2520GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 April 2022

2520 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 April 2022 7.13 Requirements for keeping pigeons (1) An owner or occupier of land in a townsite shall not keep pigeons without the approval of an authorised person. (2) An authorised person may approve the keeping of pigeons, subject to conditions that may include but are not limited to— (a) no pigeon is able to approach within 15 metres of a dwelling house, public building or premises where people are employed or where food is stored, prepared, manufactured or sold; (b) except where homing pigeons are freed for exercise, the pigeons are kept in a properly constructed pigeon loft that is in a yard having an otherwise unobstructed area of at least 30 square metres; and (c) pigeons are kept in accordance with the Code of Practice for Pigeon Keeping and Racing in Western Australia. 7.14 Restrictions on pigeon nesting or perching An authorised person may give written notice to an owner or occupier of a house or other structure in or on which pigeons are, or are in the habit of, nesting or perching so as to create a nuisance to take adequate steps to prevent them continuing to do so. 7.15 Restrictions on feeding wild birds (1) A person shall not feed a pigeon, dove, seagull, ibis, raven or other wild bird— (a) so as to cause a nuisance or be injurious or dangerous to health; or (b) with a food or substance that is not a natural food of a bird. (2) Where an authorised person forms the opinion that a person has not complied with subclause (1) the authorised person may give a person written notice requiring the person to clean up and properly dispose of any feed or waste products specified in the notice. PART 8—PEST CONTROL 8.1 Interpretation Argentine ant means an ant belonging to the species Limepithema humile (formerly Iridomyrmex humilis); arthropod vectors of disease includes— (a) fleas (Siphonaptera); (b) bedbugs (Cimex lectularius); (c) crab lice (Phthirus pubis); (d) body lice (Pediculus humanus var. corporis); and (e) head lice (Pediculus humanus var. capitis); cockroach means any of the various orthopterous insects commonly known as cockroaches; European wasp means a wasp Vespula germanica; flies means any of the two-winged insects constituting the order Diptera commonly known as flies; mosquitoes means any of the two-winged insects constituting the family Diptera Culicidae commonly known as mosquitoes; and rodents means those animals belonging to the order Rodentia and includes rats and mice but does not include native rodents, laboratory bred rats and mice or animals (other than rats) kept as pets in an enclosure designed for the purpose of keeping as pets animals of that kind. 8.2 Measures to be taken for control of flies Owners and occupiers of any land within the district that is breeding flies, or that is likely to breed flies, are to comply with the requirements of the Fly Eradication Regulations. 8.3 Measures to be taken to prevent breeding of mosquitoes (1) An owner or occupier of premises shall take effective measures to ensure that the premises are kept free from possible mosquito breeding sites and shall— (a) take all reasonable steps to— (i) control the prevalence of mosquitoes; (ii) eradicate mosquitos; and (iii) effectively prevent the breeding of mosquitoes; and (b) assist an authorised person to locate any possible mosquito breeding sites that may be present in or about the premises. (2) An owner or occupier of premises shall— (a) where water is kept in a horse trough, poultry drinking container or other receptacle— (i) frequently change the water; and (ii) keep the water clean and free from vegetable matter and slime;