, including the pavement surface, to its former condition.\n","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 5","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"CONDITIONS OF EVERY FOOD SALES LICENCE","content":"SCHEDULE 5—CONDITIONS OF EVERY FOOD SALES LICENCE\n[Clause 12.16]\n1. The licensee must not permit the operation of the food sales area to extend beyond the specified\nportion of the public place detailed in the plans approved as part of the licence.\n2. The licensee must—\n(a) keep the area in a clean and tidy condition at all times;\n(b) ensure a minimum width of 2 metres is kept clear for pedestrian access;\n(c) maintain the chairs, tables and other structures set out on the area in good and serviceable\ncondition at all times;\n(d) be solely responsible for all and any costs associated with the removal, alteration, repair,\nreinstatement or reconstruction of the public place arising from the conduct of the area or the\nactions of persons in that area and the council may recover such costs from the proprietor in a\ncourt of competent jurisdiction as a debt owing to it;\n(e) be solely responsible for payment of all rates and taxes levied upon the land occupied by the\narea; and\n(f) display the licence in a conspicuous place in the adjoining eating house and whether\nrequested by an environmental health officer to do so must produce the licence to that officer.\n\n","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"3534","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3534 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\n","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 6","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"MODIFIED PENALTIES","content":"SCHEDULE 6—MODIFIED PENALTIES\n[Clause 13.1(2)]\nItem Clause Description\nPenalty\n$\n1 2.4 Failure to comply with determination 100\n2 3.2 Failure to obtain licence to camp outside a facility 100\n3 3.3(1) Failure to obtain licence for liquor 200\n4 4.2 Behaviour detrimental to property 300\n5 4.3 Taking or injuring any fauna 200\n6 4.4 Under influence of liquor or prohibited drug 200\n7 4.6(2) Failure to comply with sign on local government property 100\n8 4.8 Failure to comply with direction of authorised person 100\n9 5.1 Unauthorised entry to fenced or closed local government property 200\n10 5.4 Gender not specified using entry of toilet block or change room 100\n11 5.5 Unauthorised entry to function on local government property 200\n12 6.1(a) Plant creating a sightline hazard 100\n13 6.1(b) Damaging lawn or garden or remove a plant 200\n14 6.1(c) Remove or damage a thoroughfare tree 300\n15 6.1(d) Placing hazardous substance on footpath 100\n16 6.1(e) Damaging or interfering with signpost or structure on a\nthoroughfare\n17 6.1(f) Riding a bicycle, skateboard, roller-blades or similar device,\nplaying or participating in any game or sport so as to cause\ndanger to any person or thing or impede the movement of\nvehicles or persons on a thoroughfare.\n18 6.2(1)(a) Digging a trench through a kerb or footpath without a licence 100\n19 6.2(1)(b) Throw, place, store or deposit anything on a verge without a\n20 6.2(1)(c) Causing obstruction to vehicle or person on thoroughfare without\na licence\n21 6.2(1)(d) Causing obstruction to water channel on thoroughfare or verge\nwithout a licence\n22 6.2(1)(e) Placing or draining offensive fluid on thoroughfare without a\n23 6.2(1)(f) Damage a thoroughfare without a licence 300\n24 6.2(1)(g) Felling or damaging any thoroughfare tree without a licence 200\n25 6.2(1)(h) Felling tree onto thoroughfare without a licence 200\n26 6.2(1)(i) Installing pipes or stone on thoroughfare without a licence 100\n27 6.2(1)(j) Installing a hoist or other thing on a structure or land for use\nover a thoroughfare without a licence\n28 6.2(1)(k) Creating a nuisance on a thoroughfare without a licence 200\n29 6.2(1)(l) Placing a bulk rubbish container on a thoroughfare without a\n30 6.2(1)(m) Interfering with anything on a thoroughfare without a licence 200\n31 3.3(1) Consumption of liquor on a thoroughfare without a licence 200\n32 6.3 Failure to obtain licence for temporary crossing 200\n33 6.4 Failure to comply with notice to remove crossing and reinstate\nkerb\n34 6.6 Installation of verge treatment other than permissible verge\ntreatment\n35 6.7 Failure to maintain permissible verge treatment or placement of\nobstruction on verge\n36 6.8 Failure to comply with notice to rectify default 300\n37 6.13 Failure to comply with sign on public place 200\n38 6.15 Driving or taking a vehicle on a closed thoroughfare 300\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3535\nItem Clause Description\nPenalty\n$\n39 7.1(1) Animal or vehicle obstructing a public place or local government\nproperty\n40 7.2(2)(a) Animal on thoroughfare when not led, ridden or driven 200\n41 7.2(2)(b) Animal on public place with infectious disease 300\n42 7.2(2)(c) Training or racing animal on thoroughfare in built-up area 200\n44 7.4 Person leaving shopping trolley in public place other than trolley\nbay\n45 7.5(2) Failure to remove shopping trolley upon being advised of location 200\n46 8.1 Trading in a thoroughfare or local government property without\na licence\n47 9.1 Set up or conduct market without a licence 100\n48 10.1 Set up or entertain without a licence 100\n49 11.1 Set up or conduct food sales without a licence 100\n50 12.17 Failing to comply with conditions of a licence 100\n","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"51","sectionType":"section","heading":"All other offences not specified 100","content":"51 All other offences not specified 100\n————\nDated: 16 June 2017.\nThe Common Seal of the Shire of Halls Creek was affixed by authority of a resolution of the Council\nin the presence of—\nMALCOLM EDWARDS, Shire President.\nRODGER KERR-NEWELL, Chief Executive Officer.