Fencing Local Law 2017
3522GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017
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3522 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 June 2017 4.7 Authorised person to be obeyed A person on local government property must obey any lawful direction of an authorised person and must not in any way obstruct or hinder an authorised person in the execution of her or his duties. 4.8 Persons may be directed to leave local government property An authorised person may direct a person to leave local government property where she or he reasonably suspects that the person has contravened a provision of any written law. 4.9 Disposal of lost property An article left on any local government property, and not claimed within a period of 3 months, may be disposed of by the local government in any manner it thinks fit. 4.10 Liability for damage to local government property (1) Where a person unlawfully damages local government property, the local government may by notice in writing to that person require that person within the time required in the notice to, at the option of the local government, pay the costs of— (a) reinstating the property to the state it was in prior to the occurrence of the damage; or (b) replacing that property. (2) On a failure to comply with a notice issued under subclause (1), the local government may recover the costs referred to in the notice as a debt due to it. PART 5—MATTERS RELATING TO PARTICULAR LOCAL 5.1 No entry to fenced or closed local government property A person must not enter local government property which has been fenced off or closed to the public by a sign or otherwise, unless that person is authorised to do so by the local government. 5.2 When entry must be refused A Manager or an authorised person shall refuse admission to, may direct to leave or shall remove or cause to be removed from a pool area any person who— (1) in her or his opinion is— (a) under the age of 12 years and who is unaccompanied by a responsible person over the age of 16 years; (b) suffering from any contagious, infectious or cutaneous disease or complaint, or is in an unclean condition; or (c) under the influence of liquor or a prohibited drug; or (2) is to be refused admission under and in accordance with a decision of the local government for breaching any clause of this local law. 5.3 No school no pool (1) A Manager or an authorised person shall refuse admission to, may direct to leave or shall remove or cause to be removed from the pool area any person who in her or his opinion may be truant, or may have been truant on that day, from a primary or secondary school in the district. (2) Where a person is refused admission to, directed to leave, or removed from the pool area under subclause (1), that person shall not be admitted to or enter the pool area during the whole of that day or for such longer period as shall be advised by the relevant school principal. (3) Subclause (1) does not apply to children who are home schooled, tourists, stopped schooling or under the custody of an adult. 5.4 Only specified gender to use entry of toilet block or change room Where a sign on a toilet block or change room specifies that a particular entry of the toilet block or change room is to be used by— (a) females, then a person of the male gender must not use that entry of the toilet block or change room; or (b) males, then a person of the female gender must not use that entry of the toilet block or change room. 5.5 No unauthorised entry to function (1) A person must not enter local government property on such days or during such times as the property may be set aside for a function for which a charge for admission is authorised, except— (a) through the proper entrance for that purpose; and (b) on payment of the fee chargeable for admission at the time. (2) The local government may exempt a person from compliance with subclause (1)(b).