Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The occupier of
premises shall at all times take effective action to destroy any rats or mice
on the premises.
(2) The occupier of
premises, including a casual resident, shall not place, throw, leave or suffer
to remain on the premises any refuse, waste food, or other waste matter or
thing which would have a tendency to encourage or attract rats to visit or
frequent premises, or to afford shelter for rats.
(3) The occupier of
premises shall ensure that materials on the premises are stacked, stored,
arranged or protected in such a way as not to afford shelter for rats.
(4) The occupier of
premises shall not keep or allow to remain on premises any refuse, waste food,
edible trade waste, or food intended for birds or other animals, or similar
material, unless it is contained in rat‑proof receptacles or
compartments which are kept effectively covered or closed against access by
rats.
(5) The occupier of
premises shall ensure that every opening from or into any covered drain or
sewer within the curtilage of the premises, and every opening from or into any
pipe, covered conduit, or covered channel (whether or not used for drainage)
which affords or is likely to afford access or shelter for rats shall be so
trapped or otherwise protected as to prevent the passage of rats.
(6) A covered drain,
covered sewer, pipe, covered conduit, or covered channel that is disused and
that affords or is likely to afford access, or shelter for rats shall, upon
notice to that effect being given by a health surveyor to the occupier of the
premises, be taken up, repaired, blocked, or otherwise dealt with in the
manner specified in such notice, as to prevent access or shelter for rats.
(7) If in any premises
the floors, skirting, wainscots, walls, partitions, ceilings or like internal
fittings are so constructed or are in such a condition as to permit access or
shelter for rats, the occupier of the premises shall, if directed by the
Executive Director, Public Health to do so and within the time specified by
him, cause the same to be removed, refitted, reconstructed, altered or
repaired so as to prevent, as far as is practicable, access or shelter, for
rats in, under, or about the premises.
(8) A retaining wall,
embankment, structure, improvement, or work of any kind or any formation,
whether natural or artificial which provides or is likely to provide the means
of access or shelter for rats shall, upon a notice to that effect being given
by a health surveyor to the occupier of premises, be removed, reconstructed,
repaired, or altered in the manner specified in the notice so as to prevent,
as far as is practicable, access or shelter for rats.
(9) The occupier of
premises where food is manufactured, prepared, stored, packed or kept for
sale, or of a merchandise store, shall, upon notice to do so being given by a
health surveyor or to him, protect, alter, or refit the premises in accordance
with the notice so as to effectively prevent rats from gaining access to or
sheltering in, under, or about premises.
(10) The occupier of
premises referred to in sub‑bylaw (9) shall protect all supplies or
collections of water on the premises to which rats may have access so as to
prevent such access.
(11) The occupier of
every premises referred to in sub‑bylaw (9)
shall —
(a) have
and maintain within the premises —
(i)
rodenticide baits of an approved type in such quantities
as may be directed by a health surveyor for the destruction of all rodents on
the premises; or
(ii)
rat traps of an approved kind or pattern in such number
as may be directed by a health surveyor for the destruction of all rodents on
the premises;
(b) use
and maintain such other reasonable means for the capture and destruction or
for the destruction of rats as a health surveyor may direct; and
(c)
where in the opinion of a health surveyor, the methods described in
paragraphs (a) and (b) are ineffective for the destruction of all rats on
the premises engage an approved pest control operator for the destruction of
rats on the premises.
(12) The occupier of
premises, other than those referred to in sub‑bylaw (9) shall,
whenever there are indications of the presence of rats in or about the
premises and while such indications continue —
(a) have
and maintain within the premises —
(i)
rodenticide bait of an approved type and in such
quantities as are required for the destruction of all rodents on the premises;
(ii)
rat traps of an approved kind or pattern and in such
number as are required for the destruction of all rodents on the premises;
(b) use
and maintain such other reasonable means for the capture and destruction or
for the destruction of rats as a health surveyor may direct.
(13) The occupier of
premises shall inspect daily any rat trap provided on the premises under this
by‑law and shall place fresh bait in the trap at least twice in each
week and except when baiting or removing rats from the trap, shall at all
times keep every such trap set effectively for trapping rats.
(14) The occupier of
every premises on which a rodent is destroyed by any means referred to in this
by‑law shall dispose of such carcasses at an approved place and in such
manner as will not create a nuisance.
(15) The Authority
shall ensure that all jetties and wharves, including all sheds and other
buildings thereon, are protected so as to prevent rats from gaining access
thereto, at any state of the tide, from vessels moored or anchored alongside
the same.
(16) A person who
keeps any goods liable to attract rats on any jetty or wharf shall protect the
goods from access by rats.
(17) The presence of
rat holes, rat runs, fresh rat dung, or other signs of rat infestation in any
premises, jetty, wharf, land, or place is evidence that this by‑law has
not been complied with.
[Part 6 (r. 29‑51) deleted in Gazette 23 Oct 2009
p. 4161.]
[Part 7 (r. 52 and 53) deleted in Gazette 23 Oct 2009
p. 4161.]