2944GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 25 August 2023

2944 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 25 August 2023 (3) A lodger or resident who contracts with a keeper to service, clean or maintain a room occupied by them, shall maintain the room in a clean condition. 8.30 Cleaning and Maintenance Requirements (1) A keeper of a lodging house shall— (a) maintain in a clean, sound and undamaged condition— (i) the floor, walls, ceilings, woodwork and painted surfaces; (ii) the floor coverings and window treatments; and (iii) the toilet seats; (b) maintain in a clean condition and in good working order- (i) All fixtures and fittings; and (ii) windows, doors and door furniture; (c) ensure that the internal walls of each bathroom and toilet are painted so as to maintain a smooth impervious washable surface; (d) whenever there is one or more lodgers in a lodging house ensure that the laundry floor is cleaned daily; (e) ensure that— (i) all bed linen, towels and house linen in use are washed at least once a week; (ii) within a reasonable time of a bed having been vacated by a lodger or resident, the bed linen is removed and washed; (iii) a person does not occupy a bed that has been used by another person unless the bed has been provided with clean bed linen; (iv) all beds, bedsteads, blankets, rugs, covers, bed linen, towels and house linen are kept clean, in good repair and free from vectors of disease; (v) when any vectors of disease are found in a bed, furniture, room or sleeping apartment, immediate effective action is taken to eradicate the vectors of disease; and (vi) a room that is not free from vectors of disease is not used as a sleeping apartment; (f) when so directed by the Principal Environmental Health Officer, ensure that— (i) a room, together with its contents, and any other part of the lodging house, is cleaned and disinfected; and (ii) a bed or other article of furniture is removed from the lodging house and properly disposed of; (g) ensure that the yard is kept clean at all times; (h) provide all bedrooms, passages, common areas, toilets, bathrooms and laundries with adequate lighting; and (i) comply with any direction, whether orally or in writing, given by the Principal Environmental Health Officer or an Environmental Health Officer. (2) In this section— “bed linen” includes sheets and pillow cases and in the case of a short-term hostel or recreational campsite, mattress protectors. 8.31 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 in flammable, noxious or offensive; (c) use a bath or handbasin 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 and 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 section 8.32— (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, which is infested with vectors of disease; (j) store or keep such a quantity of furniture, material or goods within the lodging house—