{"id":"wa-local:murray-shire-of-health-local-law-2018","name":"Health Local Law 2018","slug":"health-local-law-2018","collection":"local_law","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":438594,"registerId":"wa-local:murray-shire-of-health-local-law-2018-pdf-1775954954131","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 745","content":"7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 745\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"PRELIMINARY","content":"PART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Title\n1.2 Commencement\n1.3 Application\n1.4 Repeal\n1.5 Interpretation\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"SANITATION","content":"PART 2—SANITATION\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Div 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Sanitary Conveniences","content":"Division 1—Sanitary Conveniences\n2.1 Interpretation\n2.2 Dwelling house\n2.3 Premises other than a dwelling house\n2.4 Events\n2.5 Toilets\n2.6 Temporary works\n2.7 Maintenance of sanitary conveniences and fittings\n2.8 Ventilation of toilets\n2.9 Public sanitary conveniences\n2.10 Lighting\n2.11 Installation\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Div 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Bathrooms, Laundries and Kitchens","content":"Division 2—Bathrooms, Laundries and Kitchens\n2.12 Bathrooms\n2.13 Laundries\n2.14 Washing or keeping of clothes in kitchens\n2.15 Kitchens\n","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"HOUSING AND GENERAL","content":"PART 3—HOUSING AND GENERAL\nDivision 1—Maintenance of Houses\n3.1 Dwelling house maintenance\n3.2 Guttering and downpipes\n3.3 Disposal of rainwater\nDivision 2—Ventilation of Houses\n3.4 Exemption for short term hostels and recreational campsites\n3.5 Overcrowding\n3.6 Calculated sufficient space\n3.7 Ventilation\n3.8 Sub-floor ventilation\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Div 3","sectionType":"division","heading":"Water Supply","content":"Division 3—Water Supply\n3.9 Water supply\n3.10 Rainwater tanks\n3.11 Bores and wells\n3.12 Pollution\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"Div 4","sectionType":"division","heading":"Second-hand Furniture, Bedding and Clothing","content":"Division 4—Second-hand Furniture, Bedding and Clothing\n3.13 Prohibition on sale\n3.14 Prohibition on possession\n\n746 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\nDivision 5—Morgues\n3.15 Licensing of morgues\nPART 4—LIQUID REFUSE, LIQUID WASTE, BUTCHERS’ WASTE, RUBBISH AND REFUSE\nDivision 1—Liquid Refuse and Liquid Waste\n4.1 Interpretation\n4.2 Deposit of liquid refuse\n4.3 Disposal of liquid waste\nDivision 2—Transport of Butchers’ Waste\n4.4 Interpretation\n4.5 Restriction of vehicles\n4.6 Transport of butchers’ waste\nDivision 3—Rubbish and Refuse\n4.7 Interpretation\n4.8 Deposit of refuse\n4.9 Burning of rubbish and refuse\n4.10 Suitable enclosures\n4.11 Provision of refuse receptacles\n4.12 Control of refuse\n4.13 Unauthorised storage of materials\n4.14 Removal of refuse and disused materials\n4.15 Removal of unsightly overgrowth of vegetation\n4.16 Storage of vehicles, vessels and machinery\n4.17 Disposing of disused refrigerators or similar containers\n","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"NUISANCES AND GENERAL","content":"PART 5—NUISANCES AND GENERAL\nDivision 1—Nuisances\n5.1 Interpretation\n5.2 Escape of smoke etc.\n5.3 Public vehicles to be kept clean\n5.4 Prohibition against spitting\n5.5 Dust management\n5.6 Emission or reflection of light\n5.7 Car parks\n5.8 Transportation, use and storage of offal or blood\n5.9 Use or storage of fertiliser\n5.10 Storage and dispatch of artificial fertiliser\n5.11 Storage of fertiliser and compost\n5.12 Commercial vehicles\nDivision 2—Keeping of Animals\n5.13 Cleanliness\n5.14 Animal enclosures\n5.15 Slaughter of animals\n5.16 Disposal of dead animals\nDivision 3—Keeping of Approved Animals\n5.17 Interpretation\n5.18 Keeping of approved animals and provision of stables\n5.19 Proximity of approved animals to a dwelling house\n5.20 Manure receptacles\nDivision 4—Keeping of Poultry and Pigeons\n5.21 Interpretation\n5.22 Limitation on number of poultry, pigeons and miscellaneous birds\n5.23 Conditions of keeping poultry\n5.24 Roosters, geese, turkeys, peafowl and gamebirds\n5.25 Conditions of keeping pigeons\n5.26 Removal of non-conforming structures or enclosures\n5.27 Restrictions on pigeon nesting or perching\n5.28 Restrictions on feeding wild birds\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"Div 5","sectionType":"division","heading":"Feedlots","content":"Division 5—Feedlots\n5.29 Interpretation\n5.30 Premises to be approved\n5.31 Management of beef cattle feedlots\n5.32 Site conditions\n5.33 Compliance with direction or notice of an Authorised Officer\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 747\nPART 6—PEST CONTROL\nDivision 1—Flies\n6.1 Interpretation\n6.2 Control of flies\nDivision 2—Mosquitoes\n6.3 Interpretation\n6.4 Measures to be taken to prevent mosquito breeding\n6.5 Measures to be taken by occupier\n6.6 Removal of undergrowth or vegetation\n6.7 Filling in excavations etc.\n6.8 Drains, channels and septic tanks\n6.9 Drainage of land\n6.10 Local governments may execute work and recover costs\nDivision 3—Rodents\n6.11 Interpretation\n6.12 Measures to be taken to eradicate rodents\nDivision 4—Cockroaches\n6.13 Interpretation\n6.14 Measures to be taken to eradicate cockroaches\nDivision 5—Argentine Ants\n6.15 Interpretation\n6.16 Measures to be taken to keep premises free from argentine ants\nDivision 6–European Wasps\n6.17 Interpretation\n6.18 Measures to be taken to keep premises free from European wasp nests\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"Div 7","sectionType":"division","heading":"Bee Keeping","content":"Division 7—Bee Keeping\n6.19 Interpretation\n6.20 Limitation on number of hives\n6.21 Restrictions on keeping of bees in hives\n6.22 Bees which cause a nuisance not to be kept\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"Div 8","sectionType":"division","heading":"Arthropod Vectors of Disease","content":"Division 8—Arthropod Vectors of Disease\n6.23 Interpretation\n6.24 Responsibilities of the owner or occupier\n","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"Part 7","sectionType":"part","heading":"INFECTIOUS DISEASES","content":"PART 7—INFECTIOUS DISEASES\nDivision 1—General Provisions\n7.1 Purpose of exercise of powers\n7.2 Authorised Officer may visit, inspect and report\n7.3 Requirements on owner or occupier to clean, disinfect and disinfest\n7.4 Authorised Officer may disinfect or disinfest premises\n7.5 Insanitary houses, premises and things\n7.6 Medical officer may authorise disinfecting\n7.7 Persons in contact with an infectious disease sufferer\n7.8 Declaration of infected houses or premises\n7.9 Destruction of infected animals\n7.10 Disposal of a body\n7.11 Local Government may carry out work and recover costs\nDivision 2—Disposal of Used Condoms and Needles\n7.12 Disposal of used condoms\n7.13 Disposal of used needles\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"Part 8","sectionType":"part","heading":"LODGING HOUSES","content":"PART 8—LODGING HOUSES\nDivision 1—Registration\n8.1 Interpretation\n8.2 Accommodation not to be kept unless registered\n8.3 Application for registration\n8.4 Certificate of Registration of Accommodation\n8.5 Renewal of registration\n8.6 Notification upon sale or transfer\n8.7 Revocation of registration\n\n","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"748","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"748 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\nDivision 2—Construction and Use Requirements\n8.8 General construction requirements\n8.9 Insect screening\n8.10 Sanitary conveniences\n8.11 Laundry unit\n8.12 Kitchen\n8.13 Cooking facilities\n8.14 Dining room\n8.15 Lounge room\n8.16 Fire prevention and control\n8.17 Obstruction of passages and stairways\n8.18 Fitting of locks\n8.19 Restriction on use of rooms for sleeping\n8.20 Sleeping accommodation short term hostels and recreation campsites\n8.21 Furnishing etc. of sleeping apartments\n8.22 Ventilation\n8.23 Numbers to be placed on doors\nDivision 3—Management and Care\n8.24 Keeper or manager to reside in the lodging house\n8.25 Register of lodgers\n8.26 Keeper report\n8.27 Certificate of Sleeping Accommodation\n8.28 Duplicate keys and inspection\n8.29 Room occupancy\n8.30 Infectious disease\n8.31 Maintenance of a room by a lodger or a resident\n8.32 Cleaning and maintenance requirements\n8.33 Responsibilities of lodgers and residents\n8.34 Approval for the storage of food\n","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"Part 9","sectionType":"part","heading":"OFFENSIVE TRADES","content":"PART 9—OFFENSIVE TRADES\nDivision 1—General\n9.1 Interpretation\n9.2 Consent to establish an offensive trade\n9.3 Notice of application\n9.4 Registration of premises\n9.5 Certificate of Registration of Premises for Offensive Trade\n9.6 Change of occupier\n9.7 Alterations to premises\nDivision 2—General Duties of an Occupier\n9.8 Interpretation\n9.9 Cleanliness\n9.10 Rats and other vectors of disease\n9.11 Sanitary conveniences and hand wash basins\n9.12 Painting of walls etc.\n9.13 Effluvia, vapours or gases\n9.14 Offensive materials\n9.15 Storage of materials\n9.16 Directions\nDivision 3—Fat Rendering Establishments\n9.17 Interpretation\n9.18 Ventilation\n9.19 Covering of apparatus\n9.20 Rendering of walls\nDivision 4—Fish Premises\n9.21 Interpretation\n9.22 Fish preparation room\n9.23 Bench\n9.24 Disposal of waste\n9.25 Fish containers\n9.26 Cooking of fish\n9.27 Use of approved portable box\n9.28 Fish transport vehicle\nDivision 5—Laundry, Dry Cleaning Establishments and Dye Works\n9.29 Interpretation\n9.30 Receiving depot\n9.31 Reception room\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 749\n9.32 Walls and floors\n9.33 Laundry floor\n9.34 Escape of dust\n9.35 Precautions against combustion\n9.36 Trolleys\n9.37 Sleeping on premises\n","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"Div 6","sectionType":"division","heading":"Abattoirs","content":"Division 6—Abattoirs\n9.38 Construction\nDivision 7—Piggeries\n9.39 Interpretation\n9.40 Limitations to registration\n9.41 Conditions of registration\n9.42 Sties, enclosures or sheds\n9.43 Slaughtering\n9.44 Feed\n9.45 Fencing\n9.46 Water supply\n9.47 Feeding troughs\n","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"Part 10","sectionType":"part","heading":"OFFENCES AND PENALTIES","content":"PART 10—OFFENCES AND PENALTIES\n10.1 Offences and penalties\n10.2 Form of infringement notices\n10.3 Other enforcement actions\nPART 11—OBJECTION AND APPEAL\n11.1 Objection and appeal rights\nSCHEDULE 1—APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF ACCOMMODATION\nSCHEDULE 2—CERTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION OF ACCOMMODATION\nSCHEDULE 3—NOTICE OF CHANGE OF OWNER OF ACCOMMODATION\nSCHEDULE 4—REGISTER OF LODGERS\nSCHEDULE 5—LIST OF LODGERS\nSCHEDULE 6—CERTIFICATE OF SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION\nSCHEDULE 7—CERTIFICATE OF SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION FOR A\nLODGING HOUSE WITH MORE THAN 20 SLEEPING COMPARTMENTS\nSCHEDULE 8 – APPLICATION FOR LICENCE OF A MORGUE\nSCHEDULE 9 – LICENCE OF A MORGUE\nSCHEDULE 10—APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ESTABLISH AN\nSCHEDULE 11—APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF PREMISES FOR\nSCHEDULE 12—CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF PREMISES FOR\nSCHEDULE 13—OFFENSIVE TRADES\nSCHEDULE 14—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 751\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all powers enabling it, the\nCouncil of the Shire of Murray resolved on 22 February 2018 to make the following local law.\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Title\nThis local law may be cited as the Shire of Murray Health Local Law 2018.\n1.2 Commencement\nThis local law commences 14 days after the day on which it is published in the Government Gazette.\n1.3 Application\nThis local law applies throughout the entire district.\n1.4 Repeal\nThe Shire of Murray Health Local Laws 1999 published in the Government Gazette on 30 December\n1999 are repealed.\n1.5 Interpretation\n(1) In this local law, unless the context otherwise requires—\nAct means the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911;\nadequate means satisfactory or fit for purpose or, if there is any doubt, at the discretion of an\nAuthorised Officer;\nadequate supply of water means a flow of water of not less than 5 litres per minute;\napproved means approved by the local government;\nAS or AS/NZS means an Australian Standard or Australian/New Zealand Standard published by\nStandards Australia, as amended from time to time;\nAS 3786:2014 means Australian Standard for Smoke alarms using scattered light, transmitted\nlight or ionization;\nAS 2293.1:2005 means Australian Standard for Emergency escape lighting and exit signs for\nbuildings—System design, installation and operation;\nAS 1530.2:1993 means Australian Standard for Methods for fire tests on building materials,\ncomponents and structures—Test for flammability of materials;\nAS 1530.3:1999 means Australian Standard for Methods for fire tests on building materials,\ncomponents and structures—Simultaneous determination of ignitability, flame propagation,\nheat release and smoke release;\nAS 2001.5.4:2005 means Australian Standard for Methods of test for textiles—Dimensional\nchange—Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing (ISO 6330:2000, MOD);\nAS/NZS ISO 717.1:2004 means Australian Standard for Acoustics—Rating of sound insulation\nin buildings and of building elements—Airborne sound insulation;\nAS 3666.2: 2011 means Australian Standard for Air-handling and water systems of buildings—\nMicrobial control—Design, installation and commissioning;\nAS 1668.2: 2012 means Australian Standard for The use of ventilation and air conditioning in\nbuildings—Mechanical ventilation in building;\nAS 4282 means Australian Standard for Control of obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting;\nAuthorised Officer means a person appointed under—\n(a) the provisions of the Public Health Act 2016; or\n(b) the Local Government Act 1995; and\n(c) includes officers employed by the local government as an Environmental Health\nOfficer, Assistant Environmental Health Officer, Acting Environmental Health Officer,\nManager Environmental Health, Manager Governance and Principal Environmental\nHealth Officer;\n\n","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"752","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"752 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\nbed means a piece of furniture on which to sleep;\nbedding includes beds, mattresses, pillows and bed heads as well as bed linen;\nbed linen includes sheets, blankets, pillow cases, quilt and doona covers and mattress covers;\nBuilding Code means the latest edition of the Building Code of Australia published from time to\ntime by or on behalf of the Australian Building Codes Board, as amended from time to time,\nbut not including explanatory information published with that Code;\nChief Executive Officer means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government and includes\nan Acting Chief Executive Officer;\nChief Health Officer means a person appointed to this position under the provisions of the\nPublic Health Act 2016;\nCouncil means the Council of the local government;\ndistrict means—\n(a) the district of the local government under the Local Government Act 1995;\n(b) any area placed under the jurisdiction of the local government under section 22 of the\nAct; and\n(c) any river, or other water deemed to be within the district of the local government under\nsection 25 of the Act;\ndrinking water means drinking water as defined in the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines\ndeveloped by the National Health and Medical Research Council;\ndwelling house means a place of residence containing at least one sleeping room and includes a\nroom or outbuilding separate from, but ancillary to, the building in which the sleeping room is\nlocated;\nhabitable room means a room used for normal domestic activities, and—\n(a) includes a bedroom, living room, lounge room, music room, television room, kitchen,\ndining room, sewing room, study, play-room, family room and sun-room or the like; but\n(b) excludes a bathroom, laundry, toilet, pantry, walk-in wardrobe, corridor, lobby,\nphotographic dark room, clothes-drying room, and other spaces of a specialised nature\noccupied neither frequently nor for extended periods;\nhot water means water at a temperature of at least 65 degrees Celsius;\nlocal government means the Shire of Murray;\nMedical Officer means the Medical Officer appointed by the local government under the Act and\nincludes an Acting Medical Officer so appointed;\nmorgue means a place for the temporary reception and keeping of the bodies of the dead\nawaiting burial or cremation;\nnuisance has the meaning given to it in section 182 of the Act;\npublic place includes every place to which the public ordinarily have access, whether by\npayment of a fee or not;\nsanitary convenience includes urinals, toilets, sinks, baths, wash troughs, apparatus for the\ntreatment of sewage, or other receptacle for the deposit of faecal matter, or refuse, and all\nsimilar conveniences;\nSchedule means a Schedule to this local law;\nsewage means any kind of sewage, faecal matter or urine, and any waste composed wholly or in\npart of liquid;\nsewer includes sewers and drains of every description, except drains to which the word “drain” as\ndefined in the Act applies, also water channels constructed of stone, brick, concrete, or any\nother material, including the property of the local government;\nstreet includes any highway, and any public bridge, and any road, lane, footway, square, court,\nalley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not;\ntoilet means a toilet bowl, or urinal and includes a room or cubicle in which one or more of these\nare located;\ntownsite means the townsites within the district which are constituted under section 26(2) of the\nLand Administration Act 1997 or referred to in clause 37 of the Schedule 9.3 of the Local\nGovernment Act 1995; and\nurinal may be—\n(a) an individual stall or wall-hung urinal;\n(b) each 600 millimetres length of a continuous urinal trough; or\n(c) a toilet bowl used in place of a urinal.\n(2) Where in this local law, a duty or liability is imposed on an “owner or occupier” the duty or liability\nshall be deemed to be imposed jointly and severally on each of the owner or occupier.\n(3) Where under this local law an act is required to be done or forbidden to be done in relation to any\npremises, the owner or occupier of those premises has, unless the contrary intention appears, the duty\nof causing to be done the act so required to be done, or of preventing from being done the act so\nforbidden to be done, as the case may be.\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 753\nPART 2—SANITATION\nDivision 1—Sanitary Conveniences\n2.1 Interpretation\nIn this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—\napparatus for the treatment of sewage has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Act;\nevent includes a fair, function or festival;\nlow lying land means land that has a height no more than 2 metres above Australian height\ndatum;\norganiser means a person—\n(a) to whom approval has been granted by the local government to conduct the event; or\n(b) responsible for the conduct of the event;\npublic sanitary conveniences means a sanitary convenience to which the public ordinarily\nhave access;\nreceptacle for drainage has the same meaning as in the Health (Treatment of Sewage and\nDisposal of Effluent and Liquid Waste) Regulations 1974 and includes the irrigation effluent\ndisposal area of an aerobic treatment system; and\ntemporary sanitary convenience means a sanitary convenience, temporarily placed for use\nby—\n(a) patrons in conjunction with an event; or\n(b) employees at construction sites or the like.\n2.2 Dwelling house\n(1) A person shall not use or occupy, or permit to be used or occupied, a dwelling house unless it has\nat least one toilet.\n(2) A room in which a toilet is located shall have adequate electrical lighting.\n(3) A person shall not erect or place a dwelling house, or adapt any building for use as a dwelling\nhouse, on low lying land, unless the dwelling house—\n(a) is provided with secure, efficient and proper drainage of the building to a sewer or an\napproved apparatus for the treatment of sewage; and\n(b) is approved by the local government.\n(4) An owner or occupier of a dwelling house erected on low lying land, may be required by an\nAuthorised Officer to—\n(a) assist an Authorised Officer with determining the separation distance from groundwater level\nto the base of the receptacle for drainage for the dwelling house; and\n(b) provide an annual report to the local government containing accurate details of—\n(i) the address or location of the property;\n(ii) the name, telephone number and email address of the property owner;\n(iii) the type of apparatus for the treatment of sewage connected to the dwelling house;\n(iv) the date of last service of the apparatus for the treatment of sewage; and\n(v) the depth from the base of the receptacle for drainage to the maximum groundwater\nlevel measured in the month of October.\n(5) If, in the opinion of an Authorised Officer, the depth from the base of a receptacle for drainage is\nless than 600 millimetres to the maximum groundwater level, the Authorised Officer may by notice\nrequire the owner of the dwelling house to—\n(a) raise the receptacle for drainage such that its base is no less than 600 millimetres to the\nmaximum groundwater level; or\n(b) cease using the dwelling house until such time as the depth from the base of the receptacle\nfor drainage to the maximum groundwater level is no less than 600 millimetres.\n2.3 Premises other than a dwelling house\n(1) The owner of premises other than a dwelling house shall not use or occupy, or permit to be used or\noccupied, premises other than a dwelling house unless—\n(a) the premises have sanitary conveniences in accordance with the Building Code and this Part;\n(b) the toilets required by this clause are situated within a reasonable distance and are easily\naccessible to the persons for whom they are provided; and\n(c) the premises have hand wash basins—\n(i) in accordance with the Building Code;\n(ii) for the use of persons employed or engaged on the premises;\n(iii) provided with an adequate supply of water supplied by taps located over each hand\nwash basin;\n(iv) separate from any trough, sink or hand wash basin used in connection with any process\ncarried out on the premises; and\n(v) situated within a reasonable distance of the sanitary conveniences and easily accessible\nto the person for whom they are provided.\n\n","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"754","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"754 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n(2) The occupier of the premises other than a dwelling house shall ensure that—\n(a) clean toilet paper is available at all times in each cubicle;\n(b) a sanitary napkin disposal facility is provided in each toilet set aside for the use of females;\nand\n(c) each hand wash basin is provided with—\n(i) an adequate supply of soap or other hand cleaning substances; and\n(ii) hand drying facilities, situated adjacent to and visible from the hand wash basin.