Private Property Local Law 2016
816GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 January 2017
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816 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 January 2017 5.3 Responsibilities of users of a community facility A person while in the pool premises or community facility must not— (a) smoke, consume foodstuffs or drinks in any specific area in which smoking or food consumption is prohibited; (b) climb up or upon any roof, fence, wall or partition on the pool premises or community facility; or (c) whilst suffering from a contagious, infectious or cutaneous disease or whilst in an unclean condition, enter or use or attempt to enter or use the pool premises or community facility. Division 2—Beaches, Dunes and Groynes 5.4 Interpretation bait means food, or other substance, used as a lure in fishing; beach means and includes that part of the Indian Ocean foreshore area to the west of the western boundary of Challenger Drive and West Coast Highway; berley means any substance used for the attraction of fish; fish has the meaning given to it by section 4 of the Fish Resources Management Act 1994; fishing means to use any line, lure, rod or pot for the purpose of catching fish; fishing net means any fishing net other than a— (a) hand scoop or hand dip net; (b) prawn hand trawl net; or (c) complying drop net; patrolled area means any part of the beach which is for the time being under the supervision of members of the Surf Life Saving Association of Western Australia, a surf life saving club or an Authorised Person; personal watercraft means any vessel designed for the transport of 1, 2, or 3 persons that— (a) is propelled by means of an inboard motor powering a water jet pump; and (b) is designed to be steered by means of handlebars by a person sitting, standing or kneeling on the vessel and not within it; sand board means a board or device used for sliding down a slope of land, and sand boarding has a correlative meaning; shark means all sharks except those species identified as totally protected fish in Schedule 2 Part 2 Division 2 of the Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995; surfing appliance means any device, toy or equipment used to or assist a person in moving in or across waves or the water surface, and includes a surfboard, boogey board, windsurfer, kite surfer, wave ski, canoe, inflatable toy or similar device but not a boat; surf life saving club means a lifesaving club affiliated with the Surf Life Saving Association of Western Australia or any branch; surf life saving equipment means any equipment or appliances for use in the provision of life saving or for training of life saving club members in their duties; surf life saving patrol means a patrol comprising such members of a surf life saving club as are appointed by that club from time to time to provide life saving services in a defined area and the term includes an employee of the local government appointed as a beach patrol officer or inspector; surf patrol flag means a flag or notice erected at the limits of a bathing area to indicate the extremities of that patrolled area. 5.5 Sand dune protection (a) use a sandboard or any other board or thing to slide down sand dunes; (b) take onto any sand dunes a sandboard or other thing used for sliding down sand dunes; (c) traverse sand dunes except along pathways designated by signs or fences for the purpose; or (d) unless authorised to do so in the course of their duties, or otherwise permitted by a sign, take a vehicle of any kind onto any beach or sand dune. 5.6 Boat launching (1) A person must not launch a boat into the sea other than at a boat launching ramp designed, constructed and approved for the purpose, or from the beach where this activity is permitted and designated by signs. (2) A person must not launch a personal water craft into the sea other than at a boat launching ramp designed, constructed and approved for the purpose. (3) Sub clauses (1) and (2) do not apply to any member of a surf life saving club or life saving patrol in the course of their duties, training or in competition.