2752GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 31 July 2018

2752 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 31 July 2018 5.2.5 Disposal of dead animals (1) An owner or occupier of premises on which there is a dead animal shall immediately remove the carcass and arrange for its disposal at an approved disposal site. (2) An owner, or a person having the care of any animal that dies or is killed in a public or private place, shall immediately remove the carcass and arrange for its disposal at an approved disposal site. (3) The requirements of subclauses (1) and (2) shall not limit the practice by farmers, pastoralists and the like of disposing of carcasses on rural land in a manner that is not likely to pollute or be dangerous or injurious to health. (4) An owner or operator of a veterinary practice where dead animals are kept for more than 12 hours shall refrigerate the carcass prior to its removal and disposal, at an approved disposal site. Division 3—Keeping of Large Animals 5.3.1 Interpretation approved animal includes a horse, cow, or other large animal the subject of an approval by the local government under clause 5.3.2; cow includes an ox, calf or bull; horse includes an ass, mule, donkey or pony; and other large animal includes a pig, sheep, goat, deer or camel, cow, horse, lama, emu, ostrich or the like. 5.3.2 Conditions for keeping of an animal (1) An owner or occupier of premises, within a townsite shall not keep a horse, cow, other large animal, more than 3 sheep or more than 3 goats on those premises without approval of the local government. (2) An owner or occupier of premises shall not keep within a townsite an approved large animal or specified number of sheep or goats unless— (a) the premise has an area of not less than 0.2 hectares of alienated land; and (b) the approved animal does not approach within 30 metres of a dwelling or place where food is stored, manufactured, processed, served or exposed for sale. (3) The owner or occupier wanting to keep more than the above number of animals, on a block of land 0.2 hectares or larger and within a townsite, can do so only by obtaining the written approval of the local government. The approval will stipulate the maximum number of animals that may be kept. The number of animals will be calculated using the following— (a) 4 large animals and 2 of their offspring up to the age of twelve months; or (b) 12 sheep or 12 goats per 0.2 hectares or part thereof. 5.3.3 Stables (1) An owner or occupier of premises within a townsite, who keeps an approved animal shall provide a stable which shall comply with the requirements of the Building Code, and which— (a) is not situated within 30 metres of a house or other premises; (b) has adequate space for each animal; (c) is constructed of weatherproof materials and of a design which provides adequate protection from the elements; (d) provides adequate natural ventilation; and (e) subject to subclause (2), has a floor, the upper surface of which shall— (i) be at least 75 millimetres above the surface of the ground; (ii) be constructed of cement, concrete, or other similar impervious material approved by an Authorised Officer; and when required; (iii) have a fall ratio 1:100 which effectively drains liquid wastes into a trapped gully situated outside the stable and shall discharged in a manner approved by local government. (2) The construction of a stable with a sand floor may be permitted, subject to the following conditions— (a) the site must be well drained with the highest known water table no closer than 1.5 metres below the ground or sand floor level, which may be achieved artificially; (b) a 300 millimetres of thick bed of aggregate approved by an Authorised Officer, shall be laid under the sand of the stable; (c) sand, whether natural or imported, it must be clean, coarse, free from dust and prevent pooling of liquids; (d) footings to each stable shall be a minimum of 450 millimetres below ground level; (e) the stable design must facilitate suitable access for cleaning and removal of waste materials and replenishment of clean sand; (f) the minimum floor area of each stall shall be not less than 28 square metres and walls shall not be less than 3 metres vertically or 4 metres horizontally;