\n2.4 Events\nThe organiser of an outdoor event must provide sanitary conveniences in accordance with the\nrecommendations contained within the Department of Health’s “Guidelines for concerts, events and\norganized gatherings”.\n2.5 Toilets\n(1) Toilets on premises shall be maintained in accordance with the following requirements—\n(a) the door to a toilet, other than an internal toilet, shall be properly screened to a continuous\nheight of 1.8 metres from the floor;\n(b) a toilet or its entrance which is visible from overlooking windows shall be properly screened;\n(c) the floor of any internal toilet shall be—\n(i) of concrete or of other approved impervious material of an approved thickness; and\n(ii) unless otherwise approved graded to a floor waste outlet and proper discharge pipe\nwith flap valve fitted and, where necessary, protected by an approved sump; and\n(d) the floor of any external toilet shall be—\n(i) of concrete or of other approved impervious material of an approved thickness; and\n(ii) graded to the door or alternatively an approved outlet.\n(2) Toilets on premises other than a dwelling house shall be maintained in accordance with the\nfollowing additional requirements—\n(a) a toilet for the exclusive use of males shall not adjoin any toilet for the exclusive use of\nfemales unless the toilets are separated by a wall extending from floor to ceiling and of\nsufficient density to have a sound transmission class of not less than 50 as required by\nAS/NZS ISO 717.1:2004; and\n(b) where more than one toilet is provided on the premises, the entrance to each toilet shall bear\na suitable sign indicating for which sex its use is intended.\n2.6 Temporary works\nA person who undertakes temporary work at any place shall ensure every temporary sanitary\nconvenience is installed and maintained in accordance with the requirements of the Health\n(Temporary Sanitary Conveniences) Regulations 1997.\n2.7 Maintenance of sanitary conveniences and fittings\n(1) The occupier of premises shall—\n(a) keep clean, in good condition and repair; and\n(b) whenever required by an Authorised Officer, effectively disinfect and clean;\nall sanitary conveniences including sanitary fittings in or on the premises.\n(2) The owner of premises shall—\n(a) keep or cause to be kept in good repair; and\n(b) maintain an adequate supply of water to;\nall sanitary conveniences including sanitary fittings in or on the premises.\n2.8 Ventilation of toilets\n(1) A toilet in any premises shall be ventilated in accordance with the Sewerage (Lighting, Ventilation\nand Construction) Regulations 1971 and the Building Code.\n(2) A mechanical ventilation system provided under subclause (1) shall be maintained in good\nworking order and condition.\n2.9 Public sanitary conveniences\n(1) A person shall not—\n(a) foul;\n(b) damage or vandalise; or\n(c) write on or otherwise deface;\na public sanitary convenience or sanitary fixtures or fittings or the premises in or on which the\nsanitary convenience is located.\n(2) A person shall not live or sleep in or on the premises in which a public sanitary convenience is\nlocated or use it for a purpose other than that for which it was intended.\n2.10 Lighting\nThe owner and occupier of premises in which a sanitary convenience or a public sanitary convenience\nis located shall provide and maintain adequate electric lighting for persons using the convenience.\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 755\n2.11 Installation\nEvery sanitary convenience shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of Country Areas\nWater Supply Act 1947, the Health (Treatment of Sewage and Disposal of Effluent and Liquid Wastes)\nRegulations 1974 and the Water Services Act 2012 and shall have an adequate supply of water.\nDivision 2—Bathrooms, Laundries and Kitchens\n2.12 Bathrooms\n(1) A person shall not use or occupy, or permit to be used or occupied, a dwelling house without a\nbathroom that—\n(a) is adequately lined with an impervious material and has a ceiling that complies with the\nBuilding Code;\n(b) complies with the Health Act (Laundries and Bathrooms) Regulations and the Building Code;\nand\n(c) is equipped with—\n(i) a hand wash basin; and\n(ii) either a shower in a shower recess or a bath.\n(2) All baths, showers, hand wash basins and similar fittings shall be provided with an adequate\nsupply of hot and cold water.\n(3) The floor of the bathroom must be properly surfaced, with an even fall to a floor waste unless\notherwise approved, suitably trapped and discharging to—\n(a) the sewer of a licensed water service operator; or\n(b) an apparatus for the treatment of sewage approved by the local government.\n2.13 Laundries\n(1) A laundry must comply with the requirements of the Health Act (Laundries and Bathrooms)\nRegulations and the Building Code.\n(2) Where, in any building, a laundry is situated adjacent to a kitchen or a room where food is stored\nor consumed, the laundry shall be separated from the kitchen by a wall extending from the floor to\nthe roof or ceiling, unless otherwise approved.\n(3) Where there is an opening between a laundry and a kitchen or other room where food is stored or\nconsumed, the opening shall—\n(a) not be more than 1,220 millimetres wide; and\n(b) have a door which when closed shall completely fill the opening.\n(4) A person shall not use or occupy, or permit to be used or occupied, a dwelling house without a\nlaundry that—\n(a) is properly enclosed and roofed;\n(b) is adequately lined with an impervious material;\n(c) has a floor of concrete or other approved impervious material of an approved thickness;\n(d) is properly surfaced, with an even fall to a floor waste unless otherwise approved, suitably\ntrapped and discharging to—\n(i) the sewer of a licensed water service operator; or\n(ii) an on-site waste water disposal system of a type approved as approved by the local\ngovernment; and\n(e) is provided with adequate ventilation.\n(5) The laundry referred to in subclause (1) must conform to the provisions of the Building Code and\nthe Health Act (Laundries and Bathrooms) Regulations.\n(6) In the case of a single occupancy dwelling, the laundry referred to in subclause (1) shall have—\n(a) either—\n(i) two wash troughs;\n(ii) a washing machine and either a wash trough or a sink; and\n(b) a clothes drying facility comprising either a mechanical clothes dryer or not less than\n20 metres of clothes line erected externally.\n(7) All wash troughs, sinks and washing machines shall be—\n(a) in a laundry and connected to an adequate supply of hot and cold water; and\n(b) installed to manufacturer’s specifications, and all wash troughs shall have a capacity of at\nleast 36 litres.\n(8) Sole or multiple occupancy units, each being a separate dwelling, shall have—\n(a) laundry facilities, in accordance with the Building Code, for the exclusive use of the occupants\nof each unit; or\n(b) a separate laundry, with communal laundry facilities in accordance with the Building Code,\nfor up to 4 sole occupancy units that do not have their own laundry facilities.\n2.14 Washing or keeping of clothes in kitchens\nA person shall not in any kitchen or other place where food is kept—\n(a) wash or permit to be washed any clothing or bed linen; or\n(b) keep or permit to be kept any soiled clothing or bed linen.\n\n","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"756","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"756 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n2.15 Kitchens\n(1) A person shall not use or occupy, or permit to be used or occupied, a dwelling house without a\nkitchen which complies with the requirements of the Building Code and which is equipped with—\n(a) a cooking facility which is adequate in the opinion of an Authorised Officer; and\n(b) a sink which is adequate in the opinion of an Authorised Officer and which has an adequate\nsupply of hot and cold water.\n(2) The occupier of a dwelling house shall ensure that the stove, oven and sink are kept clean, in good\norder and repair and fit for use.\n(3) A cooking facility shall—\n(a) be installed in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Mines, Industry\nRegulation and Safety, and the manufacturer’s specifications; and\n(b) not be installed or used in any room other than a kitchen.\n(4) Mechanical extraction shall be provided in a kitchen and the exhaust air shall be—\n(a) carried to the outside air as directly as practicable; and\n(b) boxed throughout.\n(5) In this clause, a cooking facility includes a stove, oven, facility or appliance used for or in\nconnection with the cooking of food.\nPART 3—HOUSING AND GENERAL\nDivision 1—Maintenance of Dwelling Houses\n3.1 Dwelling house maintenance\nThe owner or occupier of a dwelling house and any appurtenant buildings shall maintain the dwelling\nhouse and appurtenant buildings in sound condition and fit for use and, in particular, shall—\n(a) maintain all roofs in sound weatherproof condition;\n(b) maintain any footings, foundations and walls, either external or internal, in a sound\ncondition;\n(c) replace any missing, broken, decayed or termite-eaten timber or other deteriorated material\nin any veranda, roof, walls, steps, handrails, floors or their supports with material of sound\nquality;\n(d) comply with the directions of an Authorised Officer to treat the premises for the purpose of\ndestroying any termites;\n(e) maintain any brick, stone, mortar or cement work in a sound condition;\n(f) maintain, repair or replace any flashings or ant caps which are missing or defective;\n(g) maintain all floors even in surface and free from cracks;\n(h) maintain all ceilings, internal wall finishes, skirting boards, architraves and other fixtures\nand fittings complete and with smooth unbroken surfaces;\n(i) maintain all doors and windows in good working order and weatherproof condition;\n(j) retain all natural lighting free from any obstruction which would reduce the natural lighting,\nbelow the ratio of 10% of the floor area;\n(k) maintain all pipes, fittings and fixtures connected with water supply, drainage or sewerage so\nthat they comply in all respects with the provisions of the Water Services Act 2012, the\nPlumbing Code of Australia and relevant associated standards, and any other legal\nrequirements to which they are subject;\n(l) maintain all electric wiring, gas services and fittings to comply with the requirements of all\nrelevant public authorities; and\n(m) maintain all ventilators in good order and repair.\n3.2 Guttering and downpipes\nThe owner or occupier of a dwelling house which has guttering and downpipes shall—\n(a) maintain all guttering, downpipes and drains on the premises in a good state of repair, clean\nand free from obstruction; and\n(b) not permit any rainwater from the premises to discharge from the guttering onto or over a\nfootpath, street or other property.\n3.3 Disposal of rainwater\n(1) The owner or occupier of a dwelling house shall not use or occupy or permit to be used or occupied,\na dwelling house unless all rainwater is effectively disposed of or collected in an approved manner\nthat will not be a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health of any person.\n(2) Subclause (1) shall not prevent the discharge of stormwater from a lot into a local government\napproved stormwater drain or road.\nDivision 2—Ventilation of Houses\n3.4 Exemption for short term hostels and recreational campsites\nThis division shall not apply to short term hostels and recreational campsites referred to in Division 2\nof Part 8.\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 757\n3.5 Overcrowding\nThe owner or occupier of a house shall not permit—\n(a) a room in the house that is not a habitable room to be used for sleeping purposes;\n(b) a habitable room in the house to be used for sleeping purposes unless—\n(i) for every person over the age of 10 years using the room there is at least 14 cubic\nmetres of air space per person; and\n(ii) for every person between the ages of 1 and 10 years there is at least 8 cubic metres of\nair space per person; or\n(c) any garage, shed or area under a veranda or patio to be used for sleeping purposes.\n3.6 Calculated sufficient space\nFor the purpose of clause 3.5, in calculating the space required for each person—\n(a) each room shall be considered separately and sufficient space shall be allowed in each room\nfor the number of persons present in the room at any one time; and\n(b) deduction shall be made for the space occupied by furniture, beds, equipment, fittings and\nprojections of the walls into a room.\n3.7 Ventilation\n(1) A person shall not use or occupy, or permit to be used or occupied, a house unless the house is\nproperly ventilated.\n(2) For the purpose of subclause (1) a house shall be deemed to be properly ventilated if it complies\nwith the Building Code, including the provision of—\n(a) natural ventilation; or\n(b) a mechanical ventilation or air-conditioning system complying with AS 1668.2:2012.\n(3) The owner of a house provided with a mechanical ventilation or air-conditioning system as its only\nor prime means of ventilation shall ensure that the system is—\n(a) maintained in good working condition and in accordance with AS 3666.2:2011; and\n(b) in use at all times the building is occupied.\n(4) If, in the opinion of an Authorised Officer, a house is not properly ventilated, the Authorised\nOfficer may by notice require the owner of the house to—\n(a) provide a different, or additional method of ventilation; or\n(b) cease using the house until it is properly ventilated.\n3.8 Sub-floor ventilation\nThe owner or occupier of a house shall make provision for sub-floor ventilation by ensuring that air\nbricks and other openings are kept clear of refuse, vegetation, building materials, dirt and the like.\nDivision 3—Water Supply\n3.9 Water supply\n(1) The owner of every house shall provide a continuous supply of drinking water, reticulated for use\nand obtained from—\n(a) a licensed water service operator;\n(b) an underground bore; or\n(c) a rainwater storage system with a minimum capacity of 120,000 litres.\n(2) The water supply shall at all times deliver an adequate supply of drinking water to each tap in the\nhouse.\n(3) The water supply to toilets or for garden use may be from an alternative source that is not\nnecessarily drinking water but must comply with the requirements of relevant legislation, codes of\npractice or guidelines where applicable.\n3.10 Rainwater tanks\nThe owner or occupier of a house for which the water supply is drawn from a rainwater tank shall\nensure that it is managed and maintained so as to meet the relevant standards in the Australian\nDrinking Water Guidelines developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council and in\nparticular—\n(a) maintain in a clean condition—\n(i) the roof forming the catchment for the tank; and\n(ii) the guttering and downpipes appurtenant to the roof;\n(b) ensure that each rainwater tank is fitted with a tight-fitting mosquito proof cover which shall\nnot be removed at any time except for the purpose of inspecting, cleaning, repairing or\nmaintaining the tank;\n(c) if the tank water is breeding mosquitoes, eliminate the point of entry and treat with a small\nquantity of liquid paraffin at a rate of not more than 5 millilitres per square meter of surface\narea so as to form a thin even film over the whole surface or otherwise as advised by an\nAuthorised Officer;\n(d) inspect the rainwater tank and associated components at least every 6 months including\ngutters, catchment roof, tank inlet, debris traps, mosquito cowls, inside of the tank, tank roof\n\n","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"758","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"758 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\nand connecting pipework and remove any accumulated debris, leaf material or other\ncontaminants evident and repair any damaged components;\n(e) at least once every two years, inspect the bottom and walls of the tank for accumulated\nsediments, sludge and slime and where necessary thoroughly clean any tank which contains\nwater used for human consumption;\n(f) when directed by an Authorised Officer, empty, clean and disinfect any tank upon the\npremises which contains water used for human consumption; and\n(g) dispose of any organic material and water from cleaning and desludging operations around\nthe garden or yard ensuring that it is retained on site and does not cause a health nuisance.\n3.11 Bores and wells\nThe owner or occupier of any premises shall not use or permit for human consumption the use of\nwater from any bore or well unless the bore or well is—\n(a) at least 30 metres from any soak well, leach drain or irrigation area where effluent has been\ndischarged from any wastewater treatment system or any other possible source of pollution\nunless otherwise approved by the Chief Health Officer;\n(b) covered with a tight fitting cover without openings of any sort other than those essential for\nthe insertion of a pump; and\n(c) compliant with the requirements of the Health Act (Underground Water Supply)\nRegulations 1959.\n3.12 Pollution\nA person shall not deposit on or under any land, any sewage, offensive matter or any other thing\nwhich may pollute or render unfit for human consumption, water from a well or other underground\nsource.\nDivision 4—Second-hand Furniture, Bedding and Clothing\n3.13 Prohibition on sale\nA person shall not offer for sale or sell any second-hand furniture, bedding or clothing which is filthy\nor infested with vermin or vectors of disease.\n3.14 Prohibition on possession\nA dealer in second-hand furniture, bedding or clothing shall not have on any premises used for the\noperation of the business any second-hand furniture, bedding or clothing which is filthy or infested\nwith vermin or vectors of disease.\nDivision 5—Morgues\n3.15 Licensing of morgues\n(1) All non-government morgues shall be licensed pursuant to the provisions of this clause.\n(2) An application for licence of a morgue shall be in the form set out in Schedule 8 and shall be—\n(a) made by the applicant;\n(b) forwarded to the Chief Executive Officer with the fee as fixed by the local government from\ntime to time under Sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Local Government Act 1995.\n(3) A Certificate of Licence of a Morgue shall—\n(a) be in the form set out in Schedule 9; and\n(b) expire on 30 June next after the date of its issue.\n(4) A Certificate of Licence of a Morgue shall not be granted in respect of any premises unless—\n(a) provision has been made for the keeping of the bodies of the dead at a temperature not\nexceeding zero degrees Celsius;\n(b) the walls are constructed of stone or brickwork or other approved material;\n(c) the interior surface of all walls is covered with glazed tiles or is rendered impervious so as to\nbe non-absorbent and washable;\n(d) all floors are constructed of some impervious material, having a fall to an outlet discharging\nover a trapped gully; and\n(e) the premises are adequately ventilated by direct communication with the outside air.\n","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"LIQUID REFUSE, LIQUID WASTE, BUTCHERS’ WASTE,","content":"PART 4—LIQUID REFUSE, LIQUID WASTE, BUTCHERS’ WASTE,\nRUBBISH AND REFUSE\nDivision 1—Liquid Refuse and Liquid Waste\n4.1 Interpretation\napparatus for the treatment of sewage has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Health\n(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911;\nliquid refuse includes all washing from the commercial cleaning of vehicles, overflow, bleed off,\ncondensate and drainage from air conditioning equipment including cooling towers and\nevaporative coolers and other liquid used for cooling purposes and swimming pool discharges;\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 759\nliquid waste means wastewater or any other liquid waste from domestic, industrial or\ncommercial activities, other than effluent; and includes bathroom, kitchen, scullery and\nlaundry wastes, all washings from animal and poultry pens and any other domestic or trade\nwastes that are discharged by means of a drain to a receptacle for drainage;\nreceptacle for drainage has the same meaning as in the Health (Treatment of Sewage and\nDisposal of Effluent and Liquid Waste) Regulations 1974.\n4.2 Deposit of liquid refuse\nA person shall not deposit or cause or permit to be deposited liquid refuse—\n(a) on a street;\n(b) in a storm water disposal system; or\n(c) on any land or place other than a place or depot duly authorised for that purpose.\n4.3 Disposal of liquid waste\n(1) The owner or occupier of premises shall provide, by one of the methods prescribed in this clause,\nfor the disposal of all liquid waste produced on the premises; and at all times maintain in good\nworking order and condition any apparatus used for the disposal of liquid waste.\n(2) Liquid waste shall be disposed of by one of the following methods—\n(a) discharging it into the sewage system of a licensed water service operator in a manner\napproved by the licensed water service operator;\n(b) discharging it into an apparatus for the treatment of sewage approved by the Chief Health\nOfficer or the local government; or\n(c) collection and disposal at an approved liquid waste disposal site in a manner approved by the\nChief Health Officer; or\n(d) in the case of swimming pool water, discharging it into soak wells of adequate capacity.\n(3) The owner or occupier of land on which a swimming pool is constructed shall ensure that all\nbackwash is not permitted to discharge onto or run-off onto adjacent land so as to cause a nuisance, or\ncause damage to any structures situated on adjacent land.\n(4) Subclause (3) shall not prevent the discharge of swimming pool backwash from a lot into a local\ngovernment approved stormwater drain or road by a method approved by an Authorised Officer.\nDivision 2—Transport of Butchers’ Waste\n4.4 Interpretation\nbutchers’ waste includes animal skeletons and rib cages, from a boning room and the inedible\nproducts of an abattoir or a butcher’s shop.\n4.5 Restriction of vehicles\n(1) A person shall not use, for the transport of butchers’ waste a vehicle used for the transport of food\nor anything intended to be used for the packing or handling of food for human consumption.\n(2) A vehicle used for the transport of butchers’ waste shall not be used to transport any other item,\nsubstance or material which is not ‘butchers’ waste in the same compartment.\n4.6 Transport of butchers’ waste\n(1) A person shall not transport butchers’ waste otherwise than in a compartment complying with the\nfollowing specifications—\n(a) the floor and walls to be made of an approved impervious material;\n(b) all joints to be made water-tight;\n(c) the loading doors, if any, to be water-tight and kept closed at all times except when loading or\nunloading;\n(d) the top and sides are to be covered by a tarpaulin or other impervious material approved by\nan Authorised Officer so as to keep the load out of sight of the public; or\n(e) in a container which is water-tight, durable and impervious and which is fitted with a lid\nwhich can be tightly closed.\n(2) A person shall not transport any butchers’ waste in a vehicle unless the vehicle and its fittings,\nincluding the compartment or container referred to in this clause are—\n(a) maintained in good order and condition; and\n(b) thoroughly cleaned at the conclusion of each day’s work.\n(3) A person shall not load, transport, or unload butchers’ waste in a manner that is or may be\noffensive due to—\n(a) the sight of animal skeletons, bones, offal or waste matter;\n(b) the odour of putrefaction, offal or waste matter; or\n(c) the presence of blood and particles of flesh or fat dropping onto the surface of the street,\npavement or ground.