\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3537\nCONTENTS\n1.1 Citation\n1.3 Purpose and effect\n1.4 Application\n1.5 Repeal\n1.6 Definitions\n1.7 Licence fees and charges\nPART 2—FENCES\n2.1 Sufficient fences\n2.2 Fences within front setback areas\n2.3 Gates in fences\n2.4 Depositing fencing material on public place\n2.5 Fences on a Rural Lot\n2.6 Maintenance of fences\n2.7 Fences across rights-of-way, public access ways or thoroughfares\n2.8 General discretion of the local government\n2.9 Pre-used fencing materials\n2.10 Barbed wire fences and spiked or jagged materials\n2.11 Electrified and razor wire fences\n2.12 Prohibited fencing materials\n2.13 Certification of fencing designs\nPART 3—APPROVALS\n3.1 Application for approval\n3.2 Decision on application for approval\n3.3 Compliance with approval\n3.4 Duration of approval\nPART 4—MISCELLANEOUS\n4.1 False or misleading statement\nPART 5—NOTICES OF BREACH\n5.1 Notices of breach\nPART 6—OFFENCES\n6.1 Offences and penalties\n6.2 Modified penalties\n6.3 Form of notices\nPART 7—OBJECTIONS AND REVIEW\n7.1 Objections and review\n\n3538 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\nSchedule 1\nOFFENCES AND MODIFIED PENALTIES\nSchedule 2\nSPECIFICATIONS FOR A SUFFICIENT FENCE ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT\nTimber fence\nCorrugated fence\nBrick, stone or concrete fence\nComposite fence\nSchedule 3\nSPECIFICATIONS FOR A SUFFICIENT FENCE ON A COMMERCIAL LOT\nOR AN INDUSTRIAL LOT\nGalvanised or PVC fence and gate\nOther fences\nSchedule 4\nSPECIFICATIONS FOR A SUFFICIENT FENCE ON A RURAL LOT\nOR SPECIAL RURAL LOT\nNon-electrified fence\nElectrified fence\nSchedule 5\nLICENCE FOR APPROVED ELECTRIFIED FENCE\nSchedule 6\nLICENCE FOR APPROVED RAZOR WIRE FENCE\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3539\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and all other powers enabling it, the\nShire of Halls Creek resolved on 15 June 2017 to make the following local law.\n1.1 Citation\nThis local law is the Shire of Halls Creek Fencing Local Law 2017.\nThis local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of its publication in the Government\nGazette.\n1.3 Purpose and effect\n(1) The purpose of this local law is to prescribe a sufficient fence and the standard for the construction\nof fences throughout the district.\n(2) The effect of this local law is to establish the minimum requirements for fencing within the\ndistrict.\n1.4 Application\nThis local law applies throughout the district.\n1.5 Repeal\nThe Shire of Halls Creek Local Government Act Local Law 2002 published in the Government Gazette\non 2 October 2002 is repealed.\n1.6 Definitions\nIn this local law—\nAct means the Dividing Fences Act 1961;\napplicant means a person who makes an application for approval under this local law;\nAS or AS/NZS means an Australian or Australian/New Zealand Standard as published by\nStandards Australia and as amended from time to time.\nbarbed wire fence means a wire or strand of wires having small pieces of sharply pointed wire\ntwisted around it at short intervals;\nboundary fence has the meaning given to it by the Act;\nBuilding Surveyor means a Building Surveyor of the local government;\nCEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government;\nCommercial Lot means a lot where a commercial use—\ndangerous in relation to any fence means—\n(a) an electrified fence other than a fence approved by the local government under this\nlocal law;\n(b) a fence containing barbed wire other than a fence erected and maintained in\naccordance with this local law;\n(c) a fence containing exposed broken glass, asbestos fibre, razor wire or any other\npotentially harmful projection or material; or\n(d) a fence which is likely to collapse or fall, or part of which is likely to collapse or fall,\nfrom any cause;\ndistrict means the district of the local government;\ndistrict planning scheme means a local planning scheme of the local government made under\nthe Planning and Development Act 2005;\n\n","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"3540","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3540 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\ndividing fence has the meaning given to it by the Act;\nelectrified fence means a fence carrying or designed to carry an electric charge;\nfence means any structure, not including a retaining wall, used or functioning as a barrier,\nirrespective of where it is located and includes any gate;\nfront boundary means the boundary line between a lot and the thoroughfare upon which that\nlot abuts, or in the case of a lot abutting on more than one thoroughfare, the boundary line\nbetween the lot and the primary thoroughfare;\nfront fence means a fence erected on the front boundary of a lot or on a line adjacent to the front\nboundary;\nfront setback area means the area between the building line of a lot and the front boundary of\nthat lot;\nheight in relation to a fence means the vertical distance between—\n(a) the top of the fence at any point; and\n(b) the ground level or, where the ground levels on each side of the fence are not the same,\nthe higher ground level, immediately below that point;\nIndustrial Lot means a lot where an industrial use—\nlicence means an electrified fence licence or a razor wire fence licence;\nlocal government means the Shire of Halls Creek;\nlocal government property means anything except a thoroughfare—\n(a) which belongs to the local government;\n(b) of which the local government is the management body under the Land Administration\nAct 1997; or\n(c) which is an “otherwise unvested facility” under section 3.53 of the Local Government\nAct 1995;\nlot has the meaning given to it in and for the purposes of the Planning and Development\nAct 2005;\nnotice of breach means a notice referred to in clause 5.1;\noccupier has the meaning given to it in the Local Government Act 1995;\nowner has the meaning given to it in the Local Government Act 1995;\nrazor wire fence means a coiled strong wire with pieces of sharp cutting edges set across it at\nclose intervals;\nResidential Lot means a lot where a residential use—\nretaining wall means any structure which prevents the movement of soil or retains soil or\nstructures in order to allow ground levels of different elevations to exist adjacent to one\nanother;\nRural Lot means a lot where a rural use—\nSchedule means a Schedule to this local law;\nSpecial Rural Lot means a lot where a special rural use—\nsufficient fence means a fence described in clause 2.1\nthoroughfare has the meaning given to it by the Local Government Act 1995, but does not\ninclude a private thoroughfare which is not under the management or control of the local\n1.7 Licence fees and charges\nAll licence fees and charges applicable under this local law shall be determined by the local\ngovernment from time to time in accordance with section 6.16 of the Local Government Act 1995.