5806GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 20 December 2016

5806 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 20 December 2016 (2) A person shall not dispose of a used condom in a public place except in accordance with 7.10 Disposal of used needles A person shall not dispose of a used hypodermic syringe or needle in a public place unless it is placed in an impenetrable, leak-proof container and deposited in a refuse receptacle. PART 8—LODGING HOUSES Division 1—Registration 8.1 Interpretation (1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires— bed means a single sleeping berth only, and a double bed provided for the use of couples has the same floor space requirements as 2 single beds; bunk means a sleeping berth comprising 1 of 2 beds arranged vertically; dormitory means a building or room utilised for sleeping purposes at a short term hostel or a recreational campsite; Food Standards Code means the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code as defined in the Commonwealth Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991; keeper means a person whose name appears on the register of keepers, in respect of a lodging house, as the keeper of that lodging house; laundry unit means a group of facilities consisting of— (a) a washing machine with a capacity of not less than 4 kilograms weight of dry clothing; (b) 1 wash trough of not less than 36 litres capacity, connected to both hot and cold water; (c) either an electric drying cabinet or not less than 30 metres of clothes line; and (d) a hot water system that— (i) is capable of delivering an adequate supply of water at a temperature of at least 65 degrees Celsius for each washing machine provided with the communal facilities; and (ii) has a delivery rate of not less than 0.076 litres per second to each washing machine; lodger means a person who obtains, for hire or reward, board or lodging in a lodging house; lodging house includes a recreational campsite, a serviced apartment, a short term hostel and any premises used for transient workforce accommodation; lodging house manager means a person duly appointed by the keeper in accordance with this Division to reside in, and have the care and management of, a lodging house; recreational campsite means a lodging house— (a) situated on a campsite principally used for— (i) recreational, sporting, religious, ethnic or educational pursuits; or (ii) conferences or conventions; and (b) where the period of occupancy of any lodger is not more than 14 consecutive days, and includes youth camps, youth education camps, church camps and riding schools but does not include a camp or caravan within the meaning of the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995; register of lodgers means the register kept in accordance with section 157 of the Act and this Part; resident means a person other than a lodger, who resides in a lodging house; serviced apartment means a lodging house in which each sleeping apartment, or group of sleeping apartments in common occupancy, is provided with its own sanitary conveniences and may have its own cooking facilities; and short term hostel means a lodging house where the period of occupancy of any lodger is not more than 14 consecutive days and includes a youth hostel or a backpacker hostel. (2) Where in this Part an act is required to be done or forbidden to be done in relation to any lodging house, the keeper of the lodging house has, unless the contrary intention appears, the duty of causing the act to be done, or of preventing the act so forbidden from being done, as the case may be. 8.2 Lodging house not to be kept unless registered A person shall not keep or cause or allow to be kept a lodging house unless— (a) the lodging house is constructed in accordance with the requirements of this Part; (b) the lodging house is registered by the local government under clause 8.4; (c) the name of the person keeping or proposing to keep the lodging house is entered in the register of keepers; and (d) when required by the local government either— (i) the keeper; or