1752GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 March 2017

1752 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 March 2017 (d) a lodger or other person does not smoke in any dormitory, kitchen, dining room, or other enclosed public place, within a short term hostel or recreational campsite; and (e) all mattresses in a short term hostel or recreational campsite are fitted with a mattress protector. 8.2.12 Furnishing etc. of sleeping apartments (a) furnish each sleeping apartment with a sufficient number of beds and sufficient bedding of good quality; (b) ensure that each bed— (i) has a bed head, mattress and pillow; and (ii) is provided with a pillow case, mattress cover, 2 sheets, 2 blankets or equivalent; and (c) furnish each bedroom so that there are adequate storage facilities for belongings within the room. (2) The keeper shall not cause, suffer or permit 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 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. 8.2.13 Ventilation (1) 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. (2) The keeper shall comply with any direction given under subclause (1) within such time as directed. 8.2.14 Numbers to be placed on doors (1) A keeper shall 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 (2) The numbers to be placed on the doors under subclause (1) shall 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 8.3.1 Duties of keeper No keeper of a lodging house shall absent himself or herself from such house, unless he or she leaves some reputable person in charge thereof. 8.3.2 Register of lodgers (1) A keeper shall keep a register of lodgers in the form of Schedule 7. (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. 8.3.3 Keeper report A keeper shall, whenever required by the local government, report to the local government, in the form prescribed in Schedule 8, the name of each lodger who lodged in the lodging house during the preceding day or night. 8.3.4 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 prescribed in Schedule 9. (2) The certificate issued under subclause (1) shall specify the maximum number of persons who shall be permitted to occupy each room as 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. (4) A person shall not cause, suffer or permit a greater number of persons than is specified on a certificate issued under this clause to occupy the room to which it refers.