MODEL BY-LAWS SERIES “A”

Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

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MODEL BY-LAWS SERIES “A”

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART I -- General sanitary provisions

1. Standards for earch cosets and privies
1A. Privies to be provided in all houses
1AA. Privies urinals on work sites
1B. Standards for temporary closets and privies
1BB. Sanitary conveniences in offices
2. Urinals
3. Maintenance of Sanitary Conveniences
3A. Laundries and bathrooms
3B. Bathrooms to be provided in dwellings
4A. Laundry to be provided in residential buildings
4AA. Laundry with coper to be separated from kitchen
4AB. Laundry with washing machines to be separated from kitchen
4AC. Waste water
4AD. Hot water system
4AE. Maintenance of apparatus and fittings
4AF. Coppers, troughs and sinks
4B. Clothing and bedding not to be washed in kitchen
5. Public latrines
6. Standards for privies
7. Removal and replacements of pans
7A. Frequency of removal of pans
8. Night soil not to be used as manure
9. Drivers of Carts used in sanitary Services Not to Loiter in Streets, etc.
10. Vehicles to be cleansed
11A. Removal and Disposal of Nightsoil
12. Rubbish Receptacles to be provided
13. Refuse to be deposited in receptacles
14. Recepta cles to be kept coverred and empied weekly
15. Rubbish removal vehicles
15A. Method of removal of rubbish
16. Rubbish receptacle not to be placed in street
17. Rubbish not to be deposited on public lands
18. Rubbish only to be removed from cart at prescribed places
19. Metho of disposal of rubbish
20. Places of deposit of rubbish or nightsoil to be fenced
21. Meaning of “liquid refuse”
22. Discharge of liquid refuse onto street prohibited
24. Transport of offensive material
24A. Transport of butchers’ or slaughterhouse waste
24B. Removal of butchers’ or slaughterhouse waste
25. Prevention of use of offal and blood as manure
26. Stables
27. Stable plans to be approved
28. Keeping of Horses, Cows, Sheep and Goats
29. Keeping of Poultry or Pigeons
29A. Registration of poultry keepers
29B. Registration of pigeon keepers
30. Disposal of Carcases of Animals
30A. Foundations of Buildings to be dry, sound and well drained
31. Drainage of land used for building purposes
31A. Sites of new buildings to be thoroughly drained
32. Buildings to be provided with spouting and downpipes and with drains
33. Certain space to be allowed in sleeping rooms
34. Air space to be allowed in work rooms, offices, etc.
35. Ventilation of houses
35aA. Application of by-law may be made retrospective
35A. Repairs to dwelling-houses
36. Expectoration
37. Storage of materials, etc.
38. Maintenance of footways and pavements
39. Maintenance of public vehicles
40. Water tanks, maintenance and cleansing of
41. Wells, construction and maintenance of
41A. Pollution of wells, etc.
42. Stagnant water
43. Pools, pongs, etc.
44. Refuse
45. Tanks, wells, etc.
46. Gutters, downpipes, etc.
47. Horse troughs, wash tubs, etc.
48. Removal of undergrowth
49. Filling in excavations
50. Vegetable gards
51. Land to be kept drained
52. Maintenance of drains
53. Power of local authority to inspect
54. Local authority may carry out works
54A. Destruction of argentine ants
55. Dumping of refuse
56. Litter, straw, building materials etc. to be removed or stacked
57. Waste food
58. Openings into drains, sewers, etc.
59. Disused drains, sewers, etc.
60. Replacement of internal fittings
61. Retaining alls, improvements, etc.
62. Shops, restaurants etc. to comply with inspectors orders
63. Conditions applying to shops, restaurants, etc.
64. Conditions applying to residential premises
65. Docks and wharves
66. Rat traps on docks and wharves
66A. Directions of inspectors to be complied with
67. Evidentiary provision
68. Cost of compliance
69. Penalties for Breaches of By-laws

PART II -- Infectious diseases

1. Inspection of premises
2. Cleansing and disinfection of premises
3. Contacts liable to restrictions
4. Premises may be declared “isolated”
5. Disinfection of personal effects
6. Occupier to permit disinfection
7. Premises upon which infectious disease reported, to be inspected
8. Insanitary buildings to be destroyed
9. Infected animals to be destroyed
10. Disposal of body of person dead of an infectiuos disease
11. Medical Officer may examine persons
12. Certificates of case of diphtheria
13. Certificate on return of children to school
14. Special pan service
15. Special disinfection in Typhoid Cases
16. Library books
17. Penalties for breach of by-laws

