Health Local Law 2017
3092GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 June 2017
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3092 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 June 2017 10.17 Specified offensive trades (1) For the purposes of this clause, “specified offensive trade” means 1 or more of the offensive trades carried on, in or connected with the following works or premises— (a) fat rendering premises (b) fish processing premises, fish curing premises and shellfish and crustacean processing establishments (not including retail fish shops); and (c) laundries, dry cleaning premises and dye works. (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; and (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 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 Environmental Health Officer may from time to time direct. 10.18 Directions by an Environmental Health Officer (1) An Environmental Health Officer 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. 10.19 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. Division 4—Fat rendering establishments 10.20 Interpretation fat rendering establishment means premises where edible fats including suet, dripping or premier jus are rendered down by any heat processing method. 10.21 Exhaust ventilation The occupier must provide and maintain— (a) a hood which must— (i) be of an approved design and construction; (ii) be situated so as to arrest all effluvia, odours and smoke from the process of fat rendering; and (iii) extend a minimum of 150 millimetres beyond the length of each appliance; and (b) an exhaust ventilation system— (i) the point of discharge of which must be at least 1 metre above the ridge of a pitched roof or 3 metres above a flat roof and must not be located within 6 metres of an adjoining property or any fresh air intake; and (ii) which must discharge in such manner and in such a position that no nuisance is created. 10.22 Covering of apparatus External parts of the fat rendering apparatus must be constructed or covered with a non-corrosive impervious material. 10.23 Rendering of walls The occupier must cause each wall within a radius of 3 metres of the rendering apparatus or machinery to be rendered with a cement plaster with a steel float finish or other approved finish to a height of 2 metres, devoid of holes, cracks and crevices. Division 5—Fish premises 10.24 Interpretation appliance includes a utensil, an instrument, a cover, a container or an apparatus;