Western Australian Current Acts

HEALTH (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1911 - SECT 196

196 .         Slaughter-houses to be kept in accordance with Act

        (1)         If, in the opinion of the local government, any slaughter-house, or any premises connected therewith, are not constructed and kept in accordance with this Act, the local government may, by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier to make such improvements as may be specified in such notice within a time to be therein stated.

        (2)         Whenever any owner or occupier fails to comply with a notice served upon him under subsection (1), he commits an offence.

        (3)         The local government may, and shall if the Chief Health Officer so requires, carry out the requirements of such notice; and may, by summary proceedings, recover all expenses incurred from the owner or occupier in addition to the penalties incurred; or

        (4)         The local government may, and shall if the Chief Health Officer so recommends, cancel or refuse to renew the registration of the premises.

        [Section 196, formerly section 158, renumbered as section 196: No 38 of 1933 s. 42; amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8(1); No. 28 of 1984 s. 45; No. 80 of 1987 s. 54; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 19 of 2016 s. 100.]