PART III -- Private hospitals 7

1. Classes of private hospitals
2. Hospital may be class A and class B
3. Application for registration of existing hospitals
4. Publication of application
5. Application for registration of new hospitals
6. Requirements for registration
7. Investigation of application
8. Certificate of registration
9. Revocation or cancellation of registration
10. Inspection
11. Standards for conduct of private hospital
12. Separation of patients
13. Case book
14. Patient details to be recorded
15. Maternity records
16. Staff details to be recorded
17. Infectious diseases
18. Nursing staff
19. Penalties for breaches of by-laws

PART IV -- Dairies and milk shops

1. Interpretation
2. Registration of premises
3. Licence to trade as dairyman or vendor
4. Trading by unlicensed person or at unregistered premises prohibited
5. Application Fee
6. Depasturing of dairy cattle
7. Stockyards and stables
8. Keeping of poultry
9. Piggeries
10. Sanitary conveniences
11. Food quality
11A. Calf feeding bails
12. Water supply
13. Milking shed
14. Milk room
15. Precautions in regard to milking
16. Cleanliness of persons
17. Care of milk during transport, storage, etc.
18. Cleanliness of vehicles, utensils, etc.
18A. Milking machines
19. Cleanliness of premises
20. Removal of manure, etc.
21. Disease among dairy stock
22. Tuberculin testing
23. Infectious or contagious diseases
24. Medical officer may prohibit sale of milk
25. Penalties for breaches of by-laws

PART V -- Lodging-houses

Division 1 -- Registration

1. Interpretation
2. Lodging-house not to be kept unless registered
3. Application for registration
4. Approval of application
5. Renewal of registration
6. Notification upon sale or transfer
7. Revocation of registration

Division 2 -- Construction and Use Requirements

8. General construction requirements
9. Sanitary conveniences
10. Laundry
11. Kitchen
12. Cooking facilities
13. Dining room
14. Lounge room
15. Fire prevention and control
16. Obstruction of passages and stairways
17. Fitting of locks
18. Restriction on use of rooms for sleeping
19. Sleeping accommodation -- short term hostel and recreational campsite
20. Furnishing etc. of sleeping apartments
21. Ventilation
22. Numbers to be placed on doors

Division 3 -- Management and Care

23. Keeper or manager to reside in the lodging-house
24. Register of lodgers
25. Keeper report
26. Certificate in respect of sleeping accommodation
27. Duplicate keys and inspection
28. Room occupancy
29. Maintenance of a room by a lodger or resident
30. Cleaning and maintenance requirements
31. Responsibilities of lodgers and residents
32. Approval for storage of food
33. Offences and penalties

PART VI -- Boarding houses

1. Form of application and certificate
2. Duration of registration
3. Renewal of registration
4. Number of boarders
5. Room numbers
6. Local authority may vary number of boarders
7. Sleeping apartments to be certicated
8. Consent required for approvals
9. Requirements for sleeping apartments
10. Ventilation
11. Bed linen
12. Person in charge
13. Cleaning
14. Bedding etc. used by person with infectious disease
15. Eating utensils used by person with infectious disease
16. Room used by person with infectious disease
17. Fire extinguishers
18. Fire escapes
19. Standards for boarding houses
20. Vermin
21. Penalties for breaches of by-laws

PART VII -- Food

1. Apparatus and employees to be kept clean
2. Offensive trades
3. Vermin
4. Flooring
5. Lining of walls
6. Standards for premises involved in food manufacture, sale, etc.
7. Protection from flies
8. Basins and soap
9. Closet and privys
10. Food withdrawn from sale
11. Premises not to be used for other purposes
11A. Receipt of clothing for dry-cleaning
12. Storage of food
13. Cellar
14. Exchange of goods
15. Bads, sacks, etc.
15A. Use of containers with cordsk, absorbent linings, etc.
15B. Food to be wapped
16. Lead or zinc vessels and pipes
17. Unsuitable premises
18. By-laws to be displayed
19. Cleansing of drinking vessels
19A. Damaged utensils
20. Transport
21. Floor to be impervious
22. Floor to be cleaned
23. Eight hour shifts
24. Walls to be impervious
25. Pickling pumps
26. Brine or pickle to be removed
27. Dogs not permitted
28. Handling of meat
29. Vehicles used to transport meat
30. Milk not to be handled
31. Vessels and utensils not to be placed in mouth
32. Protection of milk from flies and dust
33. Protection of vessels from flies and dust
34. Vessels to be clean
35. Vessels with rough edges or surfaces
36. Storage with or near other substances
37. Use of absorbent material to close vessesl
38. Damaged vessels not to be used
39. Milk sold to bendor to be sealed
40. Transfer of milk in public places
41. Protection from the sun
42. Vessels to be cleaned
43. Vessels used by person with infectious disease to be sterilised
44. Ice cream not to be kept in open shed
45. Buildings used for ice cream
46. Ice cream not to be kept in dwelling room etc.
47. Handling of ice cream
48. Unclean vessels not to be used
49. Ice cream not to be re-frozen
50. Registration of persons making or vending ice cream
51. Licence to trade as an iterent vendor
52. Standards for itinerant vendors
53. Registration of persons making or selling aerated water, temerance drinks, etc.
54. Persons trading before commencement of by-laws
55. Conditions for premises used for manufacture of aerated water etc.
56. Bake houses
57. Markets
58. Refrigerating works -- Cold Stores
59. Premises to be kept clean
60. Wate receptacles
61. Grease traps
62. Pigwash
63. Sanitary conveniences
64. Ablution facilities for staff
65. Sleeping and food preparation areas to be separate
67. Storage of food stuffs
68. Decomposing food
69. Cleanliness of employees
70. Vermin control
71. Drains to be kept in good repair
72. Waste traps
73. Penalties for breaches of by-laws

