780GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018

780 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018 (d) ensure that all floors are kept clean at all times; (e) ensure that— (i) all bed linen, towels, and house linen in use is washed at least once a week; (ii) within a reasonable time of a bed having been vacated by a lodger or resident, the bed linen is removed and washed; (iii) a person does not occupy a bed which has been used by another person unless the bed has been provided with clean bed linen; (iv) all beds, bedsteads, blankets, rugs, covers, bed linen, towels and house linen are kept clean, in good repair and free from vectors of disease; (v) when any vectors of disease are found in a bed, furniture, room or sleeping apartment, immediate effective action is taken to eradicate the vectors of disease; and (vi) a room which is not free from vectors of disease is not used as a sleeping apartment; (f) when so directed by an Authorised Officer, ensure that— (i) a room, together with its contents, and any other part of the lodging house, is cleaned an disinfected; and (ii) a bed, or other article of furniture that is infested is removed from the lodging house and properly disposed of; (g) ensure that the yard is kept clean at all times; (h) provide all bedrooms, passages, common areas, toilets, bathrooms and laundries with adequate lighting; and (i) comply with any direction, whether orally or in writing, given by an Authorised Officer. 8.33 Responsibilities of lodgers and residents A lodger or resident shall not— (a) use any room available to lodgers— (i) as a shop, store or factory; or (ii) for manufacturing or trading services; (b) keep or store in or on the lodging house any goods or materials which are inflammable or offensive; (c) use a bath or hand wash basin other than for ablutionary purposes; (d) use a bathroom facility or fitting for laundry purposes; (e) use a sink installed in a kitchen or scullery for any purpose other than the washing and cleaning of cooking and eating utensils, other kitchenware or culinary purposes; (f) deposit rubbish or waste food other than into a proper rubbish receptacle; (g) in a kitchen or other place where food is kept— (i) wash or permit the washing of clothing or bed linen; or (ii) keep or permit to be kept any soiled clothing or bed linen; (h) subject to clause 8.34— (i) keep, store, prepare or cook food in any sleeping apartment; or (ii) unless sick or invalid and unable to leave a sleeping apartment for that reason, use a sleeping apartment for dining purposes; (i) place or keep, in any part of a lodging house, any luggage, clothing, bedding, bed linen or furniture, that is infested with vermin or vectors of disease; (j) store or keep such a quantity of furniture, material or goods within the lodging house— (i) in any kitchen, living or sleeping apartment so as to prevent the cleaning of the floors, walls, fittings or fixtures; or (ii) in a sleeping apartment so as to decrease the air space to less than the minimum required by this Part; (k) obstruct or prevent the keeper or manager from inspecting or examining the room or rooms occupied by the lodger or resident; and (l) fix any fastener or change any lock to a door or room without the written approval of the keeper. 8.34 Approval for the storage of food (1) An Authorised Officer may— (a) upon written application from a keeper, approve the storage of food within a refrigerator or sealed container in a sleeping apartment; and (b) withdraw the approval if any nuisance, vector of disease, vermin or infestation is found to exist in the accommodation. (2) The keeper of a serviced apartment may permit the storage and consumption of food within that apartment if suitable storage and dining facilities are provided.