Animals Local Law 2016
864GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 January 2017
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864 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 January 2017 Council means the council of the local government; cycleway means a path, lane or way which is specifically designed and /or designated for bicycle use; district means the district of the local government; footpath includes every footpath, pedestrian access way or other place— (a) intended for the use of pedestrians only, or in the case of a dual use path, for the use of pedestrians and bicyclists only; or (b) habitually used by pedestrians and not by vehicles or, in the case of a dual use path, by pedestrians and bicyclists and not by vehicles other than bicycles; general waste receptacle means a receptacle for the deposit and collection of collectable waste that is not recycling waste; green waste means vegetative material as approved by the local government; LG Act means the Local Government Act 1995; LG Regulations means the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; local government waste has the same meaning as in the WARR Act; non-collectable waste has the meaning set out in Schedule 1; occupier in relation to premises, means any or all of the following— (a) a person by whom or on whose behalf the premises are actually occupied; or (b) a person having the management or control of the premises; organic waste means waste that decomposes readily, such as garden waste or food waste; organic waste receptacle means a receptacle for the deposit and collection of organic waste ; owner has the same meaning as in the LG Act; public place includes a place to which the public ordinarily have access, whether or not by payment of a fee; receptacle means a receptacle— (a) that has been supplied for the use of the premises by the local government or its contractor, or which has otherwise been approved by the local government; and (b) the waste from which is collected and removed from the premises by the local government or its contractor; recycling waste receptacle means a receptacle for the deposit and collection of recycling waste; recycling waste means— (a) paper and cardboard; (b) plastic containers comprised of polyethylene terephthalate or high density polyethylene; (c) glass containers; (d) steel containers; (e) aluminium containers; (f) liquid paper board; and (g) any other waste determined by the local government to be recycling waste; right of way means a portion of land that is— (a) shown and marked ‘Right of Way’ or ‘R.O.W’, or coloured or marked in any other way to signify that the portion of land is a right of way, on any plan or diagram deposited with the Registrar of Titles that is subject to the provisions of section 167A of the Transfer of Land Act 1893; (b) shown on a diagram or plan of survey relating to a subdivision that is created as a right of way and vested in the Crown under section 152 of the Planning and Development Act 2005; or (c) shown and marked as a right of way on a map or plan deposited with the Registrar of Titles and transferred to the Crown under the Transfer of Land Act 1893, but does not include— (i) private driveway; or (ii) a right of way created by easement between two parties; schedule means a Schedule to this local law; specified means specified by the local government or an Authorised Person, as the case may be; street alignment means the boundary between the land comprising a street and the land that abuts the street; vector of disease means an insect, arthropod or rodent that transmits, by biological or mechanical means, an infectious agent from a source or reservoir to a person and includes— (a) flies (any of the two-winged insects constituting the order Diptera); (b) mosquitoes (any of the insects constituting the family Diptera culicidae); and (c) any other insect prescribed by the Health Act 1911;