PART IX -- Offensive trades
Section A. -- General

1. Application to carry on offensive trade
2. Report of medical officer
3. Form and application fee
4. Form of certificate
5. Offensive trades not permitted in specified areas
6. Premises, fittings etc. to be kept clean and in good repair
7. Water supply
8. Ablution facilities for employees
9. Walls etc. to be kept clean
10. Effluent, vapour etc. to be rendered harmles
11. Refuse receptacles
12. Alteration of premises
13. Storage of offensive materials
14. Floor to be imperivious, drained etc.
15. Liquid waste
16. Local authority may impose conditions
17. By-laws bind employees
18. Application of this Part
19. Penalties for breaches of by-laws
Section B. -- Slaughter-houses
1. Conditions
2. Ventilation
3. Removal of hidres, fat and offal
4. Privies and urinals
5. Keeping of animals intended for human consumption
6. Keeping of any animals
7. Animals and carcasses to be inspected
8. Directions of inspector
9. Hours of slaughter
Section C. -- Piggeries
1. Interpretatoin
2. Distance from other premises
3. Sties and enclosurers
4. Slaughtering; putrid matter
5. Fencing and shelter
6. Water
7. Feeding troughs
Section D. -- Artificial Manure Depots.
1. Interpretation
2. Buildings to be non-absorbent material
3. Control of dust and effluent
4. Articial manure to be packed
Section E. -- Bone Mills
1. Interpretation
2. Buildings to be of non-absorbent material
3. Control of dust and effluent
4. Storage and packaging
Section F. -- Places for Storing, Drying, or Preserving Bones, Hides, Hoofs, or Skins
1. Control of effluent
Section G. -- Fat Melting, Fat Extracting, or Tallow Melting Establishments
1. Apparatus to be covered
2. Walls to be impervious
Section H. -- Blood Drying
1. Conditions
Section I. -- Gut Scraping, Gut Spinning and Preparation of Sausage Skins
1. Storage and treatment of undried guts
2. Floors to be cleaned and deodorized
3. Tables and utensils to be cleaned
4. Walls and surfaces to be cleaned
Section J. -- Fellmongeries
1. Interpretation
2. Useless skin to be disposed of
3. Water supply
4. Tanks and receptacles
5. Disposal of waste
Section K. -- Manure Works
1. Control of effluent
Section L. -- Wool Scouring Establishments
1. Interpretation
2. Proximity to water supply, dwelling houses
Section M. -- Fish Curing Establishments
1. Removal of decomposing fish
2. Premises to be lime washed
Section N. -- Fish Shops
1. Fireplace
2. Chimney or ventilation pipe
3. Decomposing fish to be removed
4. Cleaning room
Section O. -- Laundries, Cleaning Establishments and Dyeworks
1. Liquid waste
2. Floor and walls to be non-absorbent
3. Discharging water from the mouth
4. Reception room
5. Wood gratings to be provided
6. Articles to be disinfected if directed by inspector
Section P. -- Marine Stores.
1. Conditions
2. Ventilation
Section Q. -- Bone Merchants’ Premises
1. Control of effluent
Section R. -- Chemical Works
1. Storage of material; disposal of gas
Section S. -- Flock Factories
1. Removal and collection of dust
7. Material to be washed
Section T. -- Knackeries
1. Interpretation
2. Proximity to streets and other premises
3. Ventilation
4. Killing pen
5. Fly proofing
6. Vehicles used to transport horseflesh
7. Vehicles not to be used to transport food for human consumption
8. Incineration of offal and refuse
9. Water supply
10. Hours of operation
Section U. -- Poultry Processing Establishments
1. Standards for buildings
2. Sewerage system
3. Storage of employees’ clothing
4. Water supply
5. Floor and walls to be cleaned
6. Flies and vermin
7. Suspension of poultry for bleeding
8. Scald tanks
9. Poultry not to be placed on floor
10. Premises used for packing
11. Dry plucking
12. Other operation not to be carried on
Section V. -- Poultry Farming Employing the Caged System of Poultry Housing
1. Interpretation
2. Cages
3. Disposal of carcases
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