2514GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 April 2022

2514 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 April 2022 (3) In addition to clause 13.1 an application for approval under subclause (1) shall be accompanied by— (a) plans and specifications of the proposed piggery; (b) details of the approximate number of pigs to be kept; (c) details of the drainage and effluent disposal system to be installed; and (d) details of the method by which cleanliness of the piggery shall be maintained. (4) Notwithstanding subclause (1), an intensive piggery is to be registered under the Environmental Protection Regulations 1987— (a) Schedule 1, Part 1 (Category 2); or (b) Schedule 1, Part 2 (Category 69). 5.21 Buffer distances for piggeries (1) Subject to subclause (2), no premises shall be approved as a piggery with or without conditions by an authorised person unless every portion of such piggery complies with the following minimum separation distances – 1 2 3 4 5 6 Piggeries and facilities for Land used to dispose of raw or partly treated waste Land used to dispose of effectively treated waste more than 5000 pigs 500-4999 pigs 50-499 pigs less than 50 pigs Townsite boundaries 5000m 3000m 2000m 500m 1000m 200m Sensitive land use including isolated residences 1000m 1000m 1000m 1000m 1000m 50m Surface water supply catchments Not Not Not Not Not Not Water courses, lakes or wetlands 300m 300m 300m 300m 300m 100m Bores, wells, soaks for drinking water supply 300m 300m 300m 300m 300m 100m Stock irrigation supply 300m 300m 300m 300m 300m 100m Public roads, recreation areas 200m 150m 100m 50m 100m 20m Neighbouring rural property boundaries 50m 50m 50m 50m 300m 20m (2) Sites unable to satisfy the separation requirements may be approved with or without conditions on application to the Council. 5.22 Site requirements (1) The owner or occupier of premises shall take effective measures to prevent the discharge of dust, offensive fumes and effluent becoming a nuisance which may involve— (a) reducing the stock rate immediately to a level that does not cause the discharge of dust, odour or effluent; or (b) stabilisation of the soil surface to a level that does not cause the discharge of dust, odour or effluent; or (c) provision of adequate windbreaks to effectively prevent the discharge of dust. 5.23 Sties, enclosures or sheds (1) The occupier of every piggery shall provide either— (a) sties and enclosures; (b) enclosures; or (c) sheds; within which pigs shall be kept. (2) Where sties and enclosures are provided— (a) the floor of every sty shall be properly paved with impervious materials, and every such floor shall have sufficient fall to a surface gutter, which shall— (i) be constructed of similar materials;

5 April 2022 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2515 (ii) be not less than 300 millimetres wide and 75 millimetres deep in the centre of its width; (iii) extend the whole length of the sty; and (iv) have sufficient fall so that it shall discharge all liquids falling upon the floor or upon the gutter into an impervious sump of sufficient capacity to receive at least one day’s drainage; and (b) the area of every enclosure appurtenant to a sty or group of sties shall be not less than 3 times the area of the sty or group of sties to which it is appurtenant. (3) Where enclosures only are provided, then the fences of such enclosures shall be— (a) movable; and (b) moved and re-erected to enclose a new site whenever— (i) the ground within a site is becoming offensive; or (ii) the occupier is directed by written notice to do so by an authorised person. (4) Where one or more sheds are provided, then the floor of every shed shall— (a) comply with subclause (2)(a); (b) be maintained in a structurally sound and clean condition free of infestation with flies and other vectors of disease; and (c) be effectively drained and effluent waste removed so as to prevent a nuisance occurring. 5.24 Management of piggeries Unless otherwise provided for under this local law, piggeries are to be operated and managed in accordance with the— (a) National Environmental Guidelines for Indoor Piggeries (2018); or (b) National Environmental Guidelines for Rotational Outdoor Piggeries (2013). 5.25 Feed The occupier of any piggery shall not— (a) receive, or allow to be received on such premises, any carcass or part of a carcass of a diseased animal; (b) feed the pigs upon the flesh or offal of diseased animals; (c) receive or suffer or permit to be received on the premises, putrid matter for any purpose; and (d) receive or suffer or permit to be received on the premises, any kitchen, slaughterhouse or butcher’s wastes or other putrescible pig feed. 5.26 Fencing The occupier of every piggery shall securely fence all the enclosures. 5.27 Water supply The occupier of every piggery shall provide a sufficient and constant supply of clean water, which shall be properly protected against pollution and always available for cleansing purposes. 5.28 Feeding troughs (1) The occupier of every piggery shall— (a) where sties and enclosures are provided under the provisions of clause 5.23(2), provide feeding troughs in every sty, situated near to the drainage gutter or positioned to be accessible to the pigs in two or more sties or enclosures; (b) where enclosures are provided under the provisions of clause 5.23(3), provide feeding troughs in every such enclosure; (c) cause all feeding troughs, other than those provided in connection with movable enclosures, to be fixed upon a cement or concrete floor extending 1.2 metres in all directions from such trough, and designed to permit ready drainage; and (d) not permit pigs to be fed other than at the feeding troughs provided in accordance with this clause. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (1), where pigs are kept continually confined in fully enclosed pens, floor feeding with pellets or dry meal shall be permitted, in which case feeding troughs are not required to be provided. 5.29 Slaughtering The occupier of any piggery shall not permit any slaughtering of animals on the premises. Division 5—Bee keeping 5.30 Interpretation bee means an insect belonging to any of the various hymenopterous insects of the super family Apoidea and commonly known as bee; and hive means a moveable or fixed structure, container or object in which a colony of bees is kept.