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       Part 8 - Lodging houses

       Division 1 - Registration

Interpretation
8.1.1
(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires;
Act in this Part shall only mean the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (WA) (CI) 1911 as specified in this Part;
bed means a single sleeping berth only, and a double bed provided for the use of couples has the same floor space requirements as two single beds;
bunk means a sleeping berth comprising one of two beds arranged vertically;
dormitory means a building or room utilised for sleeping purposes at a short term hostel or a 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;
keeper means a person whose name appears on the register of keepers, in respect of a lodging house, as the keeper of that lodging house;
laundry unit means a group of facilities consisting of;
       (a)               a washing machine with a capacity of not less than 4 kilograms weight of dry clothing;
       (b)               one wash trough of not less than 36 litres capacity, connected to both hot and cold water;
       (c)               either an electric drying cabinet or not less than 30 metres of clothes line; and
       (d)               a hot water system that is capable of delivering an adequate supply of water at a temperature of at least 75 degrees Celsius for each washing machine provided with the communal facilities; and has a delivery rate of not less than 0.076 litres per second to each washing machine;
lodger means a person who obtains, for hire or reward, board or lodging in a lodging house;
lodging house includes a recreational campsite, a serviced apartment, a short term hostel and any premises used for transient workforce accommodation;
manager means a person duly appointed by the keeper in accordance with this Division to reside in, and have the care and management of, a lodging house;
recreational campsite means a lodging house;
       (a)       recreational, sporting, religious, ethnic or educational pursuits; or
       (b)       conferences or conventions; and
       (c)       where the period of occupancy of any lodger is not more than 14 consecutive days,
and includes youth camps, youth education camps, church camps and riding schools but does not include a camp or caravan within the meaning of the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995;
register of lodgers means the register kept in accordance with section 157 of the Act and this Part;
resident means a person other than a lodger, who resides in a lodging house;
serviced apartment means a lodging house in which each sleeping apartment, or group of sleeping apartments in