1786GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 March 2017

1786 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 March 2017 occupier in relation to premises, means any or all of the following— (a) a person by whom or on whose behalf the premises are actually occupied; or (b) a person having the management or control of the premises; organic waste means waste that decomposes readily, such as garden waste or food waste; organic waste receptacle means a receptacle for the deposit and collection of organic waste; owner has the same meaning as in the LG Act; public place includes a place to which the public ordinarily have access, whether or not by payment of a fee; receptacle, means a receptacle— (a) that has been supplied for the use of the premises by the local government or its contractor, or which has otherwise been approved by the local government; and (b) the waste from which is collected and removed from the premises by the local government or its contractor; recycling waste receptacle means a receptacle for the deposit and collection of recycling waste; recycling waste means— (a) paper and cardboard; (b) plastic containers comprised of polyethylene terephthalate or high density polyethylene; (c) glass containers; (d) steel containers; (e) aluminium containers; (f) liquid paper board; and (g) any other waste determined by the local government to be recycling waste; specified means specified by the local government or an authorised person, as the case may be; street alignment means the boundary between the land comprising a street and the land that abuts the street; WARR Act means the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007; waste has the same meaning as in the WARR Act; waste facility means a waste facility, as defined in the WARR Act, that is operated by the local government; and waste service has the same meaning as in the WARR Act. (2) Where, in this local law, a duty or liability is imposed on an owner or occupier, or on an owner and occupier, the duty or liability is taken to be imposed jointly and severally on each of the owners or occupiers. 1.5 Local public notice of determinations Where, under this local law, the local government has a power to determine a matter— (a) local public notice, under section 1.7 of the LG Act, must be given of the matter determined; (b) the determination becomes effective only after local public notice has been given; (c) the determination remains in force for the period of one year after the date that local public notice has been given under paragraph (a); (d) after the period referred to in paragraph (c), the determination continues in force only if, and for so long as, it is the subject of local public notice, given annually, under section 1.7 of the LG Act; and (e) the determination must be recorded in a publicly accessible register of determinations that must be maintained by the local government. 1.6 Rates, fees and charges The local government’s powers to impose rates, fees and charges in relation to waste services are set out in sections 66 to 68 of the WARR Act and section 6.16 and 6.17 of the LG Act. 1.7 Power to provide waste services The local government’s power to provide, or enter into a contract for the provision of, waste services is dealt with in section 50 of the WARR Act. PART 2—LOCAL GOVERNMENT WASTE 2.1 Supply of receptacles (1) The local government is to supply, for the use of each premises that are, or are capable of being, occupied or used for residential purposes, one or more receptacles for the collection and removal, from those premises, of collectable waste. (2) The owner of premises to which subclause (1) applies must— (a) ensure that the fee or charge (if any) imposed by the local government in relation to each receptacle is paid to the local government; and (b) ensure that each receptacle is used, in respect of those premises, in accordance with this local law.