\nPART 2—FENCES\n","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"Div 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Sufficient fences","content":"Division 1—Sufficient fences\n2.1 Sufficient fences\n(1) A person shall not erect a dividing fence or a boundary fence that is not a sufficient fence.\n(2) Subject to subclauses (3) and (4), a sufficient fence—\n(a) on a Residential Lot is a dividing fence or a boundary fence constructed and maintained in\naccordance with the specifications and requirements of Schedule 2;\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3541\n(b) on a Commercial Lot and on an Industrial Lot is a dividing fence or a boundary fence\nconstructed and maintained in accordance with the specifications and requirements of\nSchedule 3; and\n(c) on a Rural Lot and on a Special Rural Lot is a dividing fence or a boundary fence constructed\nand maintained in accordance with the specifications and requirements of Schedule 4.\n(3) Where a fence is erected on or near the boundary between—\n(a) a Residential Lot and an Industrial Lot, a sufficient fence is a dividing fence constructed and\nmaintained in accordance with the specifications and requirements of Schedule 2;\n(b) a Residential Lot and a Commercial Lot, a sufficient fence is a dividing fence constructed and\nmaintained in accordance with the specifications and requirements of Schedule 3;\n(c) a Residential Lot and a Rural Lot, a sufficient fence is a dividing fence constructed and\nmaintained in accordance with the specifications and requirements of Schedule 4;\n(d) a Residential Lot and a Special Rural Lot, a sufficient fence is a dividing fence constructed\nand maintained in accordance with the specifications and requirements of Schedule 4; and\n(e) a Special Rural Lot and a Rural Lot, a sufficient fence is a dividing fence constructed and\nmaintained in accordance with the specifications and requirements of Schedule 4.\n(4) An application must be made to the local government for grant of consent to any variation to the\nspecifications in Schedules 2, 3 and 4.\n(5) Unless an authorised person determines otherwise, a sufficient fence on a boundary between lots\nother than those specified in subclause (3) is a dividing fence constructed in accordance with the\nspecifications and requirements of Schedule 2.\n(6) Notwithstanding any other provision in this local law, a dividing fence or boundary fence\nconstructed of masonry, stone or concrete shall be a sufficient fence only if it is designed by a suitably\nqualified structural engineer and constructed in accordance with that design where—\n(a) it is greater than 1 800 millimetres in height; or\n(b) the Building Surveyor so requires.\n(7) Notwithstanding any other provision in this local law, a dividing fence or boundary fence shall not\nexceed 1 800 millimetres in height unless the approval of the local government has been obtained for\nsuch a fence.\n","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"Div 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"General","content":"Division 2—General\n2.2 Fences within front setback areas\n(1) A person shall not, without the written consent of the Building Surveyor, erect a free-standing\nfence greater than 1 200 millimetres in height, within the front set-back area of a Residential Lot\nwithin the district.\n(2) The Building Surveyor may approve the erection of a fence of a height greater than 1 200\nmillimetres in the front setback area of a Residential Lot only if the fence on each side of the driveway\ninto the lot across the front boundary is to be angled into the lot for a distance of not less than 1 500\nmillimetres along the frontage to a distance of not less than 1 500 millimetres from the frontage in\norder to provide appropriate splayed lines of vision for a motorist using the driveway for access to a\nthoroughfare.\n(3) The provision of subclause (2) shall not apply to a fence—\n(a) of open construction that does not obscure the lines of vision of a motorist using the driveway\nfor access to a thoroughfare; or\n(b) that does not adjoin a footpath.\n2.3 Gates in fences\nA person shall not erect a gate in a fence which does not—\n(a) open into the lot; or\n(b) open by sliding parallel and on the inside of the fence, which it forms part of, when closed.\n2.4 Depositing fencing material on public place\nA person shall not deposit or permit the deposit of any materials whatsoever used in the construction\nor maintenance of any fence, on any thoroughfare, public place or local government property unless\nthe approval of the local government has been obtained.\n2.5 Fences on a Rural Lot\nA person shall not, without the written consent of the Building Surveyor, erect a fence on a Rural Lot\nof a height exceeding 1 500 millimetres.\n2.6 Maintenance of fences\nAn owner of a lot on which a fence is erected shall maintain the fence in good condition so as to\nprevent it from becoming dangerous, dilapidated, or unsightly to the amenity of the locality.\n2.7 Fences across rights-of-way, public access ways or thoroughfares\nA person must not, without the approval of the local government, erect or maintain a fence or\nobstruction of a temporary or permanent nature across any right-of-way, public access way or\nthoroughfare so as to impede or prevent use of those facilities in the manner for which they are\nintended and constructed.