6038GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 December 2017

6038 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 December 2017 (b) where more than one toilet is provided on the premises, the entrance to each toilet shall bear a suitable sign indicating for which sex its use is intended. 2.1.6 Temporary works A person who undertakes temporary work at any place shall ensure every temporary sanitary convenience is installed and maintained in accordance with the requirements of the Health (Temporary Sanitary Conveniences) Regulations 1997. 2.1.7 Maintenance of sanitary conveniences and fittings (1) The occupier of premises shall— (a) keep clean, in good condition and repair; and (b) whenever required by an Environmental Health Officer, effectively disinfect and clean, all sanitary conveniences including sanitary fittings in or on the premises. (2) The owner of premises shall— (a) keep or cause to be kept in good repair; and (b) maintain an adequate supply of water to all sanitary conveniences including sanitary fittings in or on the premises. 2.1.8 Ventilation of toilet A toilet in any premises shall be ventilated in accordance with the Sewage (Lighting, Ventilation and Construction) Regulations 1971 and the Building Code. 2.1.9 Public sanitary conveniences (1) A person shall not— (a) foul; (b) damage or vandalise; or (c) write on or otherwise deface, a public sanitary convenience or sanitary fittings on the premises in or on which the sanitary convenience is located. (2) A person shall not live or sleep in or on the premises in which a public sanitary convenience is located or use it for a purpose other than that for which it was intended. 2.1.10 Lighting The owner and the occupier of a premises in which a sanitary convenience or a public sanitary convenience is located shall provide and maintain sufficient natural or a minimum of 80 lux of artificial lighting for persons using the convenience. 2.1.11 Installation Every temporary sanitary convenience shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of the Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947 and the Water Services Act 2012 and shall have an adequate supply of water. Division 2—Bathrooms, Laundries and Kitchens 2.2.1 Bathrooms (1) A person shall not use or occupy, or permit to be used or occupied, a dwelling house without a bathroom that— (a) is adequately lined with an impervious material and has an adequate ceiling; (b) complies with the Health Act (Laundries and Bathrooms) Regulations; and (c) is equipped with— (i) a hand wash basin; and (ii) either a shower in a shower recess or a bath. (2) All baths, showers, hand wash basin and similar sanitary fittings shall be provided with an adequate supply of hot and cold water. 2.2.2 Laundries and toilets (1) A laundry must conform to the provisions of the Building Code. (2) Where, in any building, a laundry is situated adjacent to a kitchen or a room where food is stored or consumed, the laundry shall be separated from the kitchen or room where food is stored or consumed by a wall extending from the floor to the roof or ceiling. (3) Where there is an opening in a wall between a laundry and a kitchen or room where food is prepared or consumed, the opening shall— (a) not be more than 1220 millimetres wide; and (b) have a door which when closed shall completely fill the opening. (4) Toilets not to be situated adjacent to a kitchen or a room where food is stored or consumed however if a toilet is situated adjacent to a kitchen or a room where food is stored or consumed it shall be separated by a self-closing door.