Local Government Property Local Law 2016
5150GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 November 2016
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5150 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 November 2016 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 at such other intervals as may be approved or directed by an EHO; 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 smell or otherwise and so as to prevent the creation of a nuisance. 9.16 Specified offensive trades (1) For the purposes of this clause, specified offensive trade means one or more of the offensive trades carried on, in, or connected with, the following works or premises— (a) fish processing premises, fish curing premises, and shellfish and crustacean processing establishments; and (b) laundries, dry cleaning premises and dye works. (2) Where premises are used for, or in relation to, a specified offensive trade, the occupier shall— (a) cause the floor of the premises to— (i) be properly paved and drained with impervious material; (ii) have a smooth surface; and (iii) have a fall to a bucket trap or spoon drain in such a way that all liquids falling on the floor shall be conducted by the trap or drain to a drain inlet situated inside the building where the floor is situated; (b) cause the angles formed by the walls with any other wall, and by the wall with the floor, to be coved to a radius of not less than 25 millimetres; and (c) cause all liquid refuse to be— (i) cooled to a temperature not exceeding 26 degrees Celsius and in accordance with the Water Services Act 2012, before being discharged into any drain outlet from any part of the premises; and (ii) directed through such screening or purifying treatment as an EHO may from time to time direct. 9.17 Directions (1) An EHO may give to the occupier, directions to prevent or diminish the offensiveness of a trade or to safeguard the public health. (2) The occupier shall comply with any directions given under this clause. 9.18 Other duties of occupier In addition to the requirements of this Division, the occupier shall comply with all other requirements of this Part that apply to the particular offensive trade or trades conducted on the premises. Division 3—Fish premises 9.19 Interpretation fish premises may include a fish-processing establishment, fish curing establishment and a shellfish and crustacean-processing establishment. 9.20 Duties of an occupier The occupier of a fish premises shall— (a) not suffer or permit any decomposing fish to be kept on the premises where his trade is carried on for a longer period than is reasonably necessary to dispose of them; (b) cause all decomposing fish to be immediately deposited in an impervious receptacle furnished with an airtight cover; and (c) cause the brine of pickle to be removed as often as is necessary to prevent it from becoming offensive. 9.21 Disposal of waste The occupier of a fish premises shall cause all offal and wastes, all rejected and unsaleable fish and any rubbish or refuse which is likely to be offensive or a nuisance to be— (a) placed in the receptacles referred to in clause 9.14 and disposed of in accordance with that clause; or (b) kept in a frozen state in an approved enclosure before its removal from the premises.