\n\n","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"3542","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3542 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\n2.8 General discretion of the local government\n(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 2.1, the local government may approve the erection or\nrepair of a dividing fence which is not a sufficient fence where all of the owners of the lots to be\nseparated by the dividing fence make an application for approval for that purpose.\n(2) In determining whether to grant its approval under subclause (1), the local government may\nconsider whether the erection or retention of the fence would have an adverse effect on—\n(a) the safe or convenient use of any land;\n(b) the safety or convenience of any person; or\n(c) the visual amenity of the locality.\n","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"Div 3","sectionType":"division","heading":"Fencing materials","content":"Division 3—Fencing materials\n2.9 Pre-used fencing materials\n(1) Notwithstanding clause 2.1, a person shall not construct a fence on a Residential Lot, a\nCommercial Lot or an Industrial Lot from pre-used materials without the approval of the local\n(2) Where the local government approves the use of pre-used materials in the construction of a fence\nunder subclause (1), that approval shall be conditional on the applicant painting or treating the pre-\nused material as directed by the Building Surveyor.\n2.10 Barbed wire fences and spiked or jagged materials\n(1) This clause does not apply to a fence constructed wholly or partly of razor wire.\n(2) An owner or occupier of a Residential Lot or a Commercial Lot shall not erect, affix or allow to\nremain on any fence on such a lot any barbed wire or other material with spiked or jagged projections,\nunless the prior written approval of the local government has been obtained.\n(3) An owner or occupier of an Industrial Lot shall not erect, affix or allow to remain on any fence\nbounding that lot any barbed wire or other materials with spiked or jagged projections unless the wire\nor other materials are carried on posts at an angle of 45 degrees, and unless the bottom row of wire or\nother materials is setback 150mm from the face of the fence and is not nearer than 2000mm from the\nground level.\n(4) If the posts which carry the barbed wire or other materials referred to in subclause (3) are angled\ntowards the outside of the lot bounded by the fence, the face of the fence must be set back from the lot\nboundary a sufficient distance to ensure that the angled posts, barbed wire or other materials do not\nencroach on adjoining land.\n(5) An owner or occupier of a lot shall not erect, affix or allow to remain as part of any fence or wall,\nwhether internal or external, on that lot any broken glass.\n(6) An owner or occupier of a Rural Lot shall not erect, affix or allow to remain any barbed wire upon\na fence on that lot where the fence is adjacent to a thoroughfare or other public place unless the\nbarbed wire is fixed to the side of the fence posts furthest from the thoroughfare or other public place.\n2.11 Electrified and razor wire fences\n(1) An owner or occupier of a lot shall not—\n(a) construct or use an electrified fence on that lot without obtaining the approval of the local\ngovernment in the form prescribed in Schedule 5; or\n(b) construct a fence wholly or partly of razor wire on that lot without obtaining the approval of\nthe local government in the form prescribed in Schedule 6.\n(2) The local government shall not approve an application for the purpose of subclause (1)(a)—\n(a) in respect of a lot which is or which abuts a Residential Lot;\n(b) unless the proposed fence will comply with “AS/NZS 3016:2002 Electrical installations—\nElectricity security fences”; and\n(c) unless provision is made so as to enable the fence to be rendered inoperable during the hours\nof business operations, if any, on the lot where it is erected.\n(3) The local government shall not approve an application for the purpose of subclause (1)(b)—\n(a) if the fence is within 3 000 millimetres of the boundary of the lot; or\n(b) where any razor wire used in the construction of the fence is less than 2 000 millimetres or\nmore than 2 400 millimetres above the ground level.\n(4) An application for approval for the purpose of subclauses (1)(a) or (1)(b) shall be made by the\nowner of the lot on which the fence is or is to be erected, or by the occupier of the lot with the written\nconsent of the owner.\n2.12 Prohibited fencing materials\nA person shall not affix or use broken glass in the construction of any fence.\n2.13 Certification of fencing designs\nWhere required by the Building Surveyor, fencing designs are to be certified by a practicing structural\nengineer as being suitable for wind loadings found in Region D Category 2 areas in accordance with\nthe current edition of AS/NZS 1170.0:2002 Structural design actions—General principles.\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3543\nPART 3—APPROVALS\n3.1 Application for approval\n(1) Where a person is required to obtain the approval of the local government under this local law,\nthat person shall apply for approval in accordance with subclause (2).\n(2) An application for approval under this local law shall—\n(a) be in the form determined by the local government;\n(b) be signed by the applicant and the owner of the lot;\n(c) provide the information required by the form; and\n(d) be forwarded to the CEO together with any fee imposed and determined by the local\ngovernment under and in accordance with sections 6.19 of the Local Government Act 1995.\n(3) The local government may require an applicant to provide additional information reasonably\nrelated to an application before determining an application for approval.\n(4) The local government may refuse to consider an application for approval which is not in\naccordance with subclauses (2) and (3).\n3.2 Decision on application for approval\n(1) The local government may—\n(a) approve an application for approval unconditionally or subject to any conditions; or\n(b) refuse to approve an application for approval.