\n\n","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"760","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"760 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\nDivision 3—Rubbish and Refuse\n4.7 Interpretation\nrubbish or refuse includes any filth, dirt, ashes, vegetation, garden refuse, waste material,\nwaste food, sludge, offensive matter, cinders, wood or metal shavings and sawdust but does\nnot include liquid waste or liquid refuse; and\nrefuse disposal site means land set apart by the local government under the Act as a site for the\ndeposit of rubbish or refuse; or which is licensed or registered under the provisions of the\nEnvironmental Protection Regulations 1987; and any waste facility as defined in the Waste\nAvoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 that is operated by the local government.\n4.8 Deposit of refuse\nA person shall not deposit or cause or permit to be deposited any rubbish or refuse in or on any street\nor on any land other than a refuse disposal site defined in these local laws or a waste service or waste\nfacility as defined in the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007 that is operated by the\nlocal government or by an approved contractor.\n4.9 Burning of rubbish or refuse\n(1) A person shall not set fire to rubbish, either in any incinerator or on the ground except in\naccordance with the conditions of the local government.\n(2) Subject to subclause (3), the burning of rubbish is subject to the following conditions—\n(a) the material to be burnt—\n(i) does not include any plastic, rubber, food scraps, green garden cuttings and other\nmaterial which may become offensive when burnt; and\n(ii) is of such quantity, or of such a nature, as to be unsuitable for removal by the local\ngovernment refuse collection service; and\n(b) there is no other appropriate means of disposal;\n(c) burning shall not take place—\n(i) during any period for which an air dispersion alert has been issued by the Bureau of\nMeteorology; or\n(ii) where there is no current air dispersion alert, outside the hours of 10.00am to 6.00pm;\nand\n(d) burning shall only be undertaken using an incinerator that is designed to burn efficiently in\norder to minimise smoke emissions and which incorporates a spark arresting device and\nwhich is located—\n(i) at least 3 metres from a fence, building or inflammable matter; and\n(ii) in such a position so as not to create a nuisance or be offensive to other persons.\n(3) Subject to any requirements of a Fire Break Notice issued by the local government and any\ndirections issued by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, the local government may grant\na permit to clear by burning fire breaks or vacant blocks of grass, straw, hay, undergrowth, herbage\nand other similar vegetation.\n(4) An owner or occupier of any building or development site shall ensure that no vegetation or other\nmaterial cleared from the site is burnt on the site.\n4.10 Suitable enclosure\n(1) An owner or occupier of premises—\n(a) consisting of more than 3 dwellings; or\n(b) used for commercial or industrial purposes or a food premises,\nshall if required by the local government provide a suitable enclosure for the storage and cleaning of\nreceptacles on the premises.\n(2) An owner or occupier of premises required to provide a suitable enclosure under this clause shall\nkeep the enclosure thoroughly clean and disinfected.\n(3) For the purposes of this Section, a “suitable enclosure” means an enclosure—\n(a) of sufficient size to accommodate all receptacles used on the premises but in any event having\na floor area not less than a size approved by the local government;\n(b) constructed of brick, concrete, corrugated compressed fibre cement sheet or other material of\nsuitable thickness approved by the local government;\n(c) having walls not less than 1.8 metres in height and having an access way of not less than\n1 metre in width and fitted with a self-closing gate;\n(d) containing a smooth and impervious floor—\n(i) of not less than 75 millimetres in thickness; and\n(ii) which is evenly graded to an approved liquid refuse disposal system;\n(e) which is easily accessible to allow for the removal of the receptacles;\n(f) provided with a ramp into the enclosure having a gradient no steeper than 1:8 unless\notherwise approved by the local government; and\n(g) provided with a tap connected to an adequate supply of water.\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 761\n4.11 Provision of refuse receptacles\nThe owner or occupier of a building or development site shall at all times provide and maintain a\nrefuse receptacle, available for use on the site, which includes a suitable cover, to the satisfaction of\nan Authorised Officer, of such design as will—\n(a) contain any refuse likely to be produced on the site; and\n(b) prevent refuse being blown from the receptacle by wind.\n4.12 Control of refuse\n(1) From the time of commencement of works on a building site or development site until the time of\ncompletion of such work, the owner or occupier of the site shall take reasonable measures to—\n(a) ensure all refuse on the site is placed and contained in the refuse receptacle and prevented\nfrom being blown from the site by wind;\n(b) keep the site free from any refuse;\n(c) keep the street verge, and any other reserve, immediately adjacent to the site, free of refuse\nfrom the site; and\n(d) ensure the refuse receptacle is emptied when full.\n(2) The owner or occupier of a building site or development site shall ensure that within 2 days of\ncompletion of works on the site, the site and the street verge immediately adjacent to it, are cleared of\nall refuse and all refuse receptacles are removed from the site.\n4.13 Unauthorised storage of materials\n(1) All construction materials must be located on the building site or development site under\nconstruction, unless written approval has been given by the local government to store materials on\nanother property (including a road reserve).\n(2) An application for approval under subclause (1) must be—\n(a) in writing; and\n(b) accompanied by the written approval of the landowner of the land on which materials are\nproposed to be stored.\n4.14 Removal of refuse and disused materials\n(1) The owner or occupier of a lot shall not keep, or permit to remain on the lot, any refuse, rubbish or\ndisused material of whatever nature or kind which in the opinion of the local government or an\nAuthorised Officer is likely to give the lot an untidy appearance and does not conform with the\ngeneral appearance of other land in that particular part of the district.\n(2) The local government or an Authorised Officer may give notice in writing to the owner or occupier\nof a lot requiring the removal of refuse, rubbish or disused material from the lot within the time\nspecified in the notice.\n4.15 Removal of unsightly overgrowth of vegetation\n(1) The owner or occupier of a lot shall not permit to remain on a lot, any unsightly overgrowth of\nvegetation that gives the lot an untidy appearance and does not conform with the general appearance\nof other land in that particular part of the district.\n(2) The local government or an Authorised Officer may give notice in writing to the owner or occupier\nof a lot requiring the removal of the overgrowth of vegetation within the time specified in the notice.\n4.16 Storage of vehicles, vessels and machinery\nThe owner or occupier of a lot shall not—\n(a) store, or allow to remain in public view on any lot, more than 1 vehicle, vessel or machinery\n(whether licensed or not) in a state of disrepair;\n(b) store, or allow to remain in public view on any lot, any vehicle, vessel or machinery in a state\nof disrepair for a period in excess of 1 month;\n(c) store, or allow to remain in public view on any lot, any vehicle parts, vessel parts or\nmachinery parts (including tyres);\n(d) wreck, dismantle or break up any vehicle, part or body of a vehicle parts, vessel or machinery\nexcept where performed—\n(i) inside a building; or\n(ii) within an area enclosed by a fence or wall of not less than 1.8 metres in height and of\nsuch a nature as to screen all vehicles, parts or bodies of vehicles, vessels or machinery\nfrom the street and from adjoining properties; or\n(e) wreck, dismantle or break up a vehicle, vessel or machinery so as to cause a nuisance.\n4.17 Disposing of disused refrigerators or similar containers\nA person shall not place, leave or dispose of a disused refrigerator, ice chest, ice box, trunk, chest or\nother similar article having a compartment which has a capacity of 0.04 cubic metres or more on any\nland without first—\n(a) removing every door and lid and every lock, catch and hinge attached to a door or lid; or\n(b) rendering every door and lid incapable of being fastened; and\n(c) arranging for the removal of any refrigerants by a suitably qualified person.\n\n762 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\nPART 5—NUISANCES AND GENERAL\nDivision 1—Nuisances\n5.1 Interpretation\nfertiliser includes manure;\npublic vehicle includes bus, tram, taxi or any other public transport;\ndust means any visible granular or particulate material which has or has the potential to become\nairborne and includes organic and non-organic matter and sand, but does not include smoke;\nliquid waste means waste from any process or activity, whether useful or useless, that is in\nliquid form and includes paint, fuel, grease, fat, oil, degreaser, solvent, detergent, chemical,\nanimal waste, food waste, effluent and all discharges of liquid to land, air or water that are\nnot otherwise authorised by a written law but does not include uncontaminated stormwater;\noccupier means any person who is in control of any land or part of any land or authorised by the\nowner, lessee, licensee or any other person empowered to exercise control in relation to land\nto perform any work in relation to any land and without limiting the generality of the\nforegoing and for the avoidance of doubt includes a builder or contractor; and\ncar park means premises, or any part of premises, set aside for parking of 3 or more motor\nvehicles.\n5.2 Escape of smoke etc.\n(1) An owner or occupier of premises shall take reasonable measures to prevent the escape of smoke,\ndust, fumes, offensive or foul odours, liquid waste or liquid refuse from the premises in such quantity\nor of such a nature as to cause or to be a nuisance.\n(2) A person shall not on any land of an area 0.4 hectares or less, set fire to rubbish, refuse or other\nmaterials on rural residential zoned property unless—\n(a) written approval has first been obtained from the local government;\n(b) the person demonstrates to the satisfaction of the local government that reasonable\nalternatives for the disposal of the rubbish, refuse or other material do not exist and the\npotential for pollution is low;\n(c) the material does not include any plastic, rubber, food scraps, green garden materials or other\nmaterial likely to cause the generation of smoke or odour in such quantity as to cause a\nnuisance to other persons;\n(d) a haze alert has not been issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for the period during which\nburning is to take place; and\n(e) the burning complies with the Bush Fires Act 1954, any annual fire hazard reduction notice\nissued by the local government under that Act and any conditions of approval as determined\nby the local government.\n(3) Subclause (2) shall not apply to any barbeque, solid fuel water heater, space heater or ovens fired\nwith dry paper, dry wood, synthetic char or charcoal type fuel.\n(4) Subclause (2) is subject to any fire danger rating as determined by the Bureau of Meteorology.\n5.3 Public vehicles to be kept clean\nThe owner or person in control of a public vehicle shall take reasonable measures to maintain the\nvehicle at all times—\n(a) in a clean condition;\n(b) free from vectors of disease; and\n(c) whenever directed to do so by an Authorised Officer, thoroughly clean and disinfect the\nvehicle.\n5.4 Prohibition against spitting\nA person shall not spit on a footpath, street or within or on, any public place, building or facility\naccessible to the public which is within the local government’s jurisdiction.\n5.5 Dust management\n(1) If an owner or occupier of land intends to undertake any work involving the clearing of land,\nfrom which any sand or dust is likely to be released whether by means of wind, water or any\nother cause, the owner or occupier shall—\n(a) submit to an Authorised Officer a Dust Management Plan in accordance with “A guideline for\nmanaging the impacts of dust and associated contaminants from land development sites,\nremediation and other related activities (2011)” as produced by the Department of Water and\nEnvironmental Regulation, and amended from time to time; and\n(b) obtain written approval of the Dust Management Plan from an Authorised Officer before\ncommencement of any work.\n(2) An owner and or occupier of land must take effective measures to—\n(a) stabilise dust on the land;\n(b) contain all liquid waste on the land;\n(c) ensure no dust or liquid waste is released or escapes from the land whether by means of wind,\nwater or any other cause; and\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 763\n(d) notify the owners or occupiers of adjoining land in writing 48 hours prior to the\ncommencement of any activity that has the potential to cause the release or escape from the\nland of dust or liquid waste giving details of—\n(i) the nature of the activity;\n(ii) the proposed commencement time, frequency, duration time and location of the activity;\nand\n(iii) the name of the person responsible for carrying out the activity and how and where\nthat person may be contacted.\n(3) The local government may serve on the owner and or occupier a notice requiring the owner or\noccupier to undertake one or more of the following—\n(a) comply with subclause (2)(a) or (2)(b);\n(b) clean up and properly dispose of any released or escaped dust or liquid waste;\n(c) clean up and make good any damage resulting from the released or escaped dust or liquid\nwaste;\n(d) take effective measures to stop any further release or escape of dust or liquid waste.\n(4) The requirements set out in a notice issued under subclause (3) must be complied with—\n(a) within 48 hours of service of the notice where no other time is specified;\n(b) within such other period as is specified in the notice; or\n(c) immediately, if the notice so specifies.\n(5) Where the local government forms the opinion that dust or liquid waste has escaped or has been\nreleased from an activity undertaken on land or as a consequence of the use of equipment on land, the\nlocal government may serve a notice on the owner and or occupier of the land and or the operator of\nthe equipment, as the case may be, requiring that the activity or use of the equipment on the land be\nceased immediately, for such period as is specified in such notice.\n(6) Where the local government is of the opinion that dust or liquid waste may be released or escape\nas a result of an activity which is likely to be carried on from any land, the local government may give\nto the owner and or occupier a notice providing that the activity may only be carried on subject to\nconditions specified in the notice.\n5.6 Emission or reflection of light\n(1) Where artificial light is emitted or reflected from anything on a lot so as to contravene the\nrequirements of Australian Standard AS 4282, then every owner and occupier of the lot commits an\noffence.\n(2) Where natural light is reflected from anything on a lot so as to create or be a nuisance to any—\n(a) owner or occupier of land; or\n(b) person using a thoroughfare as a thoroughfare, then every owner and occupier of the lot\ncommits an offence.\n(3) All lighting installations as defined within the Australian Standard AS 4282 must be maintained\nin good working order and repair at all times.\n(4) An owner and or occupier of a lot on which floodlights, lighting installations or other exterior\nlights are erected or used shall not allow the floodlights or other exterior lights to shine directly onto\nan adjoining lot.\n(5) The local government may give a notice to the owner and or occupier of a lot—\n(a) requiring that any reflective surfaces creating a nuisance within clause 5.6(1) be painted or\notherwise treated so as to abate the nuisance; and\n(b) on which floodlights, lighting installations or other exterior lights are erected, requiring—\n(i) the hours of use of the lighting to be limited to the hours specified in the notice; or\n(ii) the direction in which the lights are shining to be altered as specified in the notice.\n5.7 Car parks\n(1) A person shall not use or occupy, or permit to be used or occupied, a car park unless it is ventilated\nby either—\n(a) natural ventilation; or\n(b) mechanical means, in accordance with AS 1668.2:2012.\n(2) If, in the opinion of the the local government, a car park is not properly ventilated, the local\ngovernment may by notice require the occupier within a specified time to—\n(a) provide a different or additional method of ventilation; and\n(b) cease using the car park until it is properly ventilated.\n(3) An occupier shall comply with a notice under subclause (2).\n(4) An owner or occupier shall ensure that—\n(a) all exhaust air that is discharged from a car park shall be discharged at discharge points in\naccordance with AS 1668.2:2012;\n(b) located so that the hourly average exhaust flow rate is not reduced below the minimum\nrequirement of AS 1668.2:2012, at a velocity and in a direction so as not to be a danger to\nhealth or a nuisance;\n\n","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"764","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"764 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n(c) exhaust registers are located as far as possible from the source of supply air;\n(d) in the case of a car park having a floor level below that of the external ground level, at least\n50% of the required air is drawn into exhaust registers having their bottom edge located\nwithin 100 millimetres of the floor level; and\n(e) any mechanical ventilation system is—\n(i) maintained in good working condition; and\n(ii) in operation at all times when the car park is in use.\n5.8 Transportation, use and storage of offal or blood\nA person shall not transport or store offal or blood, for the purpose of being used as manure, unless it\nhas been sterilised by steam and properly dried or by some other effective method approved by an\n5.9 Use or storage of fertiliser\nAn owner or occupier of premises shall not use or keep for the purpose of use, as fertiliser any—\n(a) pig manure;\n(b) human faeces; or\n(c) urine.\n5.10 Storage and dispatch of artificial fertiliser\nAn owner or occupier of premises where artificial fertiliser is stored in bulk for sale shall—\n(a) keep all artificial fertiliser in a building—\n(i) of which the walls, floors and ceilings or undersides of the roof are constructed of\ndurable and non-absorbent materials finished internally with a smooth surface; and\n(ii) free from damp and properly ventilated;\n(b) take proper precautions to prevent the emission of dust or offensive effluvia from the\nbuilding; and\n(c) ensure that all artificial fertiliser dispatched from the premises is packed in such a manner so\nas to prevent any nuisance arising during transit.\n5.11 Storage of fertiliser and compost\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), fertiliser and compost is not to be stored inside a dwelling house in a\nhabitable room, kitchen, laundry, bathroom, living area, passage way or bedroom.\n(2) Fertiliser and compost can be stored—\n(a) in a non-habitable building such as a shed, garage or storage room which is fully enclosed,\nwell ventilated and separated from the habitable areas of the dwelling house; or\n(b) in an outside area.\n(3) The owner or occupier of premises where fertiliser or compost is stored shall—\n(a) prevent the escape of odours, dust or particles which could cause a nuisance;\n(b) treat the fertiliser or compost in such a manner so as to effectively prevent it attracting or\nbeing a breeding place for flies or other insects; and\n(c) store only such amounts of fertiliser or compost—\n(i) as can be readily used within a reasonable period; or\n(ii) as may be directed by an Authorised Officer.\n5.12 Commercial vehicles\n(1) A person shall not park a vehicle containing livestock in a townsite for a period in excess of\n30 minutes.\n(2) A person shall not park a vehicle which contains or has been used for the carriage of livestock so\nas to create or be a nuisance to any person, by reason of the odour emanating from the vehicle.\n(3) If a person parks a vehicle containing livestock in a townsite in accordance with subclause (1),\nthen the person does not contravene subclause (2).\n(4) A person shall not start or drive a truck on land zoned, approved or used for residential purposes\nbetween the hours of 10.30 pm and 6.30 am on the following day without first obtaining the written\nconsent of the local government.\nDivision 2—Keeping of Animals\n5.13 Cleanliness\nAn owner or occupier of premises in or on which a dog, cat or other animal or bird is kept shall—\n(a) keep the premises free from excrement, filth, food waste and all other matters which is or is\nlikely to become offensive or injurious to health or to attract rats or other vermin and vectors\nof disease;\n(b) when so directed by an Authorised Officer, clean and disinfect the premises; and\n(c) keep the premises, so far as possible, free from flies or other vermin and vectors of disease by\nspraying with a residual insecticide or other effective means.\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 765\n5.14 Animal enclosures\n(1) A person shall not keep or cause or permit to be kept any animals or birds on premises which are\nnot effectively drained or of which the drainage flows to the walls or foundations of any building.\n(2) The owner or occupier of premises where animals or birds are kept shall, when directed by an\nAuthorised Officer, pave, grade and drain floors of all structures and the surface of the ground of all\nenclosures used for the keeping of animals or birds.\n(3) The owner or occupier of premises where an animal is kept must ensure that each animal is kept\nin a suitable enclosure that effectively prevents it from escaping.\n(4) The owner or person in charge of livestock shall not permit livestock to stray or to be at large in a\nstreet, public place or upon private property without the consent of the property owner.\n5.15 Slaughter of animals\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), a person shall not slaughter any animal within the district.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to—\n(a) euthanasia of animals by veterinarians or other duly Authorised Officers;\n(b) the slaughter of animals for human consumption in abattoirs approved by the local\ngovernment;\n(c) farmers, pastoralists and the like who slaughter stock for their own consumption and who are\nexempted under Regulation 20 (2) of the Food Regulations 2009; and\n(d) slaughter of animals for the purposes of pet meat and game meat operations.\n5.16 Disposal of dead animals\n(1) An owner or occupier of premises on which there is a dead animal shall immediately remove the\ncarcass and arrange for its disposal at an approved disposal site.\n(2) An owner, or a person having the care of any animal that dies or is killed in a public or private\nplace, shall immediately remove the carcass and arrange for its disposal at an approved disposal site.\n(3) The requirements of subclauses (1) and (2) shall not limit the practice by farmers, pastoralists and\nthe like of disposing of carcasses on rural land in a manner that is not likely to pollute or be\ndangerous or injurious to health.