Fly Eradication Regulations

As at 24 Jan 2017 Version 01-c0-01 Extract from www.slp.wa.gov.au, see that website for further information Western Australia Health (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1911 Fly Eradication Regulations As at 24 Jan 2017 Version 01-c0-01 page i Extract from www.slp.wa.gov.au, see that website for further information Western Australia Fly Eradication Regulations Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Flies prescribed under the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 section 199(20) 1 3. Application 1 4. Waste food, etc. not to be left on premises unless covered or treated 1 5. Authorised officer may give notice directing measures to be taken 2 6. Local authority may execute work when person required to execute the work fails to do so 2 7. Local authority may enter premises to execute work 2 8. Offences and penalties 2 Schedule Notes Compilation table 5 As at 24 Jan 2017 Version 01-c0-01 page 1 Extract from www.slp.wa.gov.au, see that website for further information Western Australia Health (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1911 Fly Eradication Regulations 1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the Fly Eradication Regulations 1. 2. Flies prescribed under the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 section 199(20) The provisions of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 section 199(20), as amended from time to time, shall apply to flies. [Regulation 2 amended in Gazette 10 Jan 2017 p. 253.] 3. Application These regulations shall apply and have effect in the districts specified in the Schedule. 4. Waste food, etc. not to be left on premises unless covered or treated An owner or occupier of any land or premises shall not place, throw or leave, or permit or cause to be placed, thrown or left, on the land or premises any waste food, manure, refuse, garbage, waste matter or other matter whatsoever, which is likely to attract or be a breeding place for flies, unless that waste food, manure, refuse, garbage, waste matter or other matter is covered, protected, treated or dealt with in such a manner as to Fly Eradication Regulations Error! No text of specified style in document. Error! No text of specified style in document. Error! No text of specified style in document. r. 5 page 2 Version 01-c0-01 As at 24 Jan 2017 Extract from www.slp.wa.gov.au, see that website for further information effectively prevent it attracting or being a breeding place for flies. 5. Authorised officer may give notice directing measures to be taken Where it appears to an authorised officer that flies are prevalent or are breeding on any land or premises, the authorised officer may give to the owner or occupier of the land or premises notice in writing directing him to take, within a time to be specified in the notice, such measures as in the opinion of the authorised officer are necessary to control the prevalence, effect eradication, and effectively prevent the breeding of flies. [Regulation 5 amended in Gazette 10 Jan 2017 p. 253.] 6. Local authority may execute work when person required to execute the work fails to do so Where a person is required by these regulations, or by a notice given under the provisions of these regulations, to execute any work, and that person fails or neglects to comply with such regulations or with such notice, the local authority may execute that work, and may recover from that person the cost of executing that work, in addition to any penalty for which that person may be liable under these regulations. 7. Local authority may enter premises to execute work It shall be lawful for the local authority or its officer to enter upon any land or premises and execute any work required by these regulations. 8. Offences and penalties (1) A person who — Fly Eradication Regulations Error! No text of specified style in document. Error! No text of specified style in document. Error! No text of specified style in document. r. 8 As at 24 Jan 2017 Version 01-c0-01 page 3 Extract from www.slp.wa.gov.au, see that website for further information (a) contravenes regulation 4; or (b) fails to comply with a direction under regulation 5 within the time specified in the notice, commits an offence and is liable to — (c) a penalty which is not more than $1 000 and not less than — (i) in the case of a first offence, $100; (ii) in the case of a second offence, $200; and (iii) in the case of a third or subsequent offence, $500; and (d) if that offence is a continuing offence, a daily penalty which is not more than $100 and not less than $50. [Regulation 8 inserted in Gazette 14 Oct 1988 p. 4160.] Fly Eradication Regulations Schedule Error! No text of specified style in document. page 4 Version 01-c0-01 As at 24 Jan 2017 Extract from www.slp.wa.gov.au, see that website for further information Schedule [Reg. 3] Health Districts The municipal districts of the following municipalities: — Cities: Perth 2, Fremantle, Subiaco, Nedlands and South Perth. Towns: Albany, Boulder, Bunbury, Carnarvon, Claremont, Cottesloe, East Fremantle, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Midland, Narrogin, Northam, North Fremantle and York. Shires: Albany, Armadale-Kelmscott, Ashburton, Augusta-Margaret River, Balingup, Bassendean, Bayswater, Belmont, Beverley, Sandstone, Bridgetown, Brookton, Broome, Broomehill, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Kalamunda, Denmark, Dowerin, Waroona, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gascoyne-Minilya, Geraldton-Greenough, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greenbushes, Hall’s Creek, Harvey, Irwin, Kalgoorlie, Katanning, Kellerberrin, Kojonup, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Trayning-Kununoppin-Yelbeni, Kwinana, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Mt. Marshall, Mt. Magnet, Mandurah, Manjimup, Marble Bar, Boddington, Meekatharra, Melville, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mosman Park, Mukinbudin, Mullewa, Mundaring, Murchison, Murray, Nannup, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Nullagine, Nungarin, Nyabing-Pingrup, Peppermint Grove, Perenjori, Perth, Ravensthorpe, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Port Hedland, Donnybrook, Quairading, Rockingham, Roebourne, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Shark Bay, Swan-Guildford, Tableland, Tambellup, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Upper Blackwood, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, Wanneroo, West Arthur, West Kimberley, Westonia, Wickepin, Wiluna, Williams, Woodanilling, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York. [Schedule inserted in Gazette 10 Oct 1961 p. 2860; amended in Gazette 16 Mar 1967 p. 722.] Fly Eradication Regulations As at 24 Jan 2017 Version 01-c0-01 page 5 Extract from www.slp.wa.gov.au, see that website for further information Notes 1 This is a compilation of the Fly Eradication Regulations and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint. Compilation table Citation Gazettal Commencement Fly Eradication Regulations 2 Mar 1961 p. 579-80 2 Mar 1961 10 Oct 1961 p. 2860 10 Oct 1961 16 Mar 1967 p. 722 16 Mar 1967 Health (Offences and Penalties) Amendment Regulations 1988 Pt. 5 14 Oct 1988 p. 4160-3 14 Oct 1988 Reprint of the Fly Eradication Regulations as at 2 Nov 2001 (includes amendments listed above) Health Regulations Amendment (Public Health) Regulations 2016 Pt. 5 10 Jan 2017 p. 237-308 24 Jan 2017 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Jan 2017 p. 165) 2 The former municipal district of the City of Perth has been divided into 4 local government districts, namely the City of Perth, and the towns of Vincent, Cambridge and Victoria Park (formerly Shepperton).