\n(2) If the local government approves an application for approval, it is to issue to the applicant an\napproval in the form determined by the local government.\n(3) If the local government refuses to approve an application for approval, it is to give written notice of\nthat refusal to the applicant.\n(4) Where a clause of this local law refers to conditions which may be imposed on an approval or\nwhich are to be taken to be imposed on an approval, the clause does not limit the power of the local\ngovernment to impose other conditions on the approval under subclause (1)(a).\n3.3 Compliance with approval\nWhere an application for approval has been approved, the applicant and the owner or occupier of the\nlot to which the approval relates, shall comply with the terms and any conditions of that approval.\n3.4 Duration of approval\nUnless otherwise stated in the form of approval, an approval granted under this local law—\n(a) runs with the lot to which it relates;\n(b) may be relied upon by any subsequent occupier or owner of the lot; and\n(c) may be enforced by the local government against a subsequent occupier or owner of the lot.\nPART 4—MISCELLANEOUS\n4.1 False or misleading statement\nA person shall not make a false or misleading statement in connection with any application,\nrequirement or request under this local law.\nPART 5—NOTICES OF BREACH\n5.1 Notices of breach\n(1) Where a breach of any provision of this local law has occurred in relation to a fence on a lot, the\nlocal government may give a notice in writing to the owner of that lot.\n(2) A notice of breach shall—\n(a) specify the provision of this local law which has been breached;\n(b) specify the particulars of the breach; and\n(c) state that the owner is required to remedy the breach within the time specified in the notice.\n(3) Should an owner fail to comply with a notice of breach, the local government may, by its\nemployees, agents or contractors enter upon the lot to which the notice relates and remedy the\nbreach, and may recover the expenses of so doing from the owner of the lot in a court of competent\njurisdiction.\n(4) The provisions of this clause are subject to section 3.25 and item 12 of Division 1 of Schedule 3.1 of\nthe Local Government Act 1995 and any entry on to land will be in accordance with Part 3, Division 3\nof that Act.\nPART 6—OFFENCES\n6.1 Offences and penalties\n(1) A person who fails to comply with a notice of breach commits an offence and is liable upon\nconviction to a penalty of not less than $250 and not exceeding $5 000 and, if the offence is a\ncontinuing offence, to a maximum daily penalty of $500.\n\n","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"3544","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3544 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\n(2) A person who fails to comply with or who contravenes any provision of this local law commits an\noffence and is liable on conviction to a penalty of not less than $250 and not exceeding $5 000 and, if\nthe offence is a continuing offence, to a maximum daily penalty of $500 for each day or part of a day\non which the offence continues.\n6.2 Modified penalties\n(1) An offence against any provision of this local law is a prescribed offence for the purposes of\nsection 9.16(1) of the Local Government Act 1995.\n(2) The amount appearing in the final column of Schedule 1, directly opposite a prescribed offence in\nthat Schedule, is the modified penalty for that prescribed offence.\n(3) For the purpose of guidance only, before giving an infringement notice to a person in respect of the\ncommission of a prescribed offence, an authorised person should be satisfied that—\n(a) commission of the prescribed offence is a relatively minor matter; and\n(b) only straightforward issues of law and fact are involved in determining whether the\nprescribed offence was committed, and the facts in issue are readily ascertainable.\n6.3 Form of notices\nFor the purposes of this local law—\n(a) the form of the infringement notice referred to in sections 9.16 and 9.17 of the Local\nGovernment Act 1995 is to be in the form of Form 2 of Schedule 1 of the Local Government\n(Functions and General) Regulations 1996; and\n(b) the form of the withdrawal of infringement notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Local\nGovernment Act 1995 is to be in the form of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of the Local Government\n(Functions and General) Regulations 1996.\nPART 7—OBJECTIONS AND REVIEW\n7.1 Objections and review\nWhen the local government makes a decision under clause 3.2, the provision of Part 9 Division 1 of\nthe Local Government Act 1995, and regulation 33 of the Local Government (Functions and General)\nRegulations 1996, apply to that decision.\n————\nSchedule 1\nOFFENCES AND MODIFIED PENALTIES\n[clause 6.2(2)]\nItem\nNo.\nClause\nNo. Nature of offence\npenalties\n$\n1 2.1(1) Erect a fence which is not a sufficient fence 250\n2 2.2 Erect a fence greater than 1 200mm in height within a\nfront setback area without the written consent of the\nBuilding Surveyor\n3 2.3(a) Erect a gate in a fence not opening into the lot 200\n4 2.3(b) Erect a gate in a fence not sliding parallel and inside a\nfence\n5 2.6 Failure to maintain a fence in good condition to prevent\nthe fence becoming dangerous, dilapidated or unsightly\n6 2.7 Erect or maintain a fence or obstruction of temporary or\npermanent nature across a right-of way, public access way\nor thoroughfare without approval\n7 2.9(1) Construct a dividing fence on a Residential, Commercial\nor Industrial Lot from pre-used materials without written\napproval\n8 2.10(2) Erect a fence using barbed wire or material with spiked or\njagged projections in the fence construction without\napproval\n9 2.11(1) Construct, erect or use razor wire in a fence or electrify a\nfence without approval\n10 2.12 Affix, or use, any broken glass in a fence 250\n11 3.3 Failure to comply with terms or conditions of approval 250\n12 6.1(1) Failure to comply with notice of breach 250\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3545\nSchedule 2\nSPECIFICATIONS FOR A SUFFICIENT FENCE ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT\n[clause 2.1(2)(a)]\nEach of the identified categories in this Schedule is a sufficient fence on a Residential Lot and the\nfence design being certified by a practicing structural engineer as being suitable for wind loadings\nfound in Region D Category 2 areas in accordance with AS/NZS 1170.0:2002 Structural design\nactions—General principles.