Private Property Local Law 2016
798GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 January 2017
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798 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 January 2017 (d) ensure that all floors are kept clean at all times; (e) ensure that— (i) all bed linen, towels, and house linen in use are washed at least once a week; (ii) within a reasonable time of a bed having been vacated by a lodger or resident, the bed linen is removed and washed; (iii) a person does not occupy a bed which has been used by another person unless the bed has been provided with clean bed linen; (iv) all beds, bedsteads, blankets, rugs, covers, bed linen, towels and house linen are kept clean, in good repair and free from vermin and vectors of disease; and (v) when any vector of disease are found in a bed, furniture, room or sleeping apartment, immediate effective action is taken to eradicate the insect(s); (f) when so directed by an Environmental Health Officer, ensure that— (i) a room, together with its contents, and any other part of the lodging house, is cleaned and disinfected; and (ii) a bed or other article of furniture is removed from the lodging house and properly disposed of; (g) ensure that the yard is kept clean at all times; (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 Environmental Health Officer. PART 9—OFFENSIVE TRADES 9.1 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 one or more of the trades, businesses or occupations as defined by section 186 of the Act; and premises means those premises in or upon which an offensive trade is carried on and includes house. 9.2 Consent to establish an offensive trade (1) A person seeking the consent of the local government under section 187 of the Act to establish an offensive trade must— (a) advertise notice of his intention to apply for consent in accordance with clause 9.3; and (b) lodge with the local government an application in the approved form. (2) A person who makes a false statement in an application under this clause commits an offence. 9.3 Notice of application A notice required under clause 9.2 must— (a) contain the name and address of the person who intends to make the application; (b) contain a description of the nature of the offensive trade; (c) contain details of the premises in or upon which it is proposed to carry on the proposed trade; and (d) appear in a Perth daily newspaper advising the public that they have 30 days to lodge any objection with the local government. 9.4 Registration of premises An application for the registration of premises pursuant to section 191 of the Act must be— (a) submitted on the approved form; (b) accompanied by the fee prescribed in the Health (Offensive Trades Fees) Regulations 1976; and (c) lodged with the local government. 9.5 Conditions of Consent In granting consent under section 187 of the Act, the local government may impose reasonable conditions of consent including, without limitation, conditions relating to— (a) site requirements; (b) building fitout specifications; (c) ventilation; (d) effluvia, vapours and gases; (e) rodents and other vectors of disease; (f) sanitary convenience; (g) effluent and rubbish disposal.