Health Local Law 2016
1May to 30 September, not less than one additional blanket or rug; and
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1 May to 30 September, not less than one additional blanket or rug; and (c) furnish each bedroom so that there are adequate storage facilities for belongings within the room. (2) A keeper shall not cause or allow 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. (3) The sheets and blankets required to be provided by subclause (1)(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been provided by the keeper, where the keeper offers them for hire to the lodgers. In such circumstances, each lodger must either provide her or his own clean sheets or hire them from the keeper. (4) In a short-term hostel or recreational campsite, the storage facilities required by subclause (1)(c) may be located in a separate secure storage room or locker room. 8.20 Ventilation If, in the opinion of an EHO, a kitchen, bathroom, toilet, laundry or habitable room is not adequately or properly ventilated, he or she may direct the keeper to provide a different or additional method of ventilation. 8.21 Numbers to be placed on doors (1) A keeper must place or cause to be placed on the outside of the doors of all rooms available to lodgers in the lodging house, serial numbers so that— (a) the number “1” is placed on the outside of the door of the room nearest to the front or main entry door of the lodging house; and (b) the numbers continue in sequence throughout each floor (if there is more than one) of the lodging house. (2) The numbers to be placed on the doors under subclause (1) must be— (a) not less than 40 millimetres in height; (b) 1.5 metres from the floor; and (c) permanently fixed either by being painted on the doors or shown by other legible means. Division 3—Management and care 8.22 Keeper or manager to reside in the lodging house No keeper of a lodging house shall absent herself or himself from such house, unless she or he leaves some reputable person in charge thereof. 8.23 Register of lodgers (1) A keeper shall keep a register of lodgers in the form prescribed in Schedule 9. (2) The register of lodgers shall be— (a) kept in the lodging house; and (b) open to inspection at any time on demand by any member of the Police Service or by an EHO. 8.24 Keeper to report A keeper shall, whenever required by the local government, report to the local government, in the form of Schedule 10, the name of each lodger who lodged in the lodging house during the preceding day or night. 8.25 Certificate in respect of sleeping accommodation (1) An EHO may issue to a keeper, a certificate, in respect of each room, which shall be in the form of Schedule 8. (2) The certificate issued under subclause (1) shall specify the maximum number of persons permitted to occupy each room of a sleeping apartment at any one time. (3) When required by an EHO, a keeper shall exhibit the certificate issued under this clause in a conspicuous place in the room to which it refers. (4) A person shall not cause or allow a greater number of persons than is specified on a certificate issued under this clause to occupy the room to which it refers. 8.26 Duplicate keys and inspection Each keeper and manager of a lodging house shall— (a) retain possession of a duplicate key to the door of each room; and (b) when required by an EHO, open the door of any room for the purposes of inspection by the EHO.