\nTimber fence\n(a) corner posts to be 125mm x 125mm x 2 400mm and intermediate posts to be 125mm x\n75mm x 2 400mm spaced at 2 400mm centres;\n(b) corner posts to be strutted two ways with 100mm x 50mm x 450mm sole plates and 75mm x\n50mm struts;\n(c) intermediate posts to be doubled yankee strutted with 150mm x 25mm x 450mm struts; (d)\nall posts to have tops with a 60mm weather cut and to be sunk at least 600mm into the\nground;\n(d) rails to be 75mm x 50mm with each rail spanning 2 bays of fencing double railed or bolted to\neach post with joints staggered;\n(e) the fence to be covered with 75mm x 20mm sawn pickets, 1 800mm in height placed 75mm\napart and affixed securely to each rail; and\n(f) the height of the fence to be 1 800mm except with respect to the front set back area for which\nthere is no minimum height but which is subject to clause 7.\nCorrugated fence\nA fence constructed of corrugated fibre reinforced pressed cement or steel sheeting constructed to\nmanufacturer’s specifications or which satisfies the following specifications—\n(a) a minimum in-ground length of 25 per cent of the total length of the sheet, but in any case\nshall have a minimum in-ground depth of 600mm;\n(b) the total height and depth of the fence to consist of a single continuous fibre reinforced\ncement or steel sheet;\n(c) the sheets to be lapped and capped with extruded “snap-fit” type capping in accordance with\nthe manufacturers written instructions; and\n(d) the height of the fence to be 1 800mm except with respect to the front set back area for which\nthere is no minimum height but which is subject to clause 7.\nBrick, stone or concrete fence\nA fence constructed of brick, stone or concrete, which satisfies the following requirements and\nspecifications—\n(a) a site classification is to be provided by a professional engineer in accordance with AS 2870-\n","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"2011","sectionType":"section","heading":"Residential slabs and footings as amended;","content":"2011 Residential slabs and footings as amended;\n(b) the footing is to be designed in accordance with AS 2870-2011 Residential slabs and footings\nas amended;\n(c) footings of minimum 225mm x 150mm concrete 15MPa or 300mm x 175mm brick laid in\ncement mortar;\n(d) fences to be offset a minimum of 200mm at maximum 3 000mm centres or 225mm x 100mm\nengaged piers to be provided at maximum 3 000mm centres;\n(e) expansion joints in accordance with the manufacturer’s written instructions; and\n(f) the height of the fence to be 1 800mm except with respect to the front set back area for which\nthere is no minimum height but which is subject to clause 2.2.\nComposite fence\nA composite fence which satisfies the following specifications for the brick construction—\n(1)(a) brick piers of minimum 345mm x 345mm at 1 800mm centres bonded to a minimum height\nbase wall of 514mm;\n(b) each pier shall be reinforced with one R10 galvanised starting rod 1 500mm high with a\n250mm horizontal leg bedded into a 500mm x 200mm concrete footing and set 65mm above\nthe base of the footing. The top of the footing shall be 1 course (85mm) below ground level;\n(c) the minimum ultimate strength of brickwork shall by 20MPa. Mortar shall be a mix of 1 part\ncement, 1 part lime and 6 parts sand;\n(d) the ground under the footings is to be compacted to 6 blows per 300mm and checked with a\nstandard falling weight penetrometer; and\n(e) control joints in brickwork shall be provided with double piers at a maximum of 6-metre\ncentres;\nor\n(2)(a) brick piers of a minimum 345mm x 345mm x 2 700mm centres bonded to the base wall; and\n(b) each pier shall be reinforced with two R10 galvanised starting rods as previously specified.\n\n","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"3546","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3546 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\nSchedule 3\nSPECIFICATIONS FOR A SUFFICIENT FENCE ON A COMMERCIAL LOT OR\nAN INDUSTRIAL LOT\n[clause 2.1(2)(b)]\nEach of the identified categories in this Schedule, with minimum and maximum specifications where\nstated, is a sufficient fence on a Commercial Lot or an Industrial Lot and the fence design being\ncertified by a practicing structural engineer as being suitable for wind loadings found in Region D\nCategory 2 areas in accordance with the current edition of AS/NZS 1170.0:2002 Structural design\nactions—General principles.\nGalvanised or PVC fence and gate\nA fence constructed of galvanised or PVC coated non-rail link mesh, chain mesh or steel mesh which\nsatisfies the following specifications—\n(a) corner posts to be minimum 50mm nominal bore x 3.5mm and with footings of a 225mm\ndiameter x 900mm;\n(b) intermediate posts to be minimum 37mm nominal bore x 3.15mm at maximum 3.5m centres\nand with footings of a 225mm diameter x 600mm;\n(c) struts to be minimum 30mm nominal bore x 3.15mm fitted at each gate and 2 at each corner\npost and with footings 225mm x 600mm;\n(d) cables to be affixed to the top, centre and bottom of all posts and to consist of 2 or more\n3.15mm wires twisted together or single 4mm wire;\n(e) non-rail link, chain or steel mesh is to be to a height of 2 000mm on top of which are to be 3\nstrands of barbed wire carrying the fence to a height of 2 400mm in accordance with the\nrequirements and standards of the local planning schemes; and\n(f) galvanised link mesh wire to be 2 000mm in height and constructed of 50mm mesh 2.5mm\ngalvanised iron wire and to be strained, neatly secured and laced to the posts and affixed to\ncables. Vehicle entry gates shall provide an opening of not less than 3.6m and shall be\nconstructed of 25mm tubular framework with 1 horizontal and 1 vertical stay constructed of\n20mm piping and shall be covered with 50mm x 2.5mm galvanised link mesh strained to\nframework. Gates shall be fixed with a drop bolt and locking attachment.