386GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 16 February 2022

386 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 16 February 2022 (c) ensure all light fittings and other ceiling and wall projections (including ceiling and wall fans) are provided with safety guards or positioned so as not to be a danger to any occupants to the satisfaction of an authorised person; and (d) ensure all doors, windows and ventilators are kept free from obstruction. 10.19 Furnishing etc. of sleeping apartments A keeper of a lodging house shall, unless otherwise approved by an authorised person— (a) furnish each sleeping apartment with a sufficient number of beds and sufficient bed linen of good quality; (b) ensure that each bed— (i) has a mattress and pillow; (ii) is provided with a pillow case, two sheets, a blanket or rug and, in cold weather, not less than one additional blanket or rug; and (iii) has a mattress and pillow protectors fitted; (c) furnish each bedroom so that there are adequate storage facilities for belongings within the room; and (d) not cause or permit any tiered beds or bunks to be used in a sleeping apartment other than in a lodging house used exclusively as a short term hostel or recreational campsite. 10.20 Ventilation If, in the opinion of an authorised person, a kitchen, bathroom, toilet, laundry or habitable room is not adequately or properly ventilated, the authorised person may give written notice to the keeper to provide a different or additional method of ventilation. 10.21 Room identification (1) A keeper shall number each room available to a lodger in a lodging house or provide an alternative means of identification approved by an authorised person. (2) The numbering system or alternative means of room identification is to be— (a) legible and easily identified; and (b) placed on or adjacent to each door to a habitable room. Division 3—Management and care 10.22 Duties of keeper Whenever there are one or more lodgers in a lodging house, a keeper or manager shall— (a) reside continuously in the lodging house; and (b) not be absent from the lodging house unless arrangements for a reputable person to have the care and management of the lodging house have been made. 10.23 Register of lodgers (1) A register of lodgers shall be kept in accordance with section 157 of the Act and this clause. (2) A keeper shall keep a register of lodgers recording the following details— (a) date of arrival; (b) name; (c) details sufficient to trace and contact each lodger should the need arise; (d) room number; and (e) date of departure. (3) The register of lodgers shall be— (a) kept in the lodging house; and (b) open to inspection at any time on demand by a police officer or by an authorised person. (4) The register shall be kept for a minimum of 3 years. 10.24 Keeper report A keeper shall, whenever required by a police officer or an authorised person, provide a report containing the details of clause 10.23(2). 10.25 Certificate in respect of sleeping accommodation (1) An authorised person may issue to a keeper a certificate of sleeping accommodation, in respect of each room, which shall be in the form determined by the local government from time to time. (2) The certificate issued under subclause (1) shall specify the maximum number of persons who shall be permitted to occupy each room as a sleeping apartment at any one time. (3) The certificate of registration shall be displayed in the reception area accessible by those visiting (4) When required by an authorised person, a keeper shall exhibit the certificate issued under this clause in a conspicuous place in the room to which it refers. (5) A person shall not permit or allow to be permitted a greater number of persons than is specified on a certificate issued under this clause to occupy the room to which it refers.