Local Government (Council Meetings) Local Law 2016
1754GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 March 2017
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 1754
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Local Government (Council Meetings) Local Law 2016.
1754 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 March 2017 (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 EHO. 8.3.9 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 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 8.3.10— (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 items other than personal effects— (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. 8.3.10 Approval for storage of food (1) An EHO 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 a nuisance or vector of disease infestation is found to exist in the (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 9.1.1 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 trades as defined by Section 186 of the Act; and premises include dwelling house. 9.1.2 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 application in the form prescribed in Schedule 10 and in accordance with the local government’s Local Planning Scheme. 9.1.3 False statement A person who makes a false statement in an application under clause 9.1.2 commits an offence. 9.1.4 Registration of premises An application for the registration of premises pursuant to Section 191 of the Act shall be— (a) in the form of Schedule 11.