\nOther fences—\n(a) a fence of cement sheet or steel sheeting constructed to the minimum specifications referred\nto in Schedule 2;\n(b) a fence constructed of aluminium sheeting when supported on posts and rails provided that it\nis used behind a building line and is of a minimum height of 1 800mm but no greater than 2\n400mm; or\n(c) a fence of timber, brick, stone or concrete constructed to the minimum specifications referred\nto in Schedule 2.\nSchedule 4\nSPECIFICATIONS FOR A SUFFICIENT FENCE ON A RURAL LOT OR\nSPECIAL RURAL LOT\n[clause 2.1(2)(c)]\nEach of the identified categories in this Schedule, with minimum and maximum specifications where\nstated is a sufficient fence on a Rural Lot or a Special Rural Lot and the fence design being certified\nby a practicing structural engineer as being suitable for wind loadings found in Region D Category 2\nareas in accordance with the current edition of AS/NZS 1170.0:2002 Structural design actions—\nGeneral principles.\nNon-electrified fence—\n(a) wire shall be high tensile wire and not less than 2.5mm. A minimum of 5 wires shall be used,\ngenerally with the lower wires spaced closer together than the higher wires so as to prevent\nsmaller stock passing through, and connected to posts in all cases.\n(b) posts shall be of indigenous timber or other suitable material including—\n(i) timber impregnated with a termite and fungicidal preservative;\n(ii) standard iron star pickets; or\n(iii) concrete;\n(c) cut not less than 1 800mm long x 50mm diameter at small end if round or 125mm x 60mm if\nsplit or sawn.\n(d) posts to be set minimum 600mm in the ground and 1 200mm above the ground; and\n(e) strainer posts shall be not less than 2 250mm long and 150mm diameter at the small end\n(tubular steel to be 50mm in diameter) and shall be cut from indigenous timber or other\nsuitable material. These shall be placed a minimum of 1 000mm in the ground.\nElectrified fence\nAn electrified fence having 4 wires is a sufficient fence if constructed generally in accordance with a\nnon-electrified fence.\n\n29 June 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3547\nSchedule 5\nLICENCE FOR APPROVED ELECTRIFIED FENCE\n[clause 2.11(1)(a)]\nThis is to certify that (1) ...............................................................................................................................\nof (2) ...............................................................................................................................................................\nis licensed , subject to the conditions set out below, to have and use an electrified fence on\n........................................................................................................................................................................\n........................................................................................................................................................................\n(address)\nfrom .......................................................... 20............... and until this licence is transferred or cancelled.\nConditions of Licence\nThe holder of the licence must—\n(a) display the licence in a prominent position on the land or premises on which the electrified\nfence has been erected;\n(b) upon the request of a Building Surveyor produce to him or her the licence;\n(c) within 14 days of a change in the ownership or occupation of the land or premises in respect\nof which the licence has been granted, notify the Chief Executive Officer in writing of the\ndetails of that change or those changes;\n(d) obtain the written consent of the local government prior to the commencement of any\nalteration, addition or other work relating to or affecting the electrified fence; and\n(e) comply with AS/NZS 3016:2002 Electrical installations—Electric security fences.\nTransfer by Endorsement\nThis licence is transferred to (3) ...................................................................................................................\nof (4) ...............................................................................................................................................................\n........................................................................................................................................................................\nfrom and including the date of this endorsement.\n(1) Name\n(2) Address\n(3) Name\n(4) Address\nSchedule 6\nLICENCE FOR APPROVED RAZOR/BARBED WIRE FENCE\n[clause 2.11(1)(b)]\n[clause 2.10(2)\nThis is to certify that (1) ...............................................................................................................................\nof (2) ...............................................................................................................................................................\nis licensed, subject to the conditions set out below, to have a fence constructed wholly or partially of\nrazor/barbed (delete inapplicable) wire at\n........................................................................................................................................................................\n(address)\nfrom .......................................................... 20............... and until this licence is transferred or cancelled.\nConditions of licence—\n(a) display the licence in a prominent position on the land or premises on which the fence has\nbeen erected;\n(b) upon the request of a Building Surveyor produce to him or her the licence;\n(c) within 14 days of a change in the ownership or occupation of the land or premises in respect\nof which the licence has been granted, notify the Chief Executive Officer in writing of the\ndetails of that change or those changes; and\n(d) obtain the written consent of the local government prior to the commencement of any\nalteration, addition or other work relating to or affecting the fence.