894GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 25 January 2017

894 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 25 January 2017 (b) properly treat all nests of Argentine Ants with an approved residual based insecticide; and (c) whenever required by an Environmental Health Officer— (i) treat any area or infestation with an insecticide referred to in paragraph (b); and (ii) remove any objects, including timber, firewood, compost or pot plants in accordance with a direction from the Environmental Health Officer. Division 6—European wasps 6.18 Interpretation European wasp means a wasp Vespula germanica. 6.19 Measures to be taken to keep premises free from European wasp nests (1) An owner or occupier of premises shall ensure that the premises are kept free from European Wasp nests and shall— (a) follow any direction of an Environmental Health Officer for the purpose of destroying the European Wasps and their nest; and (b) assist an Environmental Health Officer to trace any nest that may be present in, on or about the premises. Division 7—Arthropod vectors of disease 6.20 Interpretation arthropod vectors of disease includes— (a) fleas (Siphonaptera); (b) bedbugs (Cimex lectularius); (c) crab lice (Phthirius pubis); (d) body lice (Pediculus humanus humanus); and (e) head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis). 6.21 Responsibility of the owner or occupier The owner or occupier of premises shall— (a) keep the premises and any person residing in or on the premises, free from any arthropod vectors of disease; and (b) comply with the direction of an Environmental Health Officer to treat the premises, or anything on the premises, for the purpose of destroying any arthropod vectors of disease. PART 7—INFECTIOUS DISEASES Division 1—General provisions 7.1 Requirements for an owner or occupier to clean, disinfect and disinfest. (1) The local government or an Environmental Health Officer may, by notice in writing, direct an owner or occupier of premises, within the time and in the manner specified in the notice, to clean, disinfect and disinfest— (a) the premises; or (b) such things in or on the premises as are specified in the notice, or both, to the satisfaction of an Environmental Health Officer. (2) An owner or occupier shall comply with a notice given under subclause (1). 7.2 Direction to disinfect or disinfest premises (1) Where the Chief Executive Officer or the Medical Officer is satisfied that any case of infectious disease has occurred on any premises, the Chief Executive Officer or the Medical Officer may direct an owner or occupier to disinfect and disinfest the premises or any part of the premises and anything in or on the premises. (2) Where in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer or the Medical Officer, where the owner or occupier directed in subclause (1) does not disinfect or disinfest the premises in a reasonable period or where as a matter of urgency, the premises or any part of the premises and anything in or on the premises must be disinfected or disinfested. An owner or occupier of premises shall permit, and provide access to enable, an Environmental Health Officer, other local government officer or other person to carry out the direction given under subclause (1); (3) The local government may recover, in a court of competent jurisdiction, the cost of carrying out the work under this clause from the owner or occupier of the premises in or on which the work was carried out. (4) The local government shall not be liable to pay compensation or damages of any kind to the owner