\n(4) An owner or operator of a veterinary practice where dead animals are kept for more than 12 hours\nshall refrigerate the carcass prior to its removal and disposal, at an approved disposal site.\nDivision 3—Keeping of Approved Animals\n5.17 Interpretation\napproved animal includes a horse, cow, pig, sheep, camel, alpaca, llama, deer, goat or other\nlarge animal;\ncow includes an ox, calf or bull;\nhorse includes an ass, mule, donkey or pony; and\nnatural shelter means a mature tree or belt of trees.\n5.18 Keeping of approved animals and provision of stables\n(1) An owner or occupier of premises shall not keep an approved animal within a townsite or on a\nproperty of 0.5 hectares or less, without approval of the local government.\n(2) An owner or occupier of premises who keeps an approved animal shall provide adequate natural\nshelter if approved by the local government or a stable which shall comply with the requirements of\nthe Building Code, and which—\n(a) is not situated within 15 metres of a house or other premises unless the premises is on\nRacecourse Road, Pinjarra or George Beacham Way, Pinjarra;\n(b) has exclusive space for each animal of 0.2 hectares;\n(c) is constructed of weatherproof materials and of a design which provides adequate protection\nfrom the elements;\n(d) provides adequate natural ventilation;\n(e) prevents the animal from escaping; and\n(f) subject to subclauses (6) and (8), has a floor, which—\n(i) is constructed of a material approved by an Authorised Officer; and\n(ii) has a fall which effectively drains liquid wastes into a trapped gully situated outside\nthe stable and discharged in a manner approved by an Authorised Officer.\n(3) An application for approval of an approved animal shall include the following information—\n(a) a plan of the property, at a scale not less than 1:200, with dimensions clearly marked,\nshowing where it is proposed that the animal is to be kept and the distance of that location\nfrom any residential building on another lot, or commercial premises;\n(b) a sketch plan, at a scale of 1:100, indicating the nature of the shelter or housing to be\nprovided for the animal; and\n\n","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"766","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"766 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n(c) a detailed written plan for the management of manure which addresses—\n(i) control of flies and other vermin;\n(ii) disease prevention; and\n(iii) prevention of nuisance odours.\n(4) The local government may vary the conditions of approval after it has been issued, and shall give\nnotice of such variation to the owner or occupier within 14 days of such variation.\n(5) The local government may cancel its approval in the event that the owner or occupier—\n(a) fails to comply with any condition of the approval; or\n(b) breaches this clause.\n(6) The owner or occupier of premises on which a stable is located shall—\n(a) maintain the stable in a clean and hygienic condition at all times;\n(b) keep all parts of the stable so far as possible free from flies, vermin or other vectors of\ndisease; by spraying with an approved residual insecticide or other effective means; and\n(c) comply with the relevant requirements of the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management\nAct 2007 and the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Stable Fly) Management\nPlan 2016 (as amended from time to time by the Department of Primary Industries and\nRegional Development).\n(7) The owner or occupier of a stable shall comply with any direction or notice of an Authorised Officer\nin relation to its state of repair, cleanliness, hygiene, control of pests or any other matter which is\nconsidered necessary to prevent health nuisances or maintain a satisfactory standard for the keeping\nof animals therein.\n(8) The owner or occupier of premises that contains a stable is to ensure a stable shall—\n(a) have a proper separate stall—\n(i) for each horse or cow; and\n(ii) with walls measuring not less than 3 metres, both horizontally and vertically, unless it\nhas a sand floor provided in accordance with subclause (2); and\n(iii) with a floor area of not less than 11 square metres, unless it has a sand floor provided\nin accordance with subclause (8)(f);\n(b) have each wall and roof constructed of an approved impervious material;\n(c) have a roof that covers the entire floor area of the stall;\n(d) have on all sides of the building between the wall and the roof a clear opening of at least\n150 millimetres in height;\n(e) subject to subclause (8)(f), have a floor, the upper surface of which shall—\n(i) be at least 75 millimetres above the surface of the ground;\n(ii) be constructed of cement, concrete or other similar impervious materials; and\n(iii) have a fall ratio of 1:100 to a drain, which shall empty, into a trapped gully situated\noutside the stable and shall discharge in a manner approved by the local government;\nor\n(f) have a sand floor, if permitted by the local government, subject to the following—\n(i) the site must be well drained with the highest known water table at least 0.6 metres\nbelow the sand floor level, which may be achieved artificially;\n(ii) a 300 millimetres thick bed of aggregate approved by an Authorised Officer shall be\nlaid under the sand of the stable;\n(iii) sand, whether natural or imported, must be clean, coarse and free from dust;\n(iv) footings to each stable shall be a minimum of 450 millimetres below ground level;\n(v) the stable design must allow for the access of small earth moving machinery, such as a\nskid steer loader, into each individual stall, to maintain the correct floor height;\n(vi) the minimum floor area of each stall shall be not less than 28 square metres and walls\nshall not be less than 3 metres vertically or 4 metres horizontally; and\n(vii) the roofed area of each stall shall not be less than 50 percent of the floor area of the\nstall.\n5.19 Proximity of approved animals to a dwelling house\nAn owner or occupier of premises shall not permit an approved animal to approach within 15 metres\nof a dwelling house, unless the premises is on Racecourse Road, Pinjarra or George Beacham Way,\nPinjarra.\n5.20 Manure receptacles\nAn owner or occupier of premises on which a stable is constructed shall—\n(a) provide in a position convenient to the stable a receptacle for manure, constructed of smooth,\nimpervious, durable material that is easily cleanable and provided with a tight fitting hinged\ncover, and with no part of the floor lower than the surface of the adjoining ground;\n(b) keep the lid of the receptacle closed except when manure is being deposited or removed;\n(c) cause the receptacle to be emptied at least once a week and as often as may be necessary to\nprevent it coming offensive or a breeding place for flies or other vectors of disease;\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 767\n(d) keep the receptacle so far as possible free from flies or other vectors of disease by spraying\nwith a residual insecticide or other effective means; and\n(e) cause all manure produced on the premises to be collected daily and placed in the receptacle.\nDivision 4—Keeping of Poultry and Pigeons\n5.21 Interpretation\n(1) In this division, unless the context otherwise requires—\npoultry includes fowls, peafowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, chickens, bantams and other domestic\nfowls;\npigeons are birds that are classified within the family Columbidae and includes doves; and\nmiscellaneous birds includes all birds other than poultry and pigeons.\n(2) This division applies to the keeping of poultry on residential properties for domestic purposes and\nnot to commercial poultry establishments such as broiler, breeder or egg producing farms.\n(3) Commercial poultry establishments mentioned in subclause (2) are to manage operations in\naccordance with the Environmental Code of Practice for Poultry Farms in Western Australia 2004\nproduced by the Western Australian Broilers Growers Association and Poultry Farmers Association of\nWestern Australia, in conjunction with state and local authorities to control environmental and\nhealth nuisances.\n5.22 Limitation on numbers of pigeons, poultry and miscellaneous birds\n(1) An owner or occupier of premises in a townsite shall not keep a combined total of more than\n12 poultry and 12 pigeons on any one lot of land.\n(2) An Authorised Officer may issue a written notice to the owner or occupier of land, whether in a\ntownsite or not, where poultry or pigeons are kept for the number of poultry and pigeons to be\nreduced to ensure that a health nuisance does not exist.\n(3) An Authorised Officer may increase the number of poultry or pigeons kept on any one lot of land if\nsatisfied that a health nuisance does not exist.\n(4) An owner or occupier shall not keep more than 20 miscellaneous birds on any premises within the\ndistrict unless otherwise approved.\n(5) An owner or occupier shall not keep pigeons, poultry or miscellaneous birds so as to create a\nnuisance.\n(6) An Authorised Officer may apply relevant conditions, or require a reduction of the approved\nnumber of poultry, pigeons, or miscellaneous birds on any premises within the district, or\nalternatively prohibit the keeping of poultry, pigeons, or miscellaneous birds on a particular premises,\nif the conditions of this Division are not complied with or if unreasonable noise or a nuisance is being\ncaused.\n(7) An owner or occupier shall comply with a direction of an Authorised Officer under this clause.\n(8) Subclause (4) does not apply to premises used for veterinary purposes or as a pet shop.\n5.23 Conditions of keeping poultry\n(1) A person who keeps poultry or permits poultry to be kept shall ensure that—\n(a) all poultry is kept in a properly constructed and securely fastened structure or enclosure;\n(b) the structure or enclosure is in a yard having an otherwise unobstructed area of at least\n30 square metres; and\n(c) no poultry is able to approach within 15 metres of a street other than a right of way unless, in\nthe case of land at the junction of two or more streets, an Authorised Officer has approved a\nlesser distance.\n(2) A person who keeps poultry or permits poultry to be kept shall ensure no poultry is able to\nencroach within 15 metres of a dwelling house, public building, or premises where people are\nemployed or premises where food is stored, prepared manufactured or sold.\n5.24 Roosters, Geese, Turkeys, Peafowl and Gamebirds\n(1) An owner or occupier of premises shall not within a townsite or on properties with an area of\n2 hectares or less, keep or permit to be kept on those premises, any one or more of the following birds\nwithout the written approval of the local government—\n(a) a rooster;\n(b) a goose or gander;\n(c) a turkey;\n(d) a peacock or peahen; and\n(e) a gamebird (includes emus and ostriches).\n(2) An Authorised Officer may, upon written application, grant approval with or without conditions to\nthe owner or occupier of premises to keep on the premises a specified number of birds under this\n(3) An Authorised Officer may rescind approval for the keeping of birds under this clause if they cause\na nuisance.\n\n","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"768","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"768 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n5.25 Conditions of keeping pigeons\nA person who keeps, or permits to be kept, pigeons shall ensure that—\n(a) none is able to approach within 15 metres of a dwelling, public building or premises where\npeople are employed or where food is stored, prepared, manufactured or sold; and\n(b) except where homing pigeons are freed for exercise, the pigeons are kept in a properly\nconstructed pigeon loft that is in a yard having an otherwise unobstructed area of at least\n30 square metres.\n5.26 Removal of nonconforming structures or enclosures\nIf a structure or enclosure is used for the keeping of poultry or pigeons contrary to the provisions of\nclauses 5.23 or 5.25, as applicable, an Authorised Officer may direct the owner or occupier to amend it\nor remove it.\n5.27 Restrictions on pigeon nesting or perching\nAn Authorised Officer may order an owner or occupier of a house or other structure in or on which\npigeons are, or are in the habit of, nesting or perching so as to create a health nuisance to take\nadequate steps to prevent them continuing to do so.\n5.28 Restrictions on feeding wild birds\n(1) A person shall not feed a pigeon, dove, seagull, ibis, raven or other wild bird—\n(a) so as to cause a nuisance or be injurious or dangerous to health; or\n(b) with a food or substance that is not a natural food of a bird.\n(2) Where an Authorised Officer forms the opinion that a person has not complied with subclause (1)\nthe Authorised Officer may serve the person a notice requiring the person to clean up and properly\ndispose of any feed or waste products specified in the notice.\nDivision 5—Feedlots\n5.29 Interpretation\nfeedlot means a confined area with watering and feeding facilities where animals are held and\nfed for the purpose of weight gain;\nanimal includes cattle, sheep, goats, deer and the like; and\nsensitive land use means land use sensitive to emissions from industry and infrastructure, and\nincludes land uses of residential developments, hospitals, hotels, motels, hostels, caravan\nparks, schools, nursing homes, child care facilities, shopping centres, playgrounds, public\nbuildings, commercial and industrial land uses which require a high level of amenity or are\nsensitive to particular emissions.\n5.30 Premises to be approved\n(1) No premises shall be used as a feedlot unless approved by the local government.\n(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1), cattle feedlots with more than 500 animals are to be licensed\nunder Schedule 1 (Category 1) of the Environmental Protection Regulations 1987 being premises—\n(a) situated less than 100 metres from a watercourse; and\n(b) on which the number of cattle per hectare exceeds 50; or\nregistered under Schedule 1, Part 2 (Category 68) for premises—\n(a) situated 100 metres or more from a watercourse; and\n(b) on which the number of cattle per hectare exceeds 50.\n(3) Feedlots are to be sited so that every portion of the feedlot is—\n(a) greater than 50 metres from neighbouring rural property boundaries;\n(b) greater than 100 metres from any public road or recreation area;\n(c) greater than 300 metres from any major water courses, lakes, wetlands;\n(d) greater than 300 metres from any bore, well or soak well used for drinking, stock or\nirrigation;\n(e) greater than 1000 metres from any sensitive land use; and\n(f) greater than 5000 metres from any townsite.\n5.31 Management of beef cattle feedlots\nBeef cattle feedlots are to be operated and managed in accordance with the Guidelines for the\nEnvironmental Management of Beef Cattle Feedlots in Western Australia (2004).\n5.32 Site conditions\nThe owner or occupier of an approved feedlot must ensure that—\n(a) the premises is sited in an area where the land slope is no greater than 1:20 but no less than\n1:100;\n(b) the premises is sited on sandy loam soils rather than coarse sand;\n(c) the premises has a minimum groundwater clearance of 3 metres;\n(d) drainage diverts all uncontaminated stormwater from the general waste stream;\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 769\n(e) stock numbers per pen do not cause dust and effluvia to become a nuisance; and\n(f) the premises has solid and liquid waste disposal arrangements that are not offensive or\ninjurious to health.\n5.33 Compliance with direction or notice of an Authorised Officer\nThe owner or occupier of a feedlot shall comply with any direction or notice of an Authorised Officer in\nrelation to its state of repair, cleanliness, hygiene, control of pests or any other matter which is\nconsidered necessary to prevent health nuisances or maintain a satisfactory standard for the keeping\nof animals therein.\n","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6","sectionType":"part","heading":"PEST CONTROL","content":"PART 6—PEST CONTROL\nDivision 1—Flies\n6.1 Interpretation\nflies means any of the two-winged insects constituting the order Diptera commonly known as\nflies.\n6.2 Control of flies\nOwners and occupiers of any land within the district that is breeding flies, or that is likely to breed\nflies, are to comply with the requirements of the Fly Eradication Regulations.\nDivision 2—Mosquitoes\n6.3 Interpretation\nmosquitoes means any of the two-winged insects constituting the family Diptera Clicidae\ncommonly known as mosquitoes.\n6.4 Measures to be taken to prevent mosquito breeding\nAn owner or occupier of premises shall ensure that the premises are kept free from possible mosquito\nbreeding sites and shall–\n(a) follow any direction or notice of an Authorised Officer for the purpose of—\n(i) controlling the prevalence of mosquitoes;\n(ii) eradication of mosquitoes; and\n(iii) effectively preventing the breeding of mosquitoes; and\n(b) assist an Authorised Officer to locate any possible mosquito breeding sites that may be\npresent in or about the premises.\n6.5 Measures to be taken by occupier\n(1) An occupier of premises where water is kept in a horse trough, poultry drinking vessel or other\nreceptacle shall—\n(a) frequently change the water; and\n(b) keep the water clean and free from vegetable matter and slime.\n(2) Where it appears to the Authorised Officer that there is, on any premises, undergrowth or\nvegetation likely to harbour mosquitoes, the Authorised Officer may direct the owner or occupier of\nthe premises to cut down and remove within a specified time the undergrowth or vegetation.\n(3) Every person who is the owner or occupier of a dwelling house within 2000 metres of the high\nwater level of the Peel-Harvey Estuary shall install mosquito proof screens onto the external windows\nand doors of dwelling houses, and maintain any such mosquito proof screens in good order and repair.\n6.6 Removal of undergrowth or vegetation\nWhere it appears to an Authorised Officer that there is, on any premises, undergrowth or vegetation\nlikely to harbour mosquitoes, the officer may direct, orally or in writing, the owner or occupier of the\npremises to cut down and remove within a specified time the undergrowth or vegetation.\n6.7 Filling in excavations etc.\nA person who undertakes any activity on any land which creates an excavation likely to hold water\nand cause mosquito breeding shall as soon as practicable following the completion of the activity, and\ntaking into consideration the purpose of the excavation, ensure that the excavation is filled in with\nclean material and made level with the surrounding surface or alternatively treated with an approved\npesticide to control mosquito breeding.\n6.8 Drains, channels and septic tanks\nAn owner or occupier of land shall—\n(a) cause all drains and channels in or on the land to be kept in good order and free from\nobstruction; and\n(b) where a septic tank is installed on the land—\n(i) apply an approved larvicide according to the direction on the container, into the septic\ntank system, whenever directed to do so by an Authorised Officer; and\n(ii) provide, and keep in sound condition at all times, wire mesh having openings no larger\nthan 1.2 millimetres covering any inlet vent to the tank.\n\n","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"770","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"770 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n6.9 Drainage of land\nAn owner or occupier of land upon which there is water liable to become a breeding place for\nmosquitoes shall, when required by the local government, effectively drain the land and, for that\npurpose, shall—\n(a) make or provide drains on the land;\n(b) remove all irregularities in the surface of the land; and\n(c) if necessary, adjust the surface of the land or raise the level of the surface in such a manner\nthat—\n(i) the water on the land may flow into the drains without obstruction;\n(ii) no water shall remain on any portion of the land other than the drains; and\n(iii) keep all drains in good order and free from obstruction.\n6.10 Local government may execute work and recover costs\n(1) Where—\n(a) a person is required under this part or directed by a notice given under clause 6.4 to execute\nany work; and\n(b) that person fails or neglects to comply with the requirement, the local government may\nexecute the work and recover from that person the cost of executing the work, in addition to\nany penalty for which that person may be liable.\n(2) The costs and expenses incurred by the local government in the execution of a power under\nsubclause (1) may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction from that person.\n(3) The local government is not liable to pay compensation or damages of any kind to the person\nreferred to in subclause (1) in relation to any action taken by the local government under this clause,\nother than compensation or damages for loss or damage suffered because the local government acted\nnegligently or in breach of duty.\nDivision 3—Rodents\n6.11 Interpretation\nrodents means those animals belonging to the order Rodentia and includes rats and mice but\ndoes not include native rodents, laboratory bred rats and mice or animals (other than rats)\nkept as pets in an enclosure designed for the purpose of keeping as pets animals of that kind.\n6.12 Measures to be taken to eradicate rodents\n(1) An owner or occupier of premises shall at all times take effective measures to eradicate any\nrodents in or on the premises.\n(2) A person must not store, or allow to be stored, on any premises, any food, refuse or other waste\nmatter unless it is contained in a rodent proof receptacle or compartment.\n(3) An Authorised Officer may direct, orally or in writing, an owner or occupier of premises to take\nwhatever action, in the opinion of the Authorised Officer, is necessary to prevent the presence of\nrodents in or on the premises.\nDivision 4—Cockroaches\n6.13 Interpretation\ncockroach means any of the various orthopterous insects commonly known as cockroaches.\n6.14 Measures to be taken to eradicate cockroaches\n(1) An owner or occupier of premises shall take effective measures to eradicate any cockroaches in or\non the premises.\n(2) An Authorised Officer may direct, orally or in writing, an owner or occupier of premises to take\nwhatever action is necessary to prevent or deter the presence of cockroaches in or about the premises.\n(3) An owner or occupier shall within the time specified comply with any direction given by an\nDivision 5—Argentine Ants\n6.15 Interpretation\nArgentine ant means an ant belonging to the species Linepithema humile (formerly Irdomyrmex\nhumilis).\n6.16 Measures to be taken to keep premises free from Argentine ants\nAn owner or occupier of premises shall comply with the requirements of an Authorised Officer if an\ninfestation of Argentine ants are found on their premises.\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 771\nDivision 6—European Wasps\n6.17 Interpretation\nEuropean wasp means a wasp belonging to the species Vespula germanica.\n6.18 Measures to be taken to keep premises free from European wasp nest\nAn owner or occupier of premises shall ensure that the premises are kept free from European wasp\nnests and shall—\n(a) immediately notify the local government of any wasp nest in, on or about the premises that is\nsuspected to be a European wasp nest;\n(b) follow any direction of an Authorised Officer for the purpose of destroying the wasps and their\nnest; and\n(c) assist an Authorised Officer, of his or her representative, to trace any nest that may be\npresent in, on or about the premises.