\n\n","sortOrder":39},{"sectionNumber":"3548","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017","content":"3548 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017\nTransfer by Endorsement\nThis licence is transferred to (3) ..................................................................................................................\nof (4) ..............................................................................................................................................................\nfrom and including the date of this endorsement.\n(1) Name\n(2) Address\n(3) Name\n(4) Address\n————\nDated: 16 June 2017.\nThe Common Seal of the Shire of Halls Creek was affixed by authority of a resolution of the Council\nin the presence of—\nMALCOLM EDWARDS, Shire President.\nRODGER KERR-NEWELL, Chief Executive Officer.","sortOrder":40}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"completionTokens":801},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation appears to be a consolidated replacement of the 2002 local law, covering substantially the same ground. The Public Places law maintains the same broad scope of regulating council property use, and the Fencing law maintains the same purpose of setting fence standards. No significant scope expansion is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Two distinct local laws combined in one document with separate structures and purposes","Extensive defined terms sections (47+ defined terms in first law alone)","Multiple cross-references to other legislation (Local Government Act 1995, Planning and Development Act 2005, Liquor Control Act 1988, etc.)","Detailed technical specifications in schedules with precise measurements (e.g., post sizes, wire gauges, footing depths)","Nested conditional logic (e.g., different fence standards apply depending on lot type combinations)","Licensing regime with multiple licence types, each with specific application requirements and conditions","Transitional provisions preserving rights under repealed laws","Modified penalty schedule with 51 separate offence items"],"plain_english_summary":"The Shire of Halls Creek made two local laws regulating public behaviour and property: a Public Places and Local Government Property law that controls use of council land (licences for camping, events, trading, alcohol, pools, street use, animals, shopping trolleys) and enforces conduct and penalties; and a Fencing law that sets technical minimums, height limits, prohibited materials, approval rules and maintenance duties for residential, commercial and rural fences. Both affect residents, businesses and visitors and give the council enforcement powers to protect safety and amenity."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Neither instrument expands regulatory fields beyond the local government’s prior domain; both repeal the Shire’s 2002 local law and carry forward licensing, enforcement and fence‑standard regulation (Public Places cl.14.1–14.3; Fencing cl.1.5). The package consolidates and updates procedural detail, technical specifications and approval pathways (e.g. determinations, CEO/Building Surveyor discretion, technical Schedules), but does not purport to create new categories of regulated activity outside the previous local law framework."},"complexity_factors":["Two separate but related instruments packaged together (public‑places regulation and technical fencing standards), increasing cross‑reference complexity.","Multiple licence streams with detailed application content and conditions (trading, market, entertainment, food sales, electrified/razor wire) (Public Places Parts 8–12; Fencing Parts 3 and Schedules 5–6).","Numerous technical standards and engineering requirements referenced (AS/NZS 3016; AS/NZS 1170.0; AS 2870) and detailed construction schedules (Fencing Schedules 2–4).","Significant administrative discretion vested in the CEO and Building Surveyor for approvals, exemptions, conditions, suspensions and enforcement (Public Places cl.12.9–12.26; Fencing cl.2.8; cl.3.2).","Interplay with multiple external Acts and regimes (Local Government Act 1995, Dividing Fences Act 1961, Liquor Control Act, Health Act, Disability Discrimination Act), creating legal interface and compliance layers.","Extensive procedural and enforcement machinery: public notices, determinations, breach notices, infringement/modified penalties and court recovery (Public Places Parts 2, 12, 13; Fencing Parts 5–6; Schedules of modified penalties).","Transitional and continuity rules preserving prior licences and pending applications while repealing the 2002 law (Public Places cl.14.1–14.3; Fencing cl.1.5)."],"plain_english_summary":"Two Shire of Halls Creek local laws are provided. The Public Places and Local Government Property Local Law 2017 regulates conduct, activities and licences on streets and council land (trading, markets, entertainment, food sales, verge works, animals, vehicles, signage), and sets enforcement and penalty processes. The Fencing Local Law 2017 prescribes minimum fence specifications by land‑use, controls materials and hazardous fences (electrified, razor/barbed), requires approvals or licences for exceptions, and creates breach‑notice and penalty powers. Both replace the 2002 local law and primarily affect property owners, traders and licence applicants."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/halls-creek-shire-of-fencing-local-law-2017","history":"/api/acts/halls-creek-shire-of-fencing-local-law-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/halls-creek-shire-of-fencing-local-law-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/halls-creek-shire-of-fencing-local-law-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/halls-creek-shire-of-fencing-local-law-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/halls-creek-shire-of-fencing-local-law-2017/documents"}}