1554GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 27 June 2024

1554 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 27 June 2024 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 and wash trough provided with the communal facilities; and (ii) has a delivery rate of not less than 5 litres per minute for each washing machine or a higher delivery rate according to the manufacturer’s specifications; lodger means a person who obtains, for hire or reward, board or lodging in accommodation; lodging house includes a recreational campsite, a serviced apartment and a short-term hostel and has the same meaning as defined in Section 3 of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911; manager means a person duly appointed by the keeper in accordance with this division to reside in, and have the care and management of, accommodation; manufacturer’s specifications means a data sheet describing the technical characteristics of a product which is published by a manufacturer to help consumers use the product; recreational campsite means a lodging house— situated on a campsite principally used for— (i) recreational, sporting, religious, ethnic or educational pursuits, or (ii) conferences or conventions; and 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 this Part; register of keepers means a register by the local government in which is registered the names and residences of the keepers of all accommodation within its district and the situation of every such accommodation and the number of persons authorised by the local government to be resident therein; resident means a person, other than a lodger, who resides in accommodation; 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; short term hostel means a lodging house where the period of occupancy of any lodger is not more than 14 consecutive days and shall include youth hostels and backpacker hostels; sleeping apartment means a room used for lodgers to sleep in ; and vector of disease means an arthropod or rodent that transmits, by biological or mechanical means, an infectious agent from a source or reservoir to a person, and includes fleas, bedbugs, crab lice and head lice. 8.2 Accommodation not to be kept unless registered A person shall not keep or cause, suffer or permit to be kept accommodation unless— the accommodation is constructed in accordance with the requirements of this Part; the accommodation is registered by the local government under clause 8.4; and the name of the person keeping the accommodation is entered in the register of keepers. 8.3 Application for registration An application for registration of accommodation shall be— in the form as determined by the local government from time to time; duly completed and signed by the proposed keeper; and accompanied by— (i) the fee as fixed from time to time by the local government under Sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Local Government Act 1995; and (ii) detailed plans and specifications of the accommodation. 8.4 Certificate of Registration of accommodation The local government may approve, with or without conditions, an application under clause 8.3 by issuing to the applicant a Certificate of Registration of accommodation in a form as determined by the local government from time to time. 8.5 Renewal of registration A person who keeps accommodation which is registered under this Part shall— during the month of June in each year apply to the local government for the renewal of the registration of the accommodation; and pay the fee as fixed from time to time by the local government under Sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Local Government Act 1995 at the time of making each application for renewal.