5148GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 November 2016

5148 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 November 2016 8.30 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 that 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 and 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 bedding; or (ii) keep or permit to be kept any soiled clothing or bedding; (h) subject to clause 8.31— (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, or furniture that is infested with 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 lodging house manager from inspecting or examining the room or rooms occupied by the lodger or resident; or (l) fix any fastener or change any lock to a door or room without the written approval of the keeper. 8.31 Approval for storage of food (1) An EHO may— (a) approve the storage of food within a refrigerator or sealed container in a sleeping apartment; and (b) withdraw the approval if a nuisance or vectors of disease infestation is found to exist in the lodging house. (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. PART 9—OFFENSIVE TRADES 9.1 Interpretation occupier in relation to premises includes the person registered as the occupier of the premises specified in the certificate of registration; offensive trade means any 1 or more of the trades, businesses or occupations usually carried on, in, or connected with, the following works or establishments— (a) fat rendering premises; (b) fish processing establishments (not including retail fish shops) in which whole fish are cleaned and prepared on site; (c) shellfish and crustacean processing establishments (not including retail fish shops) where shellfish and crustaceans are processed, cleaned or prepared on site; (d) flock factories; (e) laundries, dry cleaning premises; (f) fellmonger, not including a premises where pre-treated skins and hides are sorted and boxed for distribution; and (g) any trade as defined in section 186 of the Act; and premises includes houses. 9.2 Consent to establish an offensive trade A person seeking the consent of the local government under section 187 of the Act to establish an offensive trade shall make an application in the form approved by the local government from time to time and in accordance with the local government’s local planning scheme.