\nDivision 7—Bee Keeping\n6.19 Interpretation\nbee means an insect belonging to any of the various hymenopterous insects of the super family\nApoidea and commonly known as bee; and\nhive means a moveable or fixed structure, container or object in which a colony of bees is kept.\n6.20 Limitation on numbers of hives\n(1) A person shall not keep or permit the keeping of bees anywhere within the district unless approval\nto do so has been given by an Authorised Officer.\n(2) Subject to subclauses (3) and (4), a person shall not keep or permit the keeping of bees in more\nthan 2 hives on a lot.\n(3) An Authorised Officer may, upon written application, consent, with or without conditions, to a\nperson keeping bees in more than 2 hives on a lot.\n(4) A person shall comply with any conditions imposed by an Authorised Officer under subclause (3).\n6.21 Restrictions on keeping of bees in hives\nA person shall not keep or permit the keeping of bees in a hive on a lot unless, at all times—\n(a) an adequate and permanent supply of water is provided on the lot which is readily accessible\nto bees;\n(b) no more than 2 hives are kept on land of less than 2,000 square metres in area unless\notherwise approved;\n(c) the hive is kept—\n(i) outside, and at least 10 metres from, any building other than a fence;\n(ii) at least 10 metres from any footpath, street, private street or public place; and\n(iii) at least 5 metres from the boundary of the lot;\n(d) the hive is enclosed on all sides by a fence, wall or other enclosure to encourage bees to fly at\na height over the property boundary; and\n(e) the person is registered as a beekeeper if required by the Agriculture Management\n(Identification and Movement of Stock and Apiaries) Regulations 2013.\n6.22 Bees which cause a nuisance not to be kept\n(1) A person shall not keep, or permit the keeping of, bees which cause a nuisance.\n(2) An Authorised Officer may direct any person to remove any bees or beehives which in the opinion\nof the Authorised Officer are causing a nuisance.\nDivision 8—Arthropod Vectors of Disease\n6.23 Interpretation\narthropod vectors of disease includes—\n(a) fleas (Siphonaptera);\n(b) bedbugs (Cimex lectularious);\n(c) crab lice (Phthirus pubis);\n(d) body lice (Pediculus humanus var. corporis); and\n(e) head lice (Pediculus humanus var. capitis).\n6.24 Responsibility of the owner or occupier\nThe owner or occupier of the premises shall—\n(a) keep the premises and any person residing in or on the premises free from any arthropod\nvectors of disease; and\n(b) comply with the direction of an Authorised Officer to treat the premises, or anything on the\npremises, for the purpose of destroying any vectors of disease.\n\n772 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\nPART 7—INFECTIOUS DISEASES\nDivision 1—General Provisions\n7.1 Purpose of exercise of powers\nThe powers under this Part are to be exercised for the purpose of preventing or controlling the spread\nof an infectious disease.\n7.2 Authorised Officer may visit, inspect and report\nAn Authorised Officer may visit and inspect any house, its occupants, fixtures and fittings, out-\nbuildings, yards, drains and sewers connected with any house where an infectious disease has been\nidentified or where an infectious disease is suspected in order to check or prevent the spread of any\ninfectious disease.\n7.3 Requirements on owner or occupier to clean, disinfect and disinfest\nAn Authorised Officer may, by notice in writing, direct an owner or occupier of premises, within the\ntime and in the manner specified in the notice, to clean, disinfect and disinfest—\n(a) the premises; or\n(b) such things in or on the premises as are specified in the notice;\nor both, to the satisfaction of an Authorised Officer.\n7.4 Authorised Officer may disinfect or disinfest the premises\n(1) Where the local government or the Medical Officer is satisfied that any case of infectious disease\nhas occurred on any premises, the local government or the Medical Officer may direct an Authorised\nOfficer, other local government officer or other person to disinfect and disinfest the premises or any\npart of the premises and anything in or on the premises.\n(2) An owner or occupier of premises shall permit, and provide access to enable, an Authorised Officer,\nother local government officer or other person to carry out the direction given under subclause (1).\n(3) The local government may recover the cost of carrying out the work under this clause from the\nowner or occupier of the premises in or on which the work was carried out.\n(4) The local government is not liable to pay compensation or damages of any kind to the owner or\noccupier of premises in relation to any action taken by the local government of any of its staff under\nthis clause, other than compensation or damages for loss or damage suffered because the local\ngovernment or any of its staff acted negligently or in breach of duty.\n7.5 Insanitary houses, premises and things\n(1) An owner or occupier of any house or premises shall maintain the house or premises free from any\ninsanitary condition or thing.\n(2) Where the local government considers that a house is insanitary, it may, by notice in writing,\ndirect an owner of the house, within the time and in the manner specified in the notice, to destroy or\namend the house.\n(3) Where an Authorised Officer considers that—\n(a) a house or premises is not being maintained in a sanitary condition; or\n(b) anything is insanitary, the officer may, by notice in writing, direct, as the case may be—\n(i) the owner or occupier of the house or premises to amend any insanitary condition; or\n(ii) the owner or occupier of the thing to destroy or amend it,\nwithin the time and in the manner specified in the notice.\n(4) A person who is given notice under subclauses (2) or (3) shall comply with the terms of the notice.\n7.6 Medical Officer may authorise disinfecting\nWhere the Medical Officer believes that a person is or may be infected by an infectious disease, the\nMedical Officer may direct the person to have his or her body, clothing and effects disinfected at a\nplace and in a manner directed by the Medical Officer.\n7.7 Persons in contact with an infectious disease sufferer\nIf a person in any house is, or is suspected of, suffering from an infectious disease, any occupant of the\nhouse or any person who enters or leaves the house—\n(a) shall obey such instructions or directions as the local government or the Medical Officer may\nissue; and\n(b) may be removed, at the direction of the local government or the Medical Officer to isolation in\nan appropriate place to prevent or minimise the risk of the infection spreading and if so\nremoved, shall remain in that place until the Medical Officer directs otherwise.\n7.8 Declaration of infected house or premises\n(1) To prevent or check the spread of infectious disease, the local government or the Medical Officer\nmay from time to time declare any house or premises to be infected.\n(2) A person shall not enter or leave any house or premises declared to be infected without the written\nconsent of the Medical Officer or an Authorised Officer.\n7.9 Destruction of infected animals\nAn Authorised Officer, upon being satisfied that an animal is or may be infected or is liable to be\ninfected or to convey infection may, by notice of writing, direct that the animal be examined by a\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 773\nregistered veterinary officer and all steps taken to enable the condition to be controlled or eradicated\nor the animal destroyed and disposed of—\n(a) in the manner and within the time specified in the notice; and\n(b) by the person in whose possession, or upon whose premises, the animal is located.\n7.10 Disposal of a body\n(1) An occupier of premises in or on which is located the body of a person who has died of an infectious\ndisease shall, subject to subclause (2), cause the body to be buried or disposed of in such manner,\nwithin such time and with such precautions as may be directed by the Medical Officer.\n(2) A body shall not be removed from the premises where death occurred except to a cemetery or a\nmorgue.\n7.11 Local government may carry out work and recover costs\n(1) Where—\n(a) a person is required under this division or by a notice given under this division, to carry out\nany work; and\n(b) that person fails or neglects to comply with the requirement, that person commits an offence\nand the local government may carry out the work or arrange for the work to be carried out by\nanother.\n(2) The costs and expenses incurred by the local government in the execution of a power under this\nclause may be recovered from the person referred to in subclause (1).\n(3) The local government is not liable to pay compensation or damages of any kind to the person\nreferred to in subclause (1) in relation to any action taken by the local government under this clause,\nother than compensation or damages for loss or damage suffered because the local government acted\nnegligently or in breach of duty.\nDivision 2—Disposal of Used Condoms and Needles\n7.12 Disposal of used condoms\n(1) An occupier of premises on or from which used condoms are produced shall ensure that the\ncondoms are—\n(a) placed in a sealed impervious container and disposed of in a sanitary manner; or\n(b) disposed of in such a manner as may be directed by an Authorised Officer.\n(2) A person shall not dispose of a used condom in a public place except in accordance with\nsubclause (1).\n7.13 Disposal of used needles\nA person shall not dispose of a used hypodermic syringe or needle in a public place unless it is placed\nin an impenetrable, leak proof container and deposited in a refuse receptacle.\nPART 8—LODGING HOUSES\nDivision 1—Registration\n8.1 Interpretation\n(1) In this part, unless the context otherwise requires—\naccommodation means one or more buildings used for boarding purposes referred to in this\npart;\nbed means a sleeping berth consisting of—\n(a) a single berth; or\n(b) a double berth provided for the use of couples, which shall have the same floor space\nrequirements as two single beds;\nbed and breakfast means a dwelling used by a resident of the dwelling to provide short-term\naccommodation on a commercial basis for not more than 4 adults or one family, and contains\nnot more than 2 guest bedrooms;\nbunk means a sleeping berth compromising one of two beds arranged vertically;\nCertificate of Registration of a Lodging House means a certificate issued under clause 8.4 in\nthe form of Schedule 2;\nCertificate of Sleeping Accommodation means a certificate issued under clause 8.27 in the\nform of Schedule 6;\nCertificate of Sleeping Accommodation for a Lodging House with more than 20 Sleeping\nApartments means a certificate issued under clause 8.27 in the form of Schedule 7;\nholiday accommodation excludes buildings on a caravan park, excludes a lodging house, and\nmeans a building where the period of occupancy of any lodger is not more than 14 consecutive\ndays and includes a bed and breakfast, chalet, cottage or holiday house;\ndormitory means a building or room utilised for sleeping purposes at a short term hostel or\nrecreational campsite;\n\n","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"774","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"774 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\nFood Standards Code means the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code as defined in the\nCommonwealth Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991;\nkeeper means a person whose name appears on the register of keepers, in respect of\naccommodation, as the keeper of that accommodation;\nlaundry unit means a facility consisting of—\n(a) a washing machine with a capacity of not less than 4 kilograms of dry clothing;\n(b) either an electric drying cabinet or not less than 30 metres of clothes line;\n(c) one wash trough of not less than 45 litres capacity, connected to both hot and cold\nwater; and\n(d) A hot water system that—\n(i) is capable of delivering an adequate supply of water at a temperature of at least\n65 degrees Celsius for each washing machine and wash trough provided with the\ncommunal facilities; and\n(ii) has a delivery rate of not less than 5 litres per minute for each washing machine\nor a higher delivery rate according to the manufacturer’s specifications;\nlodger means a person who obtains, for hire or reward, board or lodging in accommodation;\nlodging house includes a recreational campsite, a serviced apartment and a short term hostel\nand has the same meaning as defined in Section 3 of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions)\nAct 1911;\nmanager means a person duly appointed by the keeper in accordance with this division to have\nthe care and management of, accommodation;\nmanufacturer’s specifications means a data sheet describing the technical characteristics of a\nproduct which is published by a manufacturer to help consumers use the product;\nrecreational campsite means a lodging house—\n(a) situated on a campsite principally used for—\n(i) recreational, sporting, religious, ethnic or educational pursuits, or\n(ii) conferences or conventions; and\n(b) where the period of occupancy of any lodger is not more than 14 consecutive days, and\nincludes youth camps, youth education camps, church camps and riding schools;\nbut does not include a camp or caravan within the meaning of the Caravan Parks and\nCamping Grounds Act 1995;\nregister of lodgers means the register kept in accordance with this Part;\nregister of keepers means a register by the local government in which is registered the names\nand residences of the keepers of all accommodation within its district and the situation of\nevery such accommodation and the number of persons authorised by the local government to\nbe resident therein;\nresident means a person, other than a lodger, who resides in accommodation;\nserviced apartment means a lodging house in which each sleeping apartment, or group of\nsleeping apartments in common occupancy, is provided with its own sanitary conveniences\nand may have its own cooking facilities;\nshort term hostel means a lodging house where the period of occupancy of any lodger is not more\nthan 14 consecutive days and shall include youth hostels and backpacker hostels;\nsleeping apartment means a room used for lodgers to sleep in; and\nvector of disease means an arthropod or rodent that transmits, by biological or mechanical\nmeans, an infectious agent from a source or reservoir to a person, and includes fleas, bedbugs,\ncrab lice and head lice.\n(2) Where in this Part an act is required to be done or forbidden to be done in relation to any lodging\nhouse, the keeper of the lodging house has, unless the contrary intention appears, the duty of causing\nto be done the act so required to be done, or of preventing from being done the act so forbidden to be\ndone, as the case may be.\n8.2 Accommodation not to be kept unless registered\nA person shall not keep or cause, suffer or permit to be kept accommodation unless—\n(a) the accommodation is constructed in accordance with the requirements of this Part;\n(b) the accommodation is registered by the local government under clause 8.4;\n(c) the name of the person keeping the accommodation is entered in the register of keepers;\n(d) in the case of holiday accommodation, a management plan is approved by the local\ngovernment that includes—\n(i) a code of conduct detailing the expected behaviour and obligations of lodgers, which is\nalso to be displayed within the premises;\n(ii) a complaints management procedure;\n(iii) details of lodger check-in and check-out procedures;\n(iv) details of waste management procedures;\n(v) an emergency management plan; and\n(vi) the keeper or manager’s mobile telephone number.\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 775\n8.3 Application for registration\nAn application for registration of accommodation shall be—\n(a) in the form prescribed in Schedule 1;\n(b) duly completed and signed by the proposed keeper; and\n(c) accompanied by—\n(i) the fee as fixed from time to time by the local government under Sections 6.16 to 6.19 of\nthe Local Government Act 1995; and\n(ii) detailed plans and specifications of the accommodation.\n8.4 Certificate of Registration of Accommodation\nThe local government may approve, with or without conditions, an application under clause 8.3 by\nissuing to the applicant a Certificate of Registration of Accommodation in the form of Schedule 2.\n8.5 Renewal of registration\nA person who keeps accommodation which is registered under this Part shall—\n(a) during the month of June in each year apply to the local government for the renewal of the\nregistration of the accommodation; and\n(b) pay the fee as fixed from time to time by the local government under Sections 6.16 to 6.19 of\nthe Local Government Act 1995 at the time of making each application for renewal.\n8.6 Notification upon sale or transfer\nIf the owner of accommodation house sells or transfers or agrees to sell or transfer the accommodation\nto another person, he or she shall, within 14 days of the date of sale, transfer or agreement, give to\nthe Chief Executive Officer, in the form of Schedule 3 written notice of the full name, address and\noccupation of the person to whom the lodging house has been, or is to be, sold or transferred.\n8.7 Revocation of registration\n(1) Subject to subclause (3), the local government may, at any time, revoke the registration of\naccommodation for any reason which, in the opinion of the local government, justifies the revocation.\n(2) Without limiting the generality of subclause (1), the local government may revoke a registration\nupon any one or more of the following grounds—\n(a) that the accommodation has not, to the satisfaction of an Authorised Officer, been kept free\nfrom vectors of disease or in a clean, wholesome and sanitary condition;\n(b) that the keeper has—\n(i) been convicted of an offence against these local laws in respect of the lodging house; or\n(ii) not complied with a requirement of this Part; or\n(iii) not complied with a condition of registration;\n(c) that the local government, having regard to a report from the Police Service, is satisfied that\nthe keeper or manager is not a fit and proper person; and\n(d) that, by reason of alterations or additions or neglect to repair or renovate, the condition of the\naccommodation is such as to render it, in the opinion of an Authorised Officer, unfit to remain\nregistered.\n(3) Before revoking the registration of accommodation under this clause, the local government shall\ngive notice to the keeper requiring him or her, within a time specified in the notice, to show cause why\nthe registration should not be revoked.\n(4) Whenever the local government revokes the registration of accommodation, it shall give the keeper\nnotice of the revocation and the registration shall be revoked as from the date on which the notice is\nserved on the keeper.\nDivision 2—Construction and use requirements\n8.8 General construction requirements\nThe general construction requirements of accommodation shall comply with the Building Code.\n8.9 Insect screening\nThe keeper shall provide and maintain in good working order and condition on the premises windows\nand external doors that are screened with mesh having openings no larger than 1.2 millimetres.\n8.10 Sanitary conveniences\n(1) A keeper shall maintain in good working order and condition and in convenient positions on the\npremises—\n(a) toilets; and\n(b) bathrooms, each fitted with a shower or bath (or both) and hand wash basin, in accordance\nwith the requirements of the Building Code.\n(2) A bathroom or toilet which is used as a private bathroom or toilet to the exclusion of other lodgers\nor residents shall not be counted for the purposes of subclause (1).\n(3) Each bath, shower and hand wash basin shall be provided with an adequate supply of hot and cold\nwater.\n\n","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"776","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"776 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n(4) The walls of each shower and bath shall be of an impervious material to minimum height of 1.8\nmetres above the floor level.\n(5) Each toilet and bathroom in a lodging house shall—\n(a) be so situated, separated and screened so as to ensure privacy;\n(b) be apportioned to each sex;\n(c) have a distinct sign displayed in a prominent position denoting the sex for which the toilet or\nbathroom is provided; and\n(d) be provided with adequate electric lighting.\n(6) Subclauses (5) (b) and (c) do not apply to a serviced apartment.\n8.11 Laundry unit\n(1) A keeper of a lodging house shall subject to subclause (2)—\n(a) provide on the premises a laundry unit for each 15 lodgers;\n(b) at all times maintain each laundry unit in a proper sanitary condition and in good repair;\n(c) provide an adequate supply of hot and cold water to each wash trough, sink and washing\nmachine; and\n(d) ensure that the floor area of each laundry unit is properly surfaced with an even fall to a floor\nwaste.\n(2) An Authorised Officer may approve the provision of a reduced number of laundry facilities if\nsuitable equipment of a commercial type is installed.\n8.12 Kitchen\nThe keeper of a lodging house shall provide in that lodging house a kitchen which complies with the\nrelevant requirements of the Food Act 2008, Food Regulations 2009 and Standards 3.1.1, 3.2.2, and\n3.2.3 of the Food Standards Code as determined by an Authorised Officer.\n8.13 Cooking facilities\nThe keeper of accommodation where meals are prepared shall provide a kitchen with cooking\nappliances of a number and type approved by an Authorised Officer.\n8.14 Dining room\nThe keeper of a lodging house shall provide in that lodging house a dining room located in close\nproximity to, or combined with, the kitchen—\n(a) the floor area of which shall be not less than the greater of—\n(i) 0.5 square metres per person; or\n(ii) 10 square metres; and\n(b) which shall be—\n(i) adequately furnished to accommodate, at any one time, half of the number of lodgers;\nand\n(ii) provided with a suitable floor covering.\n8.15 Lounge room\nThe keeper of a lodging house shall provide in that lodging house a lounge room—\n(a) with a floor area of—\n(i) where the lounge is not combined with the dining room—not less than 0.6 square\nmetres per person; or\n(ii) where the lounge room is combined with a dining room—not less than 1.2 square\nmetres per person;\nbut in either case having a minimum of 13 square metres; and\n(b) which shall be—\n(i) adequately furnished to accommodate, at any one time, half the number of lodgers; and\n(ii) provided with a suitable floor covering.\n8.16 Fire prevention and control\n(1) A keeper shall—\n(a) ensure smoke alarms complying with AS 3786:2014 are installed on or near the ceiling in\nevery bedroom and in every corridor or hallway associated with a bedroom, or if there is no\ncorridor or hallway, in an area between the bedrooms and the remainder of the building as\nrequired by the Building Code;\n(b) ensure that there is installed in each passage or corridor in the lodging house a smoke alarm\nincorporating evacuation lighting which is activated by the smoke alarm as required by the\nBuilding Code;\n(c) provide evacuation lighting if required by the Building Code to be kept separate from the\ngeneral lighting system and kept illuminated during the hours of darkness;\n(d) provide an approved fire blanket positioned within 2 metres of the cooking area in each\nkitchen;\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 777\n(e) ensure if required by the Building Code that illuminated exit signs are installed above exit\ndoorways which comply with AS 2293.1:2005 and which are maintained in good working\norder at all times; and\n(f) provide firefighting equipment in accordance with the requirements of the Building Code and\nensure that the equipment is clearly visible, accessible and maintained in good working order\nat all times.