Health Local Law 2017
94GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 9 January 2018
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94 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 9 January 2018 direct that the animal be examined by a registered veterinary officer and all steps taken to enable the condition to be controlled or eradicated or the animal destroyed and disposed of— (a) in the manner and within the time specified in the notice; and (b) by the person in whose possession, or upon whose premises, the animal is located. (2) A person who has in his or her possession or upon premises occupied by him or her, an animal which is the subject of a notice under sub-clause (1) shall comply with the terms of the notice. 108. Disposal of a body (1) An occupier of premises in or on which is located the body of a person who has died of an infectious disease shall, subject to sub-clause (2), cause the body to be buried or disposed of in such manner, within such time and with such precautions as may be directed by the Medical Officer. (2) A body shall not be removed from premises where death occurred except to a cemetery or morgue. 109. Local Government may carry out work and recover costs (a) a person is required under this Division or by a notice given under this Division, to carry out any work; and that person commits an offence and the local government may carry out the work or arrange for the work to be carried out by another. (2) The costs and expenses incurred by the local government in the execution of a power under this Division may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction from the person referred to in sub-clause (1)(a). referred to in sub-clause (1)(a) in relation to any action taken by the local government under this Division 2—Disposal of used condoms and needles 110. Disposal of used condoms (1) An occupier of premises on or from which used condoms are produced shall ensure that the condoms are— (a) placed in a sealed impervious container and disposed of in a sanitary manner; or (b) disposed of in such a manner as may be directed by the Manager Health and Compliance. (2) A person shall not dispose of a used condom in a public place except in accordance with 111. Disposal of used needles A person shall not dispose of a used hypodermic syringe or needle in a public place unless it is placed in an impenetrable, leak-proof container and deposited in a refuse receptacle. PART 8—LODGING HOUSES Division 1—Registration 112. Interpretation (1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires— “bed” means a single sleeping berth only. A double bed provided for the use of couples, shall have the same floor space requirements as two single beds; “bunk” means a sleeping berth comprising one of two arranged vertically; “dormitory” means a building or room utilised for sleeping purposes at a short term hostel; “keeper” means a person whose name appears on the register of keepers, in respect of a lodging house, as the keeper of that lodging house; “lodger” means a person who obtains, for hire or reward, board or lodging in a lodging house; “lodging house” includes a serviced apartment and a short term hostel; “manager” means a person duly appointed by the keeper in accordance with this Division to reside in, and have the care and management of, a lodging house; “register of lodgers” means the register kept in accordance with Section 157 of the Act and this Part; “resident” means a person, other than a lodger, who resides in a lodging house; “serviced apartment” means a lodging house in which each sleeping apartment, or group of sleeping apartments in common occupancy, is provided with its own sanitary conveniences and may have its own cooking facilities; and “short term hostel” means a lodging house where the period of occupancy of any lodger is not more than 14 consecutive days and shall include youth hostels and backpacker hostels. (2) Where in this Part an act is required to be done or forbidden to be done in relation to any lodging house, the keeper of the lodging house has, unless the contrary intention appears, the duty of causing to be done the act so required to be done, or of preventing from being done the act so forbidden to be done, as the case may be.