Shire of Narrogin Health Local Law 2022
2522GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 April 2022
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2522 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 April 2022 (b) the owner or occupier of the insanitary thing to destroy or amend it. 9.4 Persons in contact with an infectious disease sufferer If a person in any dwelling house is, or is suspected of, suffering from an infectious disease, any occupant of the dwelling house or any person who enters or leaves the dwelling house may by direction in writing— (a) be removed to isolation in an appropriate place to prevent or minimise the risk of the infection spreading; and (b) if so removed, shall remain in that place until the authorised person otherwise directs in writing. 9.5 Declaration of infected dwelling house or premises (1) To prevent or check the spread of infectious disease, an authorised person may from time to time declare any dwelling house or premises to be infected. (2) A person shall not enter or leave any dwelling house or premises declared to be infected without the written consent of an authorised person. 9.6 Destruction of infected animals An authorised person, upon being satisfied that an animal is or may be infected or is liable to be infected or to convey infection may, by written notice require— (a) that the animal be examined by a registered veterinary officer; and (b) all steps taken to enable the condition to be controlled or eradicated; or (c) the animal be destroyed and disposed of. 9.7 Disposal of a body (1) An occupier of premises in or on which is located the body of a person who has died of an infectious disease shall, subject to subclause (2), cause the body to be buried or disposed of in such manner, within such time and with such precautions as may be directed by written notice given by an authorised (2) A body shall not be removed from premises where death occurred except to a cemetery or morgue. 9.8 Disposal of used condoms (1) An occupier of premises on or from which used condoms are produced shall ensure that the condoms are— (a) placed in a sealed impervious container and disposed of in a sanitary manner; or (b) disposed of in such a manner as may be directed by written notice given by an authorised (2) A person shall not dispose of a used condom in a public place except in accordance with subclause (1). 9.9 Disposal of used needles A person shall not dispose of a used hypodermic syringe or needle in a public place unless it is placed in an impenetrable, leak–proof container deposited in a refuse receptacle. PART 10—LODGING HOUSES Division 1—Registration 10.1 Interpretation (1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires— accommodation means one or more buildings used for boarding purposes referred to in this Part; bed and breakfast means a dwelling house used by a resident of the dwelling house to provide short-term accommodation on a commercial basis for not more than four adults or one family, and contains not more than two guest bedrooms; bunk means a sleeping berth comprising one of two arranged vertically; dormitory means a building or room utilised for sleeping purposes at a short term hostel or recreational campsite; Food Standards Code means the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code as defined in the Commonwealth Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991; holiday accommodation excludes buildings on a caravan park, excludes a lodging house, and means a building where the period of occupancy of any lodger is not more than 14 consecutive days and includes a bed and breakfast, chalet, cottage or holiday house; keeper means a person whose name appears on the register of keepers, in respect of accommodation, as the keeper of that accommodation; 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 Act; 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;