\n(2) No person shall smoke in any dormitory, kitchen or dining room or other enclosed public place\nwithin a lodging house.\n(3) A keeper shall ensure that any items which are likely to cause a fire hazard are not located within\nbedrooms or dormitories of a lodging house.\n(4) The keeper of a lodging house which is a recreational campsite or short term hostel, but not a\nserviced apartment, shall ensure that—\n(a) materials used in bedrooms and dormitory area comply with AS 1530.2:1993 and\nAS 1530.3:1999 as follows—\n(i) drapes, curtains and blinds—\ni. a maximum flammability index of 6;\n(ii) flammable furniture, upholstery and beds—\ni. a maximum spread of flame index of 6; and\nii. a maximum smoke developed index of 5; and\n(iii) floor coverings—\ni. a maximum spread of flame index of 7; and\nii. a maximum smoke developed index of 5; and\n(b) Fire retardant coatings used to make a material comply with these indices must be—\n(i) certified by the manufacturer as approved for used with the fabric to achieve the\nrequired indices;\n(ii) certified by the manufacturer to retain its fire retardancy effect after a minimum of\n5 commercial dry cleaning or laundering operations carried out in accordance with\nAS 2001.5.4:2005; and\n(iii) certified by the applicator as having been carried out in accordance with the\nmanufacturer’s specifications.\n8.17 Obstruction of passages and stairways\nA keeper shall not cause, suffer or permit furniture, fittings or other things to be placed either\ntemporarily or permanently in or on—\n(a) a stairway, stair landing, fire escape, window or common passageway; or\n(b) part of the lodging house in common use or intended or adapted for common use,\nin such a manner as to form an obstruction to the free passage of lodgers, residents or persons in or\noccupying the lodging house.\n8.18 Fitting of locks\nA person shall not fit, or cause or permit to be fitted, to an exit door a lock or other device that\nprevents the door being opened from within a lodging house.\n8.19 Restriction on use of rooms for sleeping\n(1) Subject to subclause (3) and clause 8.34, a keeper shall not use or permit to be used as a sleeping\napartment a room in a lodging house—\n(a) which contains food;\n(b) which contains or is fitted with a cooking appliance or kitchen sink;\n(c) which is used as a kitchen, scullery, store room, dining room, general sitting room or lounge\nroom or for the preparation or storage of food;\n(d) which is not reasonably accessible without passing through a sleeping or other room in the\nprivate occupation of another person;\n(e) which, except in the case of a short term hostel or a recreational campsite, contains less than\n5 square metres of clear space for each lodger occupying the room;\n(f) which is not naturally illuminated in accordance with the requirements of the Building Code;\n(g) which is not ventilated in accordance with the requirements of the Building Code;\n(h) in which the lighting or ventilation referred to in paragraphs (f) and (g) is obstructed or is not\nin good and efficient order;\n(i) which is not free from internal dampness;\n(j) of which any part of the floor is below the level of the adjoining ground; or\n(k) the floor of which is not fitted with an approved carpet or vinyl floor covering or other floor\ntreatment approved by an Authorised Officer.\n(2) For the purposes of this clause, two children under the age of 10 years shall be counted as one\nlodger.\n(3) Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subclause (1) shall not apply to a serviced apartment.\n\n","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"778","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"778 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n8.20 Sleeping accommodation short term hostels and recreational campsites\n(1) A keeper of a short term hostel or recreational campsite shall provide clear floor space of not less\nthan—\n(a) 4 square metres per person in each dormitory utilising beds; or\n(b) 2.5 square metres per person in dormitories utilising bunks.\n(2) The calculation of floor space in subclause (1) shall exclude the area occupied by any large items of\nfurniture, such as wardrobes, but may include the area occupied by beds.\n(3) The minimum height of any ceiling in a short term hostel or recreational campsite shall be\n2.4 metres in any dormitory utilising beds and 2.7 metres in any dormitory utilising bunks.\n(4) The minimum floor area requirements in subclause (1) will only apply if there is ventilation,\nseparation distances, fire egress and other safety requirements in accordance with the Building Code.\n(5) The keeper of any short term hostel or recreational campsite shall provide—\n(a) fixed outlet ventilation at a ratio of 0.15 square metre to each 10 square metres of floor area\nof the dormitories;\n(b) each dormitory with direct ventilation to the open air from a point within 230 millimetres of\nthe ceiling level through a fixed open window or vents, carried as direct to the open air as is\npracticable; or\n(c) mechanical ventilation in lieu of fixed ventilation.\n(6) The keeper of any short term hostel or recreational campsite shall provide—\n(a) beds with a minimum size of—\n(i) in short term hostels—800 millimetres x 1.9 metres; or\n(ii) in recreational campsites—750 millimetres x 1.85 metres; and\n(b) storage space for personal effects, including backpacks, so that cleaning operations are not\nhindered and access spaces are not obstructed.\n(7) The keeper of any short term hostel or recreational campsite shall—\n(a) ensure at all times there is a distance of 750 millimetres between beds and a distance of\n900 millimetres between bunks;\n(b) ensure that where bed or bunk heads are placed against the wall on either side of a\ndormitory, there is a passageway of at least 1.35 metres between each row of beds and a\npassageway of at least 2 metres between each row of bunks and the passageway is kept clear\nof obstruction at all times; and\n(c) ensure all doors, windows and ventilators are kept free from obstruction.\n8.21 Furnishing etc. of sleeping apartments\nA keeper of a lodging house shall, unless otherwise approved by the local government—\n(a) furnish each sleeping apartment with a sufficient number of beds and sufficient bed linen of\ngood quality;\n(b) ensure that each bed—\n(i) has a bed head, mattress and pillow;\n(ii) is provided with a pillow case, two sheets, a blanket or rug and, in cold weather, not\nless than one additional blanket or rug; and\n(iii) has a mattress protector fitted;\n(c) furnish each bedroom so that there are adequate storage facilities for belongings within the\nroom; and\n(d) not cause, suffer or permit any tiered beds or bunks to be used in a sleeping apartment other\nthan in a lodging house used exclusively as a short term hostel or recreational campsite.\n8.22 Ventilation\nIf, in the opinion of an Authorised Officer, a kitchen, bathroom, toilet, laundry or habitable room is\nnot adequately or properly ventilated, he or she may direct the keeper to provide a different or\nadditional method of ventilation.\n8.23 Numbers to be placed on doors\n(1) A keeper shall number each room available to a lodger in a lodging house or provide an alternative\nmeans of identification approved by an Authorised Officer.\n(2) The numbering system or alternative means of room identification is to be legible and easily\nidentified.\nDivision 3—Management and Care\n8.24 Keeper or manager to reside in the lodging house\nWhenever there are one or more lodgers in a lodging house, a keeper or manager shall—\n(a) reside continuously in the lodging house; and\n(b) not be absent from the lodging house unless he or she arranges for a reputable person to have\nthe care and management of the lodging house.\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 779\n8.25 Register of lodgers\n(1) A keeper shall keep a register of lodgers in the form of Schedule 4.\n(2) The register of lodgers shall be—\n(a) kept in the accommodation; and\n(b) available for inspection at any time on demand by any member of the Police Service or by an\n8.26 Keeper report\nA keeper shall, whenever required by the local government, provide, in the form of Schedule 5, the\nname of each lodger who lodges in the accommodation during the preceding day or night.\n8.27 Certificate of Sleeping Accommodation\n(1) An Authorised Officer may issue to a keeper a Certificate of Sleeping Accommodation, in respect of\neach room, which shall be in the form of Schedule 6 or, for lodging houses with more than 20 sleeping\napartments, a Certificate of Sleeping Accommodation for a Lodging House with more than\n","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"20","sectionType":"section","heading":"Sleeping Apartments, which shall be in the form of Schedule 7.","content":"20 Sleeping Apartments, which shall be in the form of Schedule 7.\n(2) The certificate issued under subclause (1) shall specify the maximum number of persons who shall\nbe permitted to occupy each room as a sleeping apartment at any one time.\n(3) When required by an Authorised Officer, a keeper shall exhibit the certificate issued under this\nclause in a conspicuous place in the room to which the certificate refers.\n(4) A person shall not allow a greater number of persons than is specified on a certificate issued under\nthis clause to occupy the room to which it refers.\n8.28 Duplicate keys and inspection\nEach keeper and manager of accommodation shall—\n(a) retain possession of a duplicate key to the door of each room; and\n(b) when required by an Authorised Officer, open the door of any room for the purpose of\ninspection by the Authorised Officer.\n8.29 Room occupancy\n(1) A keeper shall not—\n(a) allow more than the maximum number of persons permitted by the Certificate of Registration\nof accommodation to be lodged at any one time in the accommodation;\n(b) allow to be placed or kept in any sleeping apartments—\n(i) a larger number of beds; or\n(ii) a larger quantity of bed linen than is required to accommodate and provide for the\nmaximum number of persons permitted to occupy the sleeping apartment at any one\ntime; and\n(c) allow to be used for sleeping purposes, a room that—\n(i) has not been certified for that purpose; and\n(ii) the local government or the Medical Officer has forbidden to be used as a sleeping\napartment.\n(2) For the purpose of this clause, two children under 10 years of age shall be counted as one lodger.\n8.30 Infectious disease\nA keeper shall immediately after becoming aware that a lodger or resident is suffering from a\nnotifiable infectious disease notify an Authorised Officer.\n8.31 Maintenance of a room by a lodger or resident\n(1) A keeper may permit, or contract with, a lodger or resident to service, clean or maintain the room\nor rooms occupied by the lodger or resident.\n(2) Where permission is given or a contract entered into under subclause (1), the keeper shall—\n(a) inspect each room the subject of the permission or agreement at least once a week; and\n(b) ensure that each room is being maintained in a clean condition.\n(3) A lodger or resident who contracts with a keeper to service, clean or maintain a room occupied by\nhim or her, shall maintain the room in a clean condition.\n8.32 Cleaning and maintenance requirements\nA keeper of accommodation shall—\n(a) maintain in a clean, sound and undamaged condition—\n(i) the floor, walls, ceilings, woodwork and painted surfaces;\n(ii) the floor coverings and window treatments; and\n(iii) the toilets, including toilet seats, cisterns and associated plumbing; and\n(b) maintain in a clean and in good working order—\n(i) all fixtures and fittings; and\n(ii) all windows, doors and door furniture;\n(c) ensure that the internal walls of each bathroom and toilet have a smooth, impervious\nwashable surface;\n\n","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"780","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"780 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n(d) ensure that all floors are kept clean at all times;\n(e) ensure that—\n(i) all bed linen, towels, and house linen in use is washed at least once a week;\n(ii) within a reasonable time of a bed having been vacated by a lodger or resident, the bed\nlinen is removed and washed;\n(iii) a person does not occupy a bed which has been used by another person unless the bed\nhas been provided with clean bed linen;\n(iv) all beds, bedsteads, blankets, rugs, covers, bed linen, towels and house linen are kept\nclean, in good repair and free from vectors of disease;\n(v) when any vectors of disease are found in a bed, furniture, room or sleeping apartment,\nimmediate effective action is taken to eradicate the vectors of disease; and\n(vi) a room which is not free from vectors of disease is not used as a sleeping apartment;\n(f) when so directed by an Authorised Officer, ensure that—\n(i) a room, together with its contents, and any other part of the lodging house, is cleaned\nan disinfected; and\n(ii) a bed, or other article of furniture that is infested is removed from the lodging house\nand properly disposed of;\n(g) ensure that the yard is kept clean at all times;\n(h) provide all bedrooms, passages, common areas, toilets, bathrooms and laundries with\nadequate lighting; and\n(i) comply with any direction, whether orally or in writing, given by an Authorised Officer.\n8.33 Responsibilities of lodgers and residents\nA lodger or resident shall not—\n(a) use any room available to lodgers—\n(i) as a shop, store or factory; or\n(ii) for manufacturing or trading services;\n(b) keep or store in or on the lodging house any goods or materials which are inflammable or\noffensive;\n(c) use a bath or hand wash basin other than for ablutionary purposes;\n(d) use a bathroom facility or fitting for laundry purposes;\n(e) use a sink installed in a kitchen or scullery for any purpose other than the washing and\ncleaning of cooking and eating utensils, other kitchenware or culinary purposes;\n(f) deposit rubbish or waste food other than into a proper rubbish receptacle;\n(g) in a kitchen or other place where food is kept—\n(i) wash or permit the washing of clothing or bed linen; or\n(ii) keep or permit to be kept any soiled clothing or bed linen;\n(h) subject to clause 8.34—\n(i) keep, store, prepare or cook food in any sleeping apartment; or\n(ii) unless sick or invalid and unable to leave a sleeping apartment for that reason, use a\nsleeping apartment for dining purposes;\n(i) place or keep, in any part of a lodging house, any luggage, clothing, bedding, bed linen or\nfurniture, that is infested with vermin or vectors of disease;\n(j) store or keep such a quantity of furniture, material or goods within the lodging house—\n(i) in any kitchen, living or sleeping apartment so as to prevent the cleaning of the floors,\nwalls, fittings or fixtures; or\n(ii) in a sleeping apartment so as to decrease the air space to less than the minimum\nrequired by this Part;\n(k) obstruct or prevent the keeper or manager from inspecting or examining the room or rooms\noccupied by the lodger or resident; and\n(l) fix any fastener or change any lock to a door or room without the written approval of the\nkeeper.\n8.34 Approval for the storage of food\n(1) An Authorised Officer may—\n(a) upon written application from a keeper, approve the storage of food within a refrigerator or\nsealed container in a sleeping apartment; and\n(b) withdraw the approval if any nuisance, vector of disease, vermin or infestation is found to\nexist in the accommodation.\n(2) The keeper of a serviced apartment may permit the storage and consumption of food within that\napartment if suitable storage and dining facilities are provided.\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 781\nPART 9—OFFENSIVE TRADES\nDivision 1—General\n9.1 Interpretation\nIn this part, unless the context otherwise requires—\nCertificate of Registration of Premises for Offensive Trade means a certificate issued under\nclause 9.5 in the form of Schedule 12;\noccupier in relation to premises includes the person registered as the occupier of the premises in\nthe Schedule 12 Certificate of Registration of Premises for Offensive Trade;\noffensive trade means any of the trades listed in Schedule 13; and\npremises includes houses.\n9.2 Consent to establish an offensive trade\n(1) A person seeking the consent of the local government under section 187 of the Act to establish an\noffensive trade shall—\n(a) advertise notice of his intention to apply for consent in accordance with clause 9.3; and\n(b) lodge with the Chief Executive Officer an application in the form of Schedule 10.\n(2) A person who makes a false statement in an application under this clause shall be guilty of an\noffence.\n9.3 Notice of application\nA notice required under subclause 9.2(1) (a) shall—\n(a) contain the name and address of the person who intends to make the application;\n(b) contain a description of the nature of the offensive trade;\n(c) contain details of the premises in or upon which it is proposed to carry on the proposed trade;\nand\n(d) appear in a local newspaper at least two weeks but not more than one month before the\napplication under clause 9.2 (1) (b) is lodged with the Chief Executive Officer.\n9.4 Registration of premises\nAn application for the registration of premises pursuant to section 191 of the Act shall be—\n(a) in the form of Schedule 11;\n(b) accompanied by;\n(i) the fee prescribed in the Health (Offensive Trades Fees) Regulations 1976 as amended\nfrom time to time; and\n(ii) a comprehensive management plan; and\n(c) lodged with the Chief Executive Officer.\n9.5 Certificate of Registration of Premises for Offensive Trade\nUpon the registration of premises for the carrying on of an offensive trade, the local government shall\nissue to the applicant a Certificate of Registration of Premises for Offensive Trade in the form of\nSchedule 12.\n9.6 Change of occupier\nWhere there is a change of occupier of the premises registered pursuant to this Division, the new\noccupier shall forthwith notify the Chief Executive Officer in writing of such change.\n9.7 Alterations to premises\nWhile any premises remain registered under this Division, a person shall not, without the written\npermission of the local government, make or permit any change or alteration to the premises other\nthan minor repairs, installations or interior refurbishment.\nDivision 2—General Duties of an Occupier\n9.8 Interpretation\noccupier means the occupier, or where there is more than one occupier, each of the occupiers of\nthe premises in or upon which an offensive trade is carried on; and\npremises means those premises in or upon which an offensive trade is carried on.\n9.9 Cleanliness\n(a) keep or cause to be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and in a state of good repair the\nfloors, walls and ceilings and all other portions of the premises;\n(b) keep or cause to be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and in a state of good repair all\nfittings, fixtures, appliances, machinery, implements, shelves, counters, tables, benches, bins,\ncabinets, sinks, drain boards, drains, grease traps, tubs, vessels and other things used on or\nin connection with the premises;\n(c) keep the premises free from any unwholesome or offensive odour arising from the premises;\n\n","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"782","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"782 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n(d) keep in a clean and tidy condition all yards, footpaths, passage ways, paved areas, stores or\noutbuildings used in connection with the premises; and\n(e) clean daily and at all times keep and maintain all sanitary conveniences and all sanitary\nfittings and grease traps on the premises in a clean and sanitary condition.\n9.10 Rats and other vectors of disease\n(a) ensure that the premises are kept free from vermin, rodents, cockroaches, flies and other\nvectors of disease; and\n(b) provide in and on the premises effective means and methods for the eradication and\nprevention of vermin, rodents, cockroaches, flies and other vectors of disease.\n9.11 Sanitary conveniences and hand wash basins\nThe occupier shall provide on the premises in an approved position sufficient sanitary conveniences\nand hand wash basins, each with an adequate supply of hot and cold water for use by employees and\nby all other persons lawfully upon the premises.\n9.12 Painting of walls etc.\nThe occupier shall cause the internal surface of every wall, the underside of every ceiling or roof and\nall fittings as may be directed in and on the premises to be cleaned and painted when instructed by\nan Authorised Officer.\n9.13 Effluvia, vapours or gases\nThe occupier shall provide, use and maintain in a state of good repair and working order, appliances\ncapable of effectively destroying or of rendering harmless all offensive effluvia, vapours or gases\narising in any process of his or her business or from any material, residue or other substance which\nmay be kept or stored upon the premises.\n9.14 Offensive material\n(a) provide on the premises impervious receptacles of sufficient capacity to receive all offensive\nmaterial and trade refuse produced upon the premises in any one day;\n(b) keep airtight covers on the receptacles, except when it is necessary to place something in or\nremove something from them;\n(c) cause all offensive material and trade refuse to be placed immediately in the receptacles;\n(d) cause the contents of the receptacles to be removed from the premises at least once in every\nworking day or other interval as may be directed by an Authorised Officer; and\n(e) cause all receptacles after being emptied to be cleaned immediately with an efficient\ndisinfectant.\n9.15 Storage of materials\nThe occupier shall cause all material on the premises to be stored so as not to be offensive or injurious\nto health whether by inhalation or otherwise and so as to prevent the creation of a nuisance.\n9.16 Directions\nAn Authorised Officer may give to the occupier directions to prevent or diminish the offensiveness of a\ntrade or to safeguard the public health.\nDivision 3—Fat Rendering Establishments\n9.17 Interpretation\nfat rendering establishments means a premises where edible fats including suet, dripping or\npremier jus are rendered down by any heat processing method; and\noccupier means the occupier of any premises on which the trade of fat rendering is carried on.\n9.18 Ventilation\nThe occupier shall provide and maintain—\n(a) a hood which shall—\n(i) be of an approved design and construction;\n(ii) be situated so as to arrest all effluvia, odours and smoke from the process of fat\nrendering; and\n(iii) extend a minimum of 150 millimetres beyond the length of each appliance; and\n(b) an exhaust ventilation system—\n(i) the point of discharge of which shall be at least 1 metre above the ridge of a pitched roof\nor 3 metres above a flat roof and shall not be located within 6 metres of an adjoining\nproperty or any fresh air intake; and\n(ii) which shall discharge in such manner and in such a position that no nuisance is\ncreated.\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 783\n9.19 Covering of apparatus\nExternal parts of the fat rendering apparatus shall be constructed or covered with smooth, non-\ncorrosive and impervious material, devoid of holes, cracks and crevices.\n9.20 Rendering of walls\nThe occupier shall cause each wall within a radius of 3 metres of the rendering apparatus or\nmachinery to be rendered with a cement plaster with a steel float finish or other approved finish to a\nheight of 2 metres, devoid of holes, cracks and crevices.