Health Local Law 2018
782GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018
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782 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 March 2018 (d) keep in a clean and tidy condition all yards, footpaths, passage ways, paved areas, stores or outbuildings used in connection with the premises; and (e) clean daily and at all times keep and maintain all sanitary conveniences and all sanitary fittings and grease traps on the premises in a clean and sanitary condition. 9.10 Rats and other vectors of disease (a) ensure that the premises are kept free from vermin, rodents, cockroaches, flies and other vectors of disease; and (b) provide in and on the premises effective means and methods for the eradication and prevention of vermin, rodents, cockroaches, flies and other vectors of disease. 9.11 Sanitary conveniences and hand wash basins The occupier shall provide on the premises in an approved position sufficient sanitary conveniences and hand wash basins, each with an adequate supply of hot and cold water for use by employees and by all other persons lawfully upon the premises. 9.12 Painting of walls etc. The occupier shall cause the internal surface of every wall, the underside of every ceiling or roof and all fittings as may be directed in and on the premises to be cleaned and painted when instructed by an Authorised Officer. 9.13 Effluvia, vapours or gases The occupier shall provide, use and maintain in a state of good repair and working order, appliances capable of effectively destroying or of rendering harmless all offensive effluvia, vapours or gases arising in any process of his or her business or from any material, residue or other substance which may be kept or stored upon the premises. 9.14 Offensive material (a) provide on the premises impervious receptacles of sufficient capacity to receive all offensive material and trade refuse produced upon the premises in any one day; (b) keep airtight covers on the receptacles, except when it is necessary to place something in or remove something from them; (c) cause all offensive material and trade refuse to be placed immediately in the receptacles; (d) cause the contents of the receptacles to be removed from the premises at least once in every working day or other interval as may be directed by an Authorised Officer; and (e) cause all receptacles after being emptied to be cleaned immediately with an efficient disinfectant. 9.15 Storage of materials The occupier shall cause all material on the premises to be stored so as not to be offensive or injurious to health whether by inhalation or otherwise and so as to prevent the creation of a nuisance. 9.16 Directions An Authorised Officer may give to the occupier directions to prevent or diminish the offensiveness of a trade or to safeguard the public health. Division 3—Fat Rendering Establishments 9.17 Interpretation fat rendering establishments means a premises where edible fats including suet, dripping or premier jus are rendered down by any heat processing method; and occupier means the occupier of any premises on which the trade of fat rendering is carried on. 9.18 Ventilation The occupier shall provide and maintain— (a) a hood which shall— (i) be of an approved design and construction; (ii) be situated so as to arrest all effluvia, odours and smoke from the process of fat rendering; and (iii) extend a minimum of 150 millimetres beyond the length of each appliance; and (b) an exhaust ventilation system— (i) the point of discharge of which shall be at least 1 metre above the ridge of a pitched roof or 3 metres above a flat roof and shall not be located within 6 metres of an adjoining property or any fresh air intake; and (ii) which shall discharge in such manner and in such a position that no nuisance is created.