6042GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 December 2017

6042 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 December 2017 liquid waste means bathroom, kitchen, scullery and laundry wastes, all washings from animal and poultry pens and any other domestic or trade wastes that are discharged by means of a drain to a receptacle for drainage. 4.1.2 Drainage of liquid refuse A person shall not deposit or cause or permit to be deposited liquid refuse or liquid waste— (a) on a street; (b) in a stormwater disposal system; and (c) on any land or place other than a place or depot duly authorised for that purpose. 4.1.3 Disposal of liquid waste (1) The owner or occupier of premises shall— (a) provide, by one of the methods prescribed in this clause, for the disposal of all liquid waste produced on the premises; and (b) at all times maintain in good working order and condition any apparatus used for the disposal of liquid waste. (2) Liquid waste shall be disposed of by one of the following methods— (a) discharging it into the sewerage system of a licensed water service operator in a manner approved by the licensed water service provider; (b) discharging it into an apparatus for the treatment of sewage and disposal of effluent and liquid waste approved by the Executive Director, Public Health; or (c) collection and disposal at an approved liquid waste disposal site in a manner approved by the Executive Director, Public Health. 4.1.4 Approval for septic tank pump outs and removal of liquid waste A person shall not— (a) unless he or she is an approved carrier; (b) without the written approval of the local government; and (c) except in accordance with any terms and conditions imposed by the local government or the Executive Director, Public Health in connection with the approval under paragraph (b), collect, remove or dispose of the contents of a septic tank, the pump outs from holding tanks or an apparatus for the treatment of sewage and other liquid wastes. Division 2—Disposal of Refuse 4.2.1 Interpretation collection time, where used in connection with any premises, means the time when rubbish or refuse is collected and removed from the premises by the local government or its contractors; public place includes a street, way or place which the public are allowed to use, whether street, way or place is or is not on private property; receptacle, where used in connection with any premises, means— (a) a polyethylene or other approved material cart fitted with wheels, a handle and a lid and having a capacity of at least 240 litres; or (b) a container provided by the local government or its contractor for the deposit, collection and recycling of specific materials; refuse disposal site means land set apart by the local government under the Act as a site for the deposit of rubbish or refuse; rubbish or refuse includes any filth, dirt, ashes, waste material, waste food, sludge, offensive matter, cinders, wood or metal shavings and sawdust but does not include liquid waste or liquid refuse; street includes— (a) a highway; (b) a thoroughfare; which the public are allowed to use and included every part of the highway or thoroughfare, and other things including bridges and culverts, appurtenant to it; and street alignment means the boundary between the land comprising a street and the land that abuts thereon, but where a new street alignment is prescribes under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1960, means the new street alignment so prescribed. 4.2.2 Receptacles An owner or occupier of premises shall— (a) except for a reasonable period before and after collection time, keep the receptacle on the premises and located— (i) behind the street alignment and so as not be visible from a street or public place; or (ii) in such other position as is approved by the local government;