Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
residential premises —
(a)
means residential premises that are situated outside —
(i)
a townsite within the meaning in section 26(1) of
the Land Administration Act 1997 ; and
(ii)
the metropolitan region as defined in the
Planning and Development Act 2005 ;
and
(b)
includes land and outbuildings that are intended to be used in connection with
the occupation of the premises.
(2) Where —
(a) an
employee occupies residential premises that are owned by or under the control
of the employee’s employer; and
(b) the
occupancy is necessary for the purposes of the employment because other
accommodation is not reasonably available in the area concerned,
the employer must, so
far as is practicable, maintain the premises so that the employee occupying
the premises is not exposed to hazards at the premises.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not apply if the occupancy is pursuant to a written
agreement containing terms that might reasonably be expected to apply to a
letting of the residential premises to a tenant.
(4) This section does
not apply to the occupation of residential premises by an employee who is
employed at a workplace referred to in section 4(2).
[Section 23G inserted by No. 51 of 2004
s. 8; amended by No. 38 of 2005 s. 15.]