1556GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 27 June 2024

1556 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 27 June 2024 8.13 Cooking facilities The keeper of accommodation where meals are prepared shall provide a kitchen with cooking appliances of a number and type approved by an Authorised Officer. 8.14 Dining room The keeper of a lodging house shall provide in that lodging house a dining room located in close proximity to, or combined with, the kitchen— the floor area of which shall be not less than the greater of— (i) 0.5 square metres per person; or (ii) 10 square metres; and which shall be— (i) adequately furnished to accommodate, at any one time, half of the number of lodgers; and (ii) provided with a suitable floor covering. 8.15 Lounge room The keeper of a lodging house shall provide in that lodging house a lounge room— with a floor area of— (i) where the lounge is not combined with the dining room—not less than 0.6 square metres per person; or (ii) where the lounge room is combined with a dining room—not less than 1.2 square metres per person; (iii) but in either case having a minimum of 13 square metres; and (iv) which shall be adequately furnished to accommodate, at any one time, half the number of lodgers and provided with a suitable floor covering. 8.16 Fire prevention and control A keeper shall— ensure smoke alarms complying with AS 3786 are installed on or near the ceiling in every bedroom and in every corridor or hallway associated with a bedroom, or if there is no corridor or hallway, in an area between the bedrooms and the remainder of the building as required by the Building Code; ensure that there is installed in each passage or corridor in the lodging house a smoke alarm incorporating evacuation lighting which is activated by the smoke alarm as required by the Building Code; provide evacuation lighting if required by the Building Code to be kept separate from the general lighting system and kept illuminated during the hours of darkness; provide an approved fire blanket positioned within 2 metres of the cooking area in each kitchen; ensure if required by the Building Code that illuminated exit signs are installed above exit doorways which comply with AS 2293.1 and which are maintained in good working order at all times; and provide firefighting equipment in accordance with the requirements of the Building Code and ensure that the equipment is clearly visible, accessible and maintained in good working order at all times. No person shall smoke in any dormitory, kitchen or dining room or other enclosed public place within a lodging house. A keeper shall ensure that any items which are likely to cause a fire hazard are not located within bedrooms or dormitories of a lodging house. The keeper of a lodging house which is a recreational campsite or short term hostel, but not a serviced apartment, shall ensure that materials used in bedrooms and dormitory area comply with AS 1530.2 and AS 1530.3 as updated from time to time. 8.17 Obstruction of passages and stairways A keeper shall not cause, suffer or permit furniture, fittings or other things to be placed either temporarily or permanently in or on— a stairway, stair landing, fire escape, window or common passageway; or part of the lodging house in common use or intended or adapted for common use, in such a manner as to form an obstruction to the free passage of lodgers, residents or persons in or occupying the lodging house. 8.18 Fitting of locks A person shall not fit, or cause or permit to be fitted, to an exit door a lock or other device that prevents the door being opened from within a lodging house.