4366GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 October 2016

4366 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 October 2016 (3) A lodger or resident who contracts with a keeper to service, clean or maintain a room occupied by him or her, shall maintain the room in a clean condition. 8.29 Cleaning and maintenance requirements (1) In this clause— bed linen includes sheets, pillow cases and mattress covers. (2) A keeper of a lodging house shall— (a) maintain in a clean, sound and undamaged condition— (i) the floor, walls, ceilings, woodwork and painted surfaces; (ii) the floor coverings and window treatments; and (iii) the toilet seats; (b) maintain in a clean condition and in good working order— (i) all fixtures and fittings; and (ii) windows, doors and door furniture; (c) ensure that the internal walls of each bathroom and toilet are painted so as to maintain a smooth impervious washable surface; (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, or prior to the room being re-let, 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 vectors of disease; (v) when any vectors of disease are found in a bed, furniture, room or sleeping apartment, immediate effective action is taken to eradicate the vectors of disease; and (vi) a room which is not free from vectors of disease is not used as a sleeping apartment; (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. 8.30 Responsibilities of lodgers and residents A lodger or resident shall not— (a) use any room available to lodgers— (i) as a shop, store or factory; or (ii) for manufacturing or trading services; (b) keep or store in or on the lodging house any goods or materials that are inflammable or offensive; (c) use a bath or hand wash basin other than for ablutionary purposes; (d) use a bathroom facility or fitting for laundry purposes; (e) use a sink installed in a kitchen or scullery for any purpose other than the washing and cleaning of cooking and eating utensils, other kitchenware and culinary purposes; (f) deposit rubbish or waste food other than into a proper rubbish receptacle; (g) in a kitchen or other place where food is kept— (i) wash or permit the washing of clothing or bedding; or (ii) keep or permit to be kept any soiled clothing or bedding; (h) subject to clause 8.31— (i) keep, store, prepare or cook food in any sleeping apartment; or (ii) unless sick or invalid and unable to leave a sleeping apartment for that reason, use a sleeping apartment for dining purposes; (i) place or keep, in any part of a lodging house, any luggage, clothing, bedding, or furniture that is infested with vectors of disease;