Shire of Williams Cat Local Law 2024
248GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 23 February 2024
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248 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 23 February 2024 This local law repeals the Shire of Williams Health Local Law 2000 clause 5.2.4. 1.5 Terms Used Cat Act 2011; applicant means the occupier of the premises who makes an application for a permit under this local law; application means an application for a permit; authorised person means a person authorised by the local government, under section 9.10 of the Local Government Act 1995 to perform the functions conferred on an authorised person under this local law; cat has the meaning given to it in the Act; cat management facility has the meaning given to it in the Act; cat prohibited area means an area as outlined in Schedule 3; cattery means any premises where more than 6 cats are kept, bred, boarded, housed, or trained temporarily, whether for profit or otherwise, and where the occupier of the premises is not the ordinary owner of the cats; effective control in relation to a cat means any of the following methods– (a) held by a person who is capable of controlling the cat; (b) securely tethered; (c) secured in a cage; or (d) any other means of preventing escape; grouped dwelling as defined by the Scheme; local government means the Shire of Williams; multiple dwelling as defined by the Scheme; nuisance means— (a) an activity or condition which is harmful or annoying and which gives rise to legal liability in the tort of public or private nuisance at law; (b) an unreasonable interference with the use and enjoyment of a person of his or her ownership or occupation of land; or (c) interference which causes material damage to land or other property on the land affected by the interference; occupier has the meaning given to it in the Local Government Act 1995; owner has the meaning given to it in the Act; permit means a permit issued by the local government under Part 3; permit holder means a person who holds a valid permit under Part 3; premises has the meaning given to it in the Act; public place means any place to which the public has lawful access; RSPCA means the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Inc) of Western Australia; scheme means a planning scheme of the local government made by it under the Planning and Development Act 2005 and its antecedents; set fee means fees and charges imposed and determined by the local government under and in accordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Local Government Act 1995; and townsite means the following townsites constituted under section 26(2) of the Land Administration Act 1997— (a) Williams; and (b) such portion of Quindanning townsite as is in the district.