\nDivision 4—Fish Premises\n9.21 Interpretation\nappliance includes a utensil, an instrument, a cover, a container or apparatus;\nfish means fresh fish, frozen fish, chilled fish and cooked fish, whether cleaned, uncleaned or part\ncleaned and includes crustaceans and molluscs but does not include—\n(a) fish which has been cured, preserved, hermetically canned or treated to prevent\nputrefaction; or\n(b) cleaned fish supplied in cartons or packets by a packer and sold in such cartons or\npackets if they are at all times kept in a deep freeze refrigeration unit at a temperature\nnot exceeding minus 15 degrees Celsius;\nfish premises includes fish processing establishments, fish curing establishments and shellfish\nand crustacean processing establishments but does not include retail fish shops in which no\nsignificant fish processing occurs;\nfish transport vehicle includes—\n(a) an appliance attached to, carried in or used in connection with a vehicle; and\n(b) a trailer and a portable box, used or designed to be used for the transport or storage of\nfish; and\nportable box means a box for the transport or storage of fish and includes a fish transport\nvehicle.\n9.22 Fish preparation room\n(1) The occupier of a fish premises which requires a fish processing or preparation room shall ensure\nthat this room complies with the following requirements—\n(a) the walls shall be constructed of brick or concrete with the internal surface rendered with a\ncement plaster with a steel float finish or other approved material and shall be devoid of\nholes, cracks and crevices;\n(b) the floor shall be of concrete with a smooth, durable surface and shall be treated with an\napproved surface hardening process;\n(c) the minimum floor area shall be 9 square metres;\n(d) the room shall be furnished with a hand wash basin connected to a piped supply of hot and\ncold water; and\n(e) the room shall be fly-proofed and provided with adequate light and ventilation.\n(2) The occupier shall ensure that all fish are prepared in the fish processing or preparation room and\nthat room is to be used solely for that purpose.\n(3) The occupier of a fish premises shall provide, in or easily accessible from each fish preparation\nroom, cleaning facilities consisting of a double bowl stainless steel wash trough of adequate size to\naccommodate the equipment and utensils used on the premises, connected to a piped supply of hot\nand cold water.\n9.23 Bench\nThe occupier of a fish premises shall provide and maintain on the premises a separate stainless steel\nbench for the handling of fish.\n9.24 Disposal of waste\nThe occupier of a fish premises shall cause all offal and wastes, all rejected and unsaleable fish and\nany rubbish or refuse which is likely to be offensive or a nuisance to be—\n(a) placed in the receptacles referred to in clause 9.14 and disposed of in accordance with that\nclause; or\n(b) kept in a frozen state in an approved enclosure before its removal from the premises.\n9.25 Fish containers\nThe occupier of a fish premises shall not allow any box, basket or other container used for the\ntransport of fish to—\n(a) remain on the premises longer than is necessary for it to be emptied; or\n(b) be kept so as to cause a nuisance or to attract flies.\n\n","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"784","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"784 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n9.26 Cooking of fish\nWhere cooking of fish is carried out in a fish premises, the occupier shall provide and maintain—\n(a) a hood, which shall be of an approved design and construction in accordance with the\nrequirements of AS 1668.2:2012 and so situated as to capture and remove all effluvia, odours\nand smoke from the process of cooking;\n(b) an exhaust ventilation system—\n(i) the point of discharge of which shall be at least 1 metre above the ridge of a pitched roof\nor 3 metres above a flat roof and shall not be located within 6 metres of an adjoining\nproperty or any fresh air intakes; and\n(ii) which shall discharge in such manner and in such a position that no nuisance is\ncreated.\n9.27 Use of an approved portable box\nAn Authorised Officer may permit an approved portable box to be used for the transport or storage of\nfish.\n9.28 Fish transport vehicle\nA person shall not use a fish transport vehicle for the transport or storage of fish unless it is so\nconstructed, equipped and maintained that—\n(a) the frame is made of metal or other approved material;\n(b) all internal surfaces—\n(i) are made of metal or approved impervious plastic substance, which may include\nstainless steel, aluminium galvanised iron, fibreglass, or other material of similar\nstrength and impermeable qualities;\n(ii) are smoothly finished;\n(iii) are rigidly secured with a solid backing; and\n(iv) have floor and vertical angles coved with not less than a 9.5 millimetre radius, but, if\nall necessary floor joints are effectively sealed, the surface of the floor, or part of it, may\nbe of an approved tread type track material;\n(c) internal horizontal joints made between metal sheeting are lapped from top to bottom and\neither—\n(i) continuously welded; or\n(ii) lapped with a minimum of 40 millimetres cover secured with blind rivets and sealed\nwith a durable, non-absorbent sealing material;\n(d) the vehicle is effectively insulated with a stable insulating material;\n(e) the vehicle has, at the rear or side, doors that are made in the manner provided by\nparagraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this clause, are close fitting, and have a suitable locking\ndevice fitted;\n(f) the vehicle is fitted with shelves and grids, made of impervious material, in such a manner\nthat the shelves and grids may be easily removed;\n(g) any containers used in the vehicle for fish are made of stainless steel, fibreglass or approved\nimpervious plastic; and\n(h) the vehicle is in good repair and condition and is thoroughly clean.\nDivision 5—Laundries, Dry Cleaning Establishments and Dye Works\n9.29 Interpretation\ndry cleaning establishment—\n(a) means premises where clothes or other articles are cleaned by use of solvents without\nusing water; but\n(b) does not include premises in which perchlorethylene or arklone is used as dry cleaning\nfluid in a machine operating on a full cycle and fully enclosed basis;\ndye works means a place where articles are commercially dyed, but does not include dye works in\nwhich provision is made for the discharge of all liquid waste therefrom into a public sewer;\nexempt laundromat means a premises in which—\n(a) laundering is carried out by members of the public using, on payment of a fee,\nmachines or equipment provided by the owners or occupiers of those establishments;\n(b) laundering is not carried out by those owners or occupiers for or on behalf of other\npersons; and\n(c) provision is made for the discharge of all liquid waste therefrom into a public sewer;\nlaundromat means a public place with coin or card operated washing machines, spin dryers or\ndry cleaning machines; and\nlaundry means any place where articles are laundered by commercial grade machinery but does\nnot include an exempt laundromat.\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 785\n9.30 Receiving depot\nAn owner or occupier of premises shall not use or permit the premises to be used as a receiving depot\nfor a laundry, dry cleaning establishment or dye works except with the written permission of the\nPrincipal Authorised Officer who may at any time by written notice withdraw such permission.\n9.31 Reception room\n(1) The occupier of a laundry, dry cleaning establishment or dye works shall—\n(a) provide a reception room in which all articles brought to the premises for treatment shall be\nreceived and shall not receive or permit to be received any such articles except in that room;\nand\n(b) cause such articles as may be directed by an Authorised Officer to be thoroughly disinfected.\n(2) A person shall not bring or permit food to be brought into the reception room referred to in this\n9.32 Walls and floors\nThe occupier of a laundry, dry cleaning establishment or dye works shall cause—\n(a) the internal surfaces of all walls to be rendered with a cement plaster with a steel float finish\nor other approved material to a height of 2 metres and to be devoid of holes, cracks and\ncrevices;\n(b) the floor to be impervious, constructed of concrete or other material approved by an\nAuthorised Officer and finished to a smooth surface; and\n(c) every floor and wall of any building on the premises to be kept at all times in good order and\nrepair, so as to prevent the absorption of any liquid which may be splashed or spilled or may\nfall and be deposited on it.\n9.33 Laundry floor\nThe occupier of a laundry shall provide in front of each washing machine a non-corrosive grating,\nwith a width of at least 910 millimetres, so constructed as to prevent any person from standing in\nwater on the floor.\n9.34 Escape of dust\nThe occupier of a dry cleaning establishment shall provide effective means to prevent the escape into\nthe open air of all dust or other material from the premises.\n9.35 Precautions against combustion\nThe occupier of a dry cleaning establishment where volatile liquids are used shall take all proper\nprecautions against combustion and shall comply with all directions given by an Authorised Officer\nfor that purpose.\n9.36 Trolleys\nThe occupier of a dry cleaning establishment shall—\n(a) provide trolleys for the use of transporting dirty and clean linen; and\n(b) ensure that each trolley is—\n(i) clearly designated to indicate the use for which it is intended;\n(ii) lined internally with a smooth impervious non-absorbent material that is easily\ncleaned; and\n(iii) thoroughly cleaned and disinfected on a regular basis.\n9.37 Sleeping on premises\nA person shall not use or permit any room in a laundry, dry cleaning establishment or dye works to be\nused for sleeping purposes.\nDivision 6—Abattoirs\n9.38 Construction\nAn abattoir shall conform to relevant Standards as adopted under the Food Act 2008 section 144 (6)\nand the requirements of Part 5 of the Food Regulations 2009.\nDivision 7—Piggeries\n9.39 Interpretation\npiggery means any building, enclosure or yard, in which one or more pigs are kept, bred, reared\nor fattened, and shall include any portion of the premises to which pigs have access.\nsensitive land use means land use sensitive to emissions from industry and infrastructure.\nSensitive land uses include residential developments, hospitals, hotels, motels, hostels,\ncaravan parks, schools, nursing homes, child care facilities, shopping centres, playgrounds,\npublic buildings, commercial and industrial land uses which require a high level of amenity\nor are sensitive to particular emissions.\n\n","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"786","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"786 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n9.40 Limitations to registration\nUnless otherwise approved, no premises shall be registered as a piggery unless every portion of such\npiggery is—\n(a) greater than 200 metres from the lot boundary of the lot upon which the piggery is to be\nsituated;\n(b) greater than 1000 metres from any sensitive land use; and\n(c) greater than 2000 metres from any townsite.\n9.41 Conditions of registration\nAny person intending to establish a piggery within the district shall ensure the application made in\nthe form of Schedule 10 is accompanied by plans and specifications in duplicate of the proposed\npiggery including—\n(a) details of the approximate number of pigs to be kept;\n(b) details of the drainage and effluent disposal system to be installed; and\n(c) details of the method by which cleanliness of the piggery shall be maintained.\n9.42 Sties, enclosures or sheds\n(1) The occupier of every piggery shall provide either—\n(a) sties and enclosures;\n(b) enclosures; or\n(c) sheds;\nwithin which pigs shall be kept.\n(2) Where sties and enclosures are provided—\n(a) the floor of every sty shall be properly paved with impervious materials, and every such floor\nshall have sufficient fall to a surface gutter, which shall—\n(i) be constructed of similar materials;\n(ii) be not less than 300 millimetres wide and 75 millimetres deep in the centre of its\nwidth;\n(iii) extend the whole length of the sty; and\n(iv) have sufficient fall so that it shall discharge all liquids falling upon the floor or upon\nthe gutter into an impervious sump of sufficient capacity to receive at least one day’s\ndrainage; and\n(b) the area of every enclosure appurtenant to a sty or group of sties shall be not less than 3\ntimes the area of the sty or group of sties to which it is appurtenant.\n(3) Where enclosures only are provided, then—\n(a) the fences of such enclosures shall be movable; and\n(b) the fences shall be moved and re-erected to enclose a new site whenever—\n(i) the ground within a site is becoming offensive; or\n(ii) the occupier is directed to do so by an Authorised Officer.\n(4) Where one or more sheds are provided, then—\n(a) the floor of every shed shall comply with subclause 2(a);\n(b) they shall be maintained in a structurally sound and clean condition free of infestation with\nflies and other vectors of disease; and\n(c) they shall be effectively drained and effluent waste removed so as to prevent a nuisance\noccurring.\n9.43 Slaughtering\nThe occupier of any piggery shall not permit any slaughtering of animals on the premises.\n9.44 Feed\nThe occupier of any piggery shall—\n(a) not receive, or allow to be received on such premises, any carcass or part of a carcass of a\ndiseased animal;\n(b) not feed the pigs upon the flesh or offal of diseased animals;\n(c) not receive or suffer or permit to be received on the premises, putrid matter for any purpose;\nand\n(d) not receive or suffer or permit to be received on the premises, any kitchen, slaughter-house or\nbutcher’s wastes or other putrescible pig feed.\n9.45 Fencing\nEvery piggery occupier shall securely fence all the enclosures.\n9.46 Water supply\nEvery piggery occupier shall provide a sufficient and constant supply of clean water, which shall be\nproperly protected against pollution and always available for cleansing purposes.\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 787\n9.47 Feeding troughs\n(1) Every such occupier shall—\n(a) where sties and enclosures are provided under the provisions of clause 9.42(2), provide\nfeeding troughs in every sty, situated near to the drainage gutter or positioned to be\naccessible to the pigs in two or more sties or enclosures;\n(b) where enclosures are provided under the provisions of clause 9.42(3), provide feeding troughs\nin every such enclosure;\n(c) cause all feeding troughs, other than those provided in connection with movable enclosures,\nto be fixed upon a cement or concrete floor extending 1.2 metres in all directions from such\ntrough, and designed to permit ready drainage; and\n(d) not permit pigs to be fed other than at the feeding troughs provided in accordance with this\n(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (1), where pigs are kept continually confined in fully\nenclosed pens, floor feeding with pellets or dry meal shall be permitted, in which case feeding troughs\nare not required to be provided.\nPART 10—OFFENCES AND PENALTIES\n10.1 Offences and penalties\n(1) A person who—\n(a) fails to do anything required or directed to be done under this local law; or\n(b) fails to comply with the requirements of a notice issued under this local law by an Authorised\nOfficer; or\n(c) does anything which under this local law that person is prohibited from doing;\ncommits an offence.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under subclause (1) is liable to—\n(a) a penalty which is not more than $5,000 and not less than—\n(i) in the case of a first such offence, $500; and\n(ii) in the case of a second such offence, $1000; and\n(iii) in the case of a third or subsequent such offence, $2,500 and\n(b) if the offence is a continuing offence, a daily penalty which is not more than $500 and not less\nthan $250.\n(3) An offence against a clause specified in Schedule 13 is a prescribed offence for the purposes of\nsection 9.16(1) of the Local Government Act 1995.\n(4) The amount of the modified penalty for a prescribed offence is that specified adjacent to the clause\nin Schedule 14.\n10.2 Form of infringement notices\n(1) Where a vehicle is involved in the commission of an offence, the form of the notice referred to in\nsection 9.13 of the Local Government Act 1995 is that of Form 1 in Schedule 1 of the Local\nGovernment (Functions and General) Regulations 1996;\n(2) The form of the infringement notice referred to in section 9.16 of the Local Government Act 1995 is\nthat of Form 2 in Schedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; and\n(3) The form of the infringement withdrawal given under section 9.20 of the Local Government\nAct 1995 is that of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions and General)\nRegulations 1996.\n10.3 Other enforcement actions\n(1) In addition to a penalty imposed under clause 10.1, any expense incurred by the local government\nin consequence of a breach or non-observance of this local law, in the execution of work directed to be\nexecuted by any person and not executed by him or her, must be paid by the person committing the\nbreach for failing to execute the work.\n(2) On a breach, or successive breaches, by a licensee or a person registered under this local law, the\nlocal government may suspend or cancel the licence or registration as the case may be.\n","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"Part 11","sectionType":"part","heading":"OBJECTION AND APPEAL","content":"PART 11—OBJECTION AND APPEAL\n11.1 Objection and appeal rights\nDivision 1 of Part 9 of the Local Government Act 1995 applies to a decision under this local law to\ngrant, renew, vary or cancel an approval.\n————\n\n","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"788","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"788 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF ACCOMMODATION","content":"SCHEDULE 1—APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF ACCOMMODATION\n[clause 8.3]\nI/We, ..............................................................................................................................................................\n(Full name of Applicant/s)\nof ...................................................................................................................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\ncontactable by .......... .......................................................................................................................................\n(Mobile phone)\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\n(Email address)\napply for the registration of premises situated (or to be situated) at ........................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\nas accommodation to be classified as—\n a lodging house\n a short term hostel\n serviced apartments\n holiday accommodation\n bed and breakfast\n chalet\n a recreational campsite or\n other (specify)\nand for my name to be entered in the Register as the keeper of the accommodation\nDESCRIPTION OF ACCOMMODATION\nNumber of storeys .........................\nRooms for private use\nNumber Area\nLaundries/toilets/bathrooms ……………….. ………………..\nBedrooms ……………….. ………………..\nDining Rooms ……………….. ………………..\nKitchens ……………….. ………………..\nSitting Rooms ……………….. ………………..\nOther (Specify) ……………….. ………………..\nRooms for lodgers\nNumber Area\nBedroom ……………….. ………………..\nDining Rooms ……………….. ………………..\nKitchens ……………….. ………………..\nSitting Rooms ……………….. ………………..\nOther (Specify) ……………….. ………………..\nSanitary Conveniences for male lodgers\nToilets ………………..\nUrinals ………………..\nBaths ………………..\nShowers ………………..\nHand wash basins ………………..\nSanitary Conveniences for female lodgers\nToilets ………………..\nBaths ………………..\nShowers ……………..…\nHand wash basins ………………..\nLaundry Facilities\nWash troughs ………………..\nWashing machines ………………..\nDrying cabinets or clothes lines ………………..\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 789\nAdditional Details—\n(a) Lodgers’ meals will be provided by the manager/keeper/lodgers.\n(b) The keeper will/will not reside continuously on the premises.\n(c) Name and occupation of proposed manager if keeper resides elsewhere—\n..........................................................................................................................................................\n(d) There will be ......................... family members residing on the premises with the\nkeeper/manager.\nApplication fee of $......................... is attached.\n.................................................................................................... ............................................\n(Signature of Applicant/s) (Date)\n————\n","sortOrder":39},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF ACCOMMODATION","content":"SCHEDULE 2—CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF ACCOMMODATION\n[clause 8.4]\nThis is to certify that the premises situated at—\n........................................................................................................................................................................\n................................................................................. are registered as accommodation and classified as—\n a lodging house\n a short term hostel\n serviced apartments\n a recreational campsite\n holiday accommodation\n chalet\n bed and breakfast\n other (specify)\nuntil 30 June 20............, on the following conditions—\n1. that ………………………………………..………………….., whose name is entered on the register\nof keepers of the Shire of Murray, continues to be the keeper of the accommodation;\n2. that ……………………………………………...……………….., appointed by the keeper to be the\nmanager of the lodging house, continues to be the manager of the accommodation;\n3. that the Certificate of Registration of Accommodation is not sooner cancelled or revoked;\nThat the maximum number of rooms to be used as sleeping apartments for lodgers is—\n4. ……………..…....…; and\n5. that the maximum number of lodgers accommodated on the premises shall not exceed\n………………………………\nThis Certificate of Registration of Accommodation is issued subject to the Health (Miscellaneous\nProvisions) Act 1911 and the Shire of Murray Health Local Law 2018 and is not transferable.\nDated .............................................................................. 20 ......................\nFee received: $............................\n....................................................................................................\nSignature of Authorised Officer\n————\n","sortOrder":40},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 3","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"NOTICE OF CHANGE OF OWNER OF ACCOMMODATION","content":"SCHEDULE 3—NOTICE OF CHANGE OF OWNER OF ACCOMMODATION\n[clause 8.6]\nI/We, ..............................................................................................................................................................\n(Full name of Applicant/s)\nof ....................................................................................................................................................................\n........................................................................................................................................................................\nam/are the new owner/s of premises situated at .........................................................................................\n........................................................................................................................................................................