1Fly Eradication Regulations

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Health (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1911

Fly Eradication Regulations

Western Australia

Fly Eradication Regulations

Contents

1. Citation 1

2. Flies prescribed under the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 section 199(20) 1

3. Application 1

4. Waste food, etc. not to be left on premises unless covered or treated 1

5. Authorised officer may give notice directing measures to be taken 2

6. Local authority may execute work when person required to execute the work fails to do so 2

7. Local authority may enter premises to execute work 2

8. Offences and penalties 2

Schedule

Notes

Compilation table 5

Western Australia

Health (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1911

Fly Eradication Regulations

1. Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Fly Eradication Regulations1.

2. Flies prescribed under the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 section 199(20)

The provisions of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 section 199(20), as amended from time to time, shall apply to flies.

[Regulation 2 amended: Gazette 10 Jan 2017 p. 253.]

3. Application

These regulations shall apply and have effect in the districts specified in the Schedule.

4. Waste food, etc. not to be left on premises unless covered or treated

An owner or occupier of any land or premises shall not place, throw or leave, or permit or cause to be placed, thrown or left, on the land or premises any waste food, manure, refuse, garbage, waste matter or other matter whatsoever, which is likely to attract or be a breeding place for flies, unless that waste food, manure, refuse, garbage, waste matter or other matter is covered, protected, treated or dealt with in such a manner as to effectively prevent it attracting or being a breeding place for flies.

5. Authorised officer may give notice directing measures to be taken

Where it appears to an authorised officer that flies are prevalent or are breeding on any land or premises, the authorised officer may give to the owner or occupier of the land or premises notice in writing directing him to take, within a time to be specified in the notice, such measures as in the opinion of the authorised officer are necessary to control the prevalence, effect eradication, and effectively prevent the breeding of flies.