794GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 January 2017

794 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 January 2017 8.5 Renewal of registration A person who keeps a lodging house which is registered under this Part must— (a) during the month of June in each year apply to the local government for the renewal of the registration of the lodging house; and (b) pay the approved fee at the time of making each application for renewal. 8.6 Notification upon sale or transfer If the owner of a lodging house sells or transfers or agrees to sell or transfer the lodging house to another person, he or she must, within 14 days of the date of sale, transfer or agreement, give to the local government, written notice of the full name, address and occupation of the person to whom the lodging house has been, or is to be, sold or transferred. 8.7 Revocation of registration (1) Subject to subclause (3), the local government may, at any time, revoke the registration of a lodging house for any reason which, in the opinion of the local government, justifies the revocation. (2) Without limiting the generality of subclause (1), the local government may revoke a registration upon any one or more of the following grounds (a) that the lodging house has not, to the satisfaction of the local government, been kept free from vermin or vectors of disease or remained clean; (b) that the keeper has— (i) been convicted of an offence against this local law in respect of the lodging house; (ii) not complied with a requirement of this Part; or (iii) not complied with a condition of registration; (c) that the local government, having regard to a report from the Police, is satisfied that the keeper or manager is not a fit and proper person; and (d) that by reason of alterations or additions or neglect to repair and renovate, the condition of the lodging house is such as to render it, in the opinion of the local government, unfit to remain registered. (3) Before revoking the registration of a lodging house under this local law, the local government must give notice to the keeper requiring him or her, within a time specified in the notice, to show cause why the registration should not be revoked. (4) Whenever the local government revokes the registration of a lodging house, it must give the keeper notice of the revocation and the registration must be revoked as from the date on which the notice is served on the keeper. Division 2—Construction and use requirements 8.8 General construction requirements The construction of a lodging house must comply with the Building Code. 8.9 Sanitary conveniences (1) A keeper must maintain in good working order and condition and in convenient positions on the premises— (a) toilets; and (b) bathrooms, each fitted with a hand wash basin and either a shower or bath, in accordance with the requirements of the Building Code. (2) A bathroom or toilet which is used as a private bathroom or toilet to the exclusion of other lodgers or residents must not be counted for the purposes of subclause (1). (3) Each bath, shower and hand wash basin must be provided with an adequate supply of hot and cold water. (4) The walls of each shower and bath must be of an impervious material to a minimum height of 1.8m above the floor level. (5) Each toilet and bathroom must— (a) be so situated, separated and screened as to ensure privacy; (b) have a distinct sign displayed in a prominent position denoting the sex for which the toilet or bathroom is provided; and (c) be provided with adequate electric lighting and ventilation. (6) Paragraph (b) of subclause (5) does not apply to a serviced apartment. 8.10 Laundry A keeper must— (a) provide on the premises for the use of each 15 lodgers, a laundry containing one washing machine, one wash trough and, one electrical dryer or 30m of clothes line; (b) at all times maintain each laundry in a proper sanitary condition and in good repair; (c) provide an adequate supply of hot and cold water to each wash trough, sink and washing machine; and (d) ensure that the floor area of each laundry is properly surfaced with an even fall to a floor waste.