4554GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 August 2022

4554 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 August 2022 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. 8.6 Notification upon sale or transfer If the owner of accommodation house sells or transfers or agrees to sell or transfer the accommodation to another person, he or she shall, within 14 days of the date of sale, transfer or agreement, give to the Chief Executive Officer, in a form as determined by the local government from time to time, written notice of the full name, address and occupation of the person to whom the lodging house has been, or is to be, sold or transferred. 8.7 Revocation of registration Subject to subclause (3), the local government may, at any time, revoke the registration of accommodation for any reason which, in the opinion of the local government, justifies the revocation. Without limiting the generality of subclause (1), the local government may revoke a registration upon any one or more of the following grounds— that the accommodation has not, to the satisfaction of an Authorised Officer, been kept free from vectors of disease or in a clean, wholesome and sanitary condition; that the keeper has— (i) been convicted of an offence against these local laws in respect of the lodging house; or (ii) not complied with a requirement of this Part; or (iii) not complied with a condition of registration; that the local government, having regard to a report from the Police Service, is satisfied that the keeper or manager is not a fit and proper person; and that, by reason of alterations or additions or neglect to repair or renovate, the condition of the accommodation is such as to render it, in the opinion of an Authorised Officer, unfit to remain registered.