Private Property Local Law 2016
800GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 January 2017
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800 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 January 2017 PART 10—MORGUES 10.1 Licensing of Morgues (1) A person must not occupy or use or cause, suffer, or permit to be occupied or used any premises for the temporary reception and keeping of the bodies of the dead awaiting burial or cremation unless and until the premises are licensed, in accordance with the provisions of this Part. (2) The proprietor of any premises for the temporary reception and keeping of the bodies of the dead awaiting burial or cremation seeking the issue of a licence must make application on the approved form and must forward the application to the local government together with the approved fee. (3) A licence in the form approved by the local government must be valid from the date of issue until the following 30th day of June. (4) A licence must not be granted in respect of any premises unless— (a) provision has been made for the keeping of the bodies of the dead at a temperature not exceeding zero degrees Celsius; (b) the walls are constructed of stone or brickwork or other approved material; (c) the interior surface of all walls is covered with glazed tiles or is rendered impervious so as to be non-absorbent and washable; (d) all floors are constructed of an impervious material, having a fall to an outlet discharging over a trapped gully; and (e) the premises are adequately ventilated directly to the outside air. PART 11—OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 11.1 Offences A person who fails to do anything required or directed to be done under this local law, or who does anything which under this local law a person is prohibited from doing, commits an offence. 11.2 Penalties A person who commits an offence under clause (1) is liable to— (a) a penalty which is not more than $2,500 and not less than— (i) in the case of a first such offence, $250; (ii) in the case of a second such offence, $500; and (iii) in the case of a third or subsequent such offence, $1,250; and (b) if the offence is a continuing offence, a daily penalty which is not more than $250 and not less than $125. ———— Consented to— TARUN WEERAMANTHRI, Executive Director Public Health.
24 January 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 801 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC PROPERTY LOCAL LAW 2016 1.7 Interpretation PART 2—DETERMINATIONS IN RESPECT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND BUILDINGS Division 1—Determinations 2.1 Determinations as to use of local government property and buildings 2.2 Procedure for making a determination 2.3 Discretion to erect sign 2.4 Determination to be complied with 2.5 Register of determinations 2.6 Amendment or revocation of a determination Division 2—Activities which may be pursued or prohibited under a determination 2.7 Activities which may be pursued on specified local government property and buildings 2.8 Activities which may be prohibited on specified local government property and buildings 2.9 Signs taken to be determinations Division 1—Preliminary 3.1 Application of Part Division 2—Applying for a permit 3.2 Application for permit 3.3 Decision on application for permit Division 3—Conditions 3.4 Conditions which may be imposed on a permit 3.5 Imposing conditions under a policy 3.6 Compliance with and variation of conditions Division 4—General 3.7 Duration of permit 3.8 Renewal of permit 3.9 Transfer of permit