Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts If, in any proceedings
for a breach of any of the provisions of this Act or of any local law relating
to lodging-houses, it is alleged that any inmates of any house or part of a
house are members of the same family, the burden of proving such allegation
shall lie on the person making it:
Provided that, for the
purposes of this section, no person shall be deemed to be a member of the
family who is not the spouse or de facto partner or a child, parent,
grand-parent, grand-child, brother or sister, nephew or niece of the occupier
of the premises.
[Section 159, formerly section 136, amended: No.
30 of 1932 s. 25; renumbered as section 159: No. 38 of 1933 s. 42; amended:
No. 18 of 1964 s. 16; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 28 of 2003 s. 75.]
[Division 3 (s. 160-172) deleted: No. 43 of 2008 s. 147(5).]
[Heading inserted: No. 59 of 1991 s. 14.]