388GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 16 February 2022

388 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 16 February 2022 10.30 Responsibilities of lodgers and residents A lodger or resident shall not— (a) use any room available to lodgers— (i) as a shop, store or factory; or (ii) for manufacturing or trading services; (b) keep or store in or on the lodging house any goods or materials which are inflammable or offensive; (c) use a bath or hand wash basin other than for ablutionary purposes; (d) use a bathroom facility or fitting for laundry purposes; (e) use a sink installed in a kitchen or scullery for any purpose other than the washing and cleaning of cooking and eating utensils, other kitchenware or culinary purposes; (f) deposit rubbish or waste food other than into a proper rubbish receptacle; (g) in a kitchen or other place where food is kept— (i) wash or permit the washing of clothing or bedding; or (ii) keep or permit to be kept any soiled clothing or bedding; (h) subject to clause 10.31— (i) keep, store, prepare or cook food in any sleeping apartment; or (ii) unless sick or invalid and unable to leave a sleeping apartment for that reason, use a sleeping apartment for dining purposes; (i) place or keep, in any part of a lodging house, any luggage, clothing, bedding or furniture that is infested with vectors of disease; (j) store or keep items other than personal effects— (i) in any kitchen, living or sleeping apartment so as to prevent the cleaning of the floors, walls, fittings or fixtures; or (ii) in a sleeping apartment so as to decrease the air space to less than the minimum required by this Part; (k) obstruct or prevent the keeper or manager from inspecting or examining the room or rooms occupied by the lodger or resident; and (l) fix any fastener or change any lock to a door or room without the written approval of the keeper. 10.31 Approval for storage and consumption of food (1) An authorised person may— (a) upon written application from a keeper of a lodging house, approve the storage of food within a refrigerator or sealed container in a sleeping apartment; and (b) withdraw the approval if a nuisance, vector of disease, vermin or infestation is found to exist in the lodging house. (2) The keeper of a serviced apartment may permit the storage and consumption of food within that apartment if suitable storage and dining facilities are provided. 10.32 Infectious disease A keeper shall without delay after becoming aware that a lodger or resident is suffering from a notifiable infectious disease notify an authorised person. PART 11—OFFENSIVE TRADES 11.1 Interpretation offensive trade means any trades as defined by section 186 of the Act, and includes— (a) establishments carrying out gut scraping or preparation of sausage skins; (b) knackeries; (c) laundromats and dry cleaning premises; (d) livestock saleyards; (e) establishments for caged poultry farming or poultry processing; (f) establishments for caged rabbit farming; and (g) establishments for shellfish and crustacean processing, excluding retail fish shop; and premises means those premises in or upon which an offensive trade is carried on. 11.2 Application to establish an offensive trade (1) A person seeking the consent of the local government under section 187 of the Act to establish an offensive trade shall— (a) advertise notice of his or her intention to apply for consent in accordance with clause 11.3; and (b) lodge an application with the local government.