\nwhich are registered in the name of ............................................................................................................ .\n........................................................................................................................................................................\nfor the carrying on of the lodging business.\n.................................................................................................... ............................................\n\n","sortOrder":41},{"sectionNumber":"790","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"790 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n","sortOrder":42},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 4","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"REGISTER OF LODGERS","content":"SCHEDULE 4—REGISTER OF LODGERS\n[clause 8.25]\nLocation of Accommodation—\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\nDate of Arrival ...........................................................................\nName .............................................................................................................................................................\nPrevious Address...........................................................................................................................................\nSignature ....................................................................................\nRoom No. . ..................................................................................\nDate of Departure .....................................................................\n.................................................................................................... ............................................\nSignature of Keeper Date\n————\n","sortOrder":43},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 5","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"LIST OF LODGERS","content":"SCHEDULE 5—LIST OF LODGERS\n[clause 8.26]\nThe following is the name of every person who resided in the accommodation at—\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\non the ....................................... day of ..................................................................................... 20................\n.................................................................................................... ............................................\nSignature of Keeper Date\n————\n","sortOrder":44},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 6","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"CERTIFICATE OF SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION","content":"SCHEDULE 6—CERTIFICATE OF SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION\n[clause 8.27]\nTo ..................................................................................................................................................................\n(Name of Keeper)\nof ...................................................................................................................................................................\n(Address of Keeper)\nFor the registered accommodation situated at—\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\nThis room, No. ......................................, can be used as a sleeping apartment (for sleeping purposes\nonly) to accommodate not more than …………………….. persons at any one time.\n.................................................................................................... ............................................\n————\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 791\n","sortOrder":45},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 7","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"CERTIFICATE OF SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION FOR A LODGING","content":"SCHEDULE 7—CERTIFICATE OF SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION FOR A LODGING\nHOUSE WITH MORE THAN 20 SLEEPING APARTMENTS\n[clause 8.27]\nTo ...................................................................................................................................................................\n(Name of Keeper)\nof ....................................................................................................................................................................\n(Address of Keeper)\nfor the registered lodging house situated at ................................................................................................\n........................................................................................................................................................................\n........................................................................................................................................................................\nThe rooms listed below are not to be occupied by more than the number of lodgers or residents\nindicated below.\nROOM NUMBER MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY\n.................................................................................................... ............................................\n————\n","sortOrder":46},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 8","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"APPLICATION FOR LICENCE OF A MORGUE","content":"SCHEDULE 8—APPLICATION FOR LICENCE OF A MORGUE\n[clause 3.15 (2)]\nI ......................................................................................................................................................................\n(full name in block letters)\nof ....................................................................................................................................................................\n(full residential address)\napply to licence the premises listed below as a Morgue\nAddress of premises ......................................................................................................................................\n........................................................................................................................................................................\nName of premises ..........................................................................................................................................\nDated this ........................................... day of ...................................................................... 20....................\n....................................................................................................\nSignature of Applicant\n————\n","sortOrder":47},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 9","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"CERTIFICATE OF LICENCE OF A MORGUE","content":"SCHEDULE 9—CERTIFICATE OF LICENCE OF A MORGUE\n[clause 3.15(3)(a)]\nThis is to certify the following premises is licensed as a morgue from—\n................................................. day of ................................................................................... 20....................\nuntil 30th day of June 20....................\nAddress of premises ......................................................................................................................................\n........................................................................................................................................................................\nName of premises ..........................................................................................................................................\n........................................................................................................................................................................\n.................................................................................................... ............................................\n————\n\n","sortOrder":48},{"sectionNumber":"792","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"792 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\n","sortOrder":49},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 10","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ESTABLISH AN","content":"SCHEDULE 10—APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ESTABLISH AN\n[clause 9.2(1)(b)]\nI/We, ..............................................................................................................................................................\n(Full Name of Applicant/s)\nof ...................................................................................................................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\napply for consent to establish an offensive trade being ..............................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\n(Description of Offensive Trade)\nin or upon ......................................................................................................................................................\n(Location of Premises)\nNotice of my/our intention to make this application was advertised\nin ...................................................................................................................................................................\n...................................................................................................................................................................... .\non ..................................................................................................................................................................\n(Date of Advertisement)\nPlans and specifications of the buildings proposed to be used or erected in connection with the\nproposed offensive trade are attached.\n.................................................................................................... ............................................\n————\n","sortOrder":50},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 11","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF","content":"SCHEDULE 11—APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF\nPREMISES FOR OFFENSIVE TRADE\n[clause 9.4 (a)]\nI/We, ..............................................................................................................................................................\n(Full Name of Applicant/s)\nof ...................................................................................................................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\napply for registration, for the year ended ...........................\nof ...................................................................................................................................................................\n(Location of Premises)\nbeing premises in or upon which there is (or is to be) carried on an offensive trade, namely\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\n(Description of Offensive Trade)\nunder the business name of .........................................................................................................................\n.......................................................................................................................................................................\nThe prescribed registration fee of $............................... is attached.\n.................................................................................................... ............................................\n————\n\n7 March 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 793\n","sortOrder":51},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 12","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF","content":"SCHEDULE 12—CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF\nPREMISES FOR OFFENSIVE TRADE\n[clause 9.5]\nThis is to certify that the premises situated at ...........................................................................................\n........................................................................................................................................................................\nof which .........................................................................................................................................................\nis the occupier, are registered for the carrying on of the trade of ................... ............................................\n........................................................................................................................................................................\n(Trade)\nName .............................................................................................................................................................\nThis registration expires on the .......................... day of ........................................................ 20 ...............\nDated this ..................................... day of ................................................................................ 20 ...............\n————\n","sortOrder":52},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 13","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"OFFENSIVE TRADES","content":"SCHEDULE 13—OFFENSIVE TRADES\n[clause 9.1]\nOffensive trades are any of the trades, businesses or occupations usually carried on, in or connected\nwith the undermentioned works or establishments—\nAbattoirs or slaughter houses;\nBone mills or bone manure depots;\nBones, hides, hoofs or skins storing, drying, or preserving establishments;\nCleaning establishments, dye works;\nFat rendering establishments;\nFellmongeries, tanneries;\nFish-curing, fish processing (excluding retail fish shops) and fish canning establishments;\nFlock factories;\nGut scraping, preparation of sausage skins;\nKnackeries;\nLaundromats, dry cleaning establishments;\nLivestock saleyards;\nManure works;\nPiggeries;\nPoultry processing establishments;\nPoultry farming employing caged poultry housing;\nRabbit farming employing caged rabbit housing;\nShellfish and crustacean processing establishments (excluding retail fish shops);\nTripe-boiling establishments; and\nWorks for boiling down meat, bones, blood, or offal.\n————\n","sortOrder":53},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 14","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"PRESCRIBED OFFENCES","content":"SCHEDULE 14—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES\n[Clause 10.1]\nItem\nNo.\nClause\nNo. Description Modified\nPenalty\n1 3.3(1) Failed to ensure that rainwater does not cause a nuisance $200\n2 4.2 Released or allowed the escape of liquid waste from land $250\n3 4.9(4) Burnt cleared vegetation or other material from a building or\ndevelopment site\n$250\n4 4.11 Failed to provide or maintain a refuse receptacle on a building or\ndevelopment site\n$500\n5 4.12 Failed to control refuse on a building or development site $500\n6 4.13 Stored unauthorised materials $500\n7 4.16(a) Stored, or allowed to remain on land, more than 1 vehicle, vessel\nor machinery in a state of disrepair\n$200\n8 4.16(b) Stored, or allowed to remain on land, any vehicle, vessel or\nmachinery in a state of disrepair for a period in excess of 1 month\n$200\n9 4.16(c) Stored, or allowed to remain on land, any vehicle parts, vessel\nparts or machinery parts (including tyres)\n$200\n\n","sortOrder":54},{"sectionNumber":"794","sectionType":"section","heading":"GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018","content":"794 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018\nItem\nNo.\nClause\nNo. Description Modified\nPenalty\n10 4.16(d)(i) Wrecked, dismantled or broke up any vehicle part or body, vessel\nor machinery not inside a building\n$200\n11 4.16(d)(ii) Wrecked, dismantled or broke up any vehicle part or body, vessel\nor machinery not behind a sufficient fence or wall\n$200\n12 4.16(e) Wrecked, dismantled or broke up a vehicle, vessel or machinery\nso as to cause a nuisance\n$200\n13 4.17 Disposed of disused refrigerator or similar container with door/lid\nthat could be fastened\n$250\n14 5.2 Permitted the escape of smoke, fumes, odours and other\nemissions so as to cause a nuisance\n$200\n15 5.5(1) Commenced works involving clearing of land without an\napproved Dust Management Plan\n$250\n16 5.6(2) Emitted light so as to create or cause a nuisance $250\n17 5.6(4) Erected or used lighting installations other than in accordance\nwith this local law\n$250\n18 5.12(1) Parked a livestock vehicle in an urban area or townsite in excess\nof 30 minutes\n$200\n19 5.12(4) Started or drove a truck on residential land, or adjoining\nresidential land, without consent of the local government\n$100\n20 5.13(a) Failed to keep premises free from matter likely to be offensive or\ninjurious to health or attracts vermin or insects\n$200\n21 5.13(b) Failed to keep premises clean and disinfected when directed by an\nAuthorised Officer\n$500\n22 5.13(c) Failed to keep premises free of flies, or when directed by an\nAuthorised Officer, spray premises with means to kill or repel\nflies\n$500\n23 5.14(1) Failed to keep enclosures effectively drained $200\n24 5.14(3) Failed to keep property fenced in a manner capable of confining\nlivestock\n$200\n25 5.14(4) Permitted livestock to stray, or be at large in a street, public place\nor private property without consent\n$200\n26 5.18(1) Kept an approved animal without approval $200\n27 5.18(6) Failed to maintain stable $200\n28 5.22(1) Failed to comply with limitations on number of birds $200\n29 5.22(5) Kept birds so as to create a nuisance $200\n30 5.23 Kept, or permitted to be kept, any poultry, not in accordance with\nconditions of this local law\n$200\n31 5.24(1) Kept, or suffered to remain in a townsite or lot of 2 hectares or\nless, a rooster, turkey, goose or geese, gamebird or peafowl\n$200\n32 5.27 Failed to prevent pigeons nesting or perching $200\n33 5.28(1)(a) Fed a wild bird so as to create or cause a nuisance $200\n34 5.28(1)(b) Fed a wild bird a food/substance that is not a natural food $200\n35 6.20(1) Kept bees without approval $200\n36 6.20(4) Failed to comply with a condition of approval to keep bees $200\n37 6.22(1) Created a nuisance from keeping of bees or bee hives $200\n38 6.22(2) Failed to comply with a notice to remove bees or bee hives for\ncontravention of local law\n$200\n39 10.1(1)(b) Failed to comply with notice $500\n","sortOrder":55},{"sectionNumber":"40","sectionType":"section","heading":"All other offences not specified $100","content":"40 All other offences not specified $100\n.................................................................................................... ............................................\n————\nDated: 28 February 2018.\nThe Common Seal of the Shire of Murray was affixed by authority of a resolution of the Council in the\npresence of—\nCr DAVID BOLT, Shire President.\nDEAN UNSWORTH, Chief Executive Officer.\n———————————","sortOrder":56}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"completionTokens":825},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":8,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be a consolidated remake of the 1999 Health Local Laws with updated references and some expanded provisions (particularly around lodging houses, feedlots, and technical standards), but remains within the traditional scope of local government health regulation under the Local Government Act 1995 and Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911. The structure and subject matter align with typical Western Australian local health laws."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to multiple external standards (Australian Standards, Building Code, Food Standards Code, various State Regulations)","47+ defined terms in interpretation sections, with nested definitions and multiple qualifying conditions","11 Parts with 38 Divisions and numerous sub-clauses creating heavily conditional obligations","Multiple overlapping approval and registration schemes (lodging houses, offensive trades, morgues, feedlots, beekeeping, approved animals)","Detailed technical specifications throughout (e.g. specific millimetre measurements, temperature requirements, flow rates, sound transmission classes)","Exception provisions and exemptions scattered throughout (e.g. clause 3.4 exemption for hostels, clause 5.24 exemptions for certain birds)","14 Schedules with prescribed forms and detailed offence tables","Joint and several liability provisions creating complex duty allocations between owners and occupiers"],"plain_english_summary":"This local health law updates the Shire of Murray’s public‑health and sanitation rules, replacing the 1999 version. It sets standards for housing, waste, water, pest and animal controls, lodging houses, offensive trades and infectious‑disease powers, and empowers officers to inspect, issue notices and enforce compliance.\n\nIt affects all residents, property owners, businesses and animal keepers in the Shire, and matters because it gives the council broad powers (including fines up to $5,000) to protect community health and prevent nuisances."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument expressly repeals the Shire of Murray Health Local Laws 1999 (clause 1.4) and replaces them with a consolidated health local law covering a broad set of matters (sanitation, housing standards, pest and vector control, lodging houses, offensive trades, infectious disease, enforcement). It centralises approval, registration and enforcement powers with the local government and Authorised Officers and prescribes fees, notices and cost-recovery mechanisms (see clauses 3.15, 6.10, 7.11, 10.1)."},"complexity_factors":["Wide substantive scope covering sanitation, housing, refuse, nuisances, pests, infectious disease, lodging houses and offensive trades","Numerous prescriptive technical requirements referencing external codes and standards (Building Code, multiple AS/AS-NZS standards)","Extensive discretionary enforcement powers vested in Authorised Officers (inspection, notices, approval, variation, revocation)","Multiple compliance pathways (approvals, registrations, licences, management plans) with fee and renewal regimes","Cross-references to state legislation and regulations (Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, Water Services Act, Food Act, Environmental Protection Regulations)","Layered sanctions: infringement notices, prescribed penalties, daily penalties, cost recovery and licence suspension/cancellation","Detailed schedules and forms that create administrative procedures and record-keeping obligations (registration, certificates, registers)"],"plain_english_summary":"This local law sets detailed health, sanitation and pest-control standards for the Shire of Murray and creates duties for owners, occupiers, keepers and businesses (e.g. lodging houses, feedlots, offensive trades). It gives Authorised Officers powers to inspect, issue notices, require remedial work, recover costs and impose fees or penalties (see clauses 7.11, 6.10, 3.15, 10.1). The practical effect is that private parties bear compliance costs and possible ordered remediation; local government decides standards, approvals and enforcement."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/health-local-law-2018","history":"/api/acts/health-local-law-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/health-local-law-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/health-local-law-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/health-local-law-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/health-local-law-2018/documents"}}