Health Local Law 2018
774GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018
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774 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018 Food Standards Code means the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code as defined in the Commonwealth Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991; keeper means a person whose name appears on the register of keepers, in respect of accommodation, as the keeper of that accommodation; laundry unit means a facility consisting of— (a) a washing machine with a capacity of not less than 4 kilograms of dry clothing; (b) either an electric drying cabinet or not less than 30 metres of clothes line; (c) one wash trough of not less than 45 litres capacity, connected to both hot and cold water; and (d) A hot water system that— (i) is capable of delivering an adequate supply of water at a temperature of at least 65 degrees Celsius for each washing machine and wash trough provided with the communal facilities; and (ii) has a delivery rate of not less than 5 litres per minute for each washing machine or a higher delivery rate according to the manufacturer’s specifications; lodger means a person who obtains, for hire or reward, board or lodging in accommodation; lodging house includes a recreational campsite, a serviced apartment and a short term hostel and has the same meaning as defined in Section 3 of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911; manager means a person duly appointed by the keeper in accordance with this division to have the care and management of, accommodation; manufacturer’s specifications means a data sheet describing the technical characteristics of a product which is published by a manufacturer to help consumers use the product; recreational campsite means a lodging house— (a) situated on a campsite principally used for— (i) recreational, sporting, religious, ethnic or educational pursuits, or (ii) conferences or conventions; and (b) where the period of occupancy of any lodger is not more than 14 consecutive days, and includes youth camps, youth education camps, church camps and riding schools; but does not include a camp or caravan within the meaning of the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995; register of lodgers means the register kept in accordance with this Part; register of keepers means a register by the local government in which is registered the names and residences of the keepers of all accommodation within its district and the situation of every such accommodation and the number of persons authorised by the local government to be resident therein; resident means a person, other than a lodger, who resides in accommodation; serviced apartment means a lodging house in which each sleeping apartment, or group of sleeping apartments in common occupancy, is provided with its own sanitary conveniences and may have its own cooking facilities; short term hostel means a lodging house where the period of occupancy of any lodger is not more than 14 consecutive days and shall include youth hostels and backpacker hostels; sleeping apartment means a room used for lodgers to sleep in; and vector of disease means an arthropod or rodent that transmits, by biological or mechanical means, an infectious agent from a source or reservoir to a person, and includes fleas, bedbugs, crab lice and head lice. (2) Where in this Part an act is required to be done or forbidden to be done in relation to any lodging house, the keeper of the lodging house has, unless the contrary intention appears, the duty of causing to be done the act so required to be done, or of preventing from being done the act so forbidden to be done, as the case may be. 8.2 Accommodation not to be kept unless registered A person shall not keep or cause, suffer or permit to be kept accommodation unless— (a) the accommodation is constructed in accordance with the requirements of this Part; (b) the accommodation is registered by the local government under clause 8.4; (c) the name of the person keeping the accommodation is entered in the register of keepers; (d) in the case of holiday accommodation, a management plan is approved by the local government that includes— (i) a code of conduct detailing the expected behaviour and obligations of lodgers, which is also to be displayed within the premises; (ii) a complaints management procedure; (iii) details of lodger check-in and check-out procedures; (iv) details of waste management procedures; (v) an emergency management plan; and (vi) the keeper or manager’s mobile telephone number.