Dogs Local Law 2020
972GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 March 2021
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972 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 March 2021 9.2.4 Sanitary Conveniences and Hand Wash Basins The occupier shall provide on the premises in an approved position sufficient sanitary conveniences and hand wash basins, each with an adequate supply of hot and cold water for use by employees and by all other persons lawfully upon the premises. 9.2.5 Painting of Walls etc. The occupier shall cause the internal surface of every wall, the underside of every ceiling or roof and all fittings as may be directed in and on the premises to be cleaned and painted when instructed by an EHO. 9.2.6 Effluvia, Vapours, Gases or Dust The occupier shall provide, use and maintain in a state of good repair and working order, appliances and preventive measures capable of effectively destroying or of rendering harmless all offensive effluvia, vapours, dust or gases arising in any process of his business or from any material, residue or other substance which may be kept or stored upon the premises. 9.2.7 Offensive Material (a) provide on the premises impervious receptacles of sufficient capacity to receive all offensive material and trade refuse produced upon the premises in any one-day; (b) keep airtight covers on the receptacles, except when it is necessary to place something in or remove something from them; (c) cause all offensive material and trade refuse to be placed immediately in the receptacles; (d) cause the contents of the receptacles to be removed from the premises at least once in every working day or at such other intervals as may be approved or directed by an EHO; and (e) cause all receptacles after being emptied to be cleaned immediately with an efficient disinfectant. 9.2.8 Storage of Materials The occupier shall cause all material on the premises to be stored so as not to be offensive or injurious to health whether by smell or otherwise and so as to prevent the creation of a nuisance. 9.2.9 Specified Offensive Trade (1) For the purposes of this clause, “specified offensive trade” means any trade as defined by clause 186 of the Act. (2) Where premises are used for or in relation to a specified offensive trade, the occupier shall— (a) cause the floor of the premises to— (i) be properly paved and drained with impervious material; (ii) have a smooth surface; and (iii) have a fall to a bucket trap or spoon drain in such a way that all liquids falling on the floor shall be conducted by the trap or drain to a drain inlet situated inside the building where the floor is situated; (b) cause the angles formed by the walls with any other wall, and by the wall with the floor, to be coved to a radius of not less than 25 millimetres; and (c) cause all liquid refuse to be— (i) cooled to a temperature not exceeding 26 degrees Celsius and be in accordance with the Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Board By-Laws 1981 before being discharged into any drain outlet from any part of the premises; and (ii) directed through such screening or purifying treatment as an EHO may from time to time direct. 9.2.10 Directions (1) An EHO may give to the occupier directions to prevent or diminish the offensiveness of a trade or to safeguard the public health. (2) The occupier shall comply with any directions given under this clause. 9.2.11 Other Duties of Occupier In addition to the requirements of this Division, the occupier shall comply with all other requirements of this Part that apply to the particular offensive trade or trades conducted on the premises. PART 10—OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 10.1.1 Penalties (1) A person who contravenes a provision of this local law commits an offence. (2) A person who commits an offence under subclause (1) is liable to— (a) a penalty which is not more than $1,000 and not less than— (i) in the case of a first such offence, $100;