Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A local government
may appoint one or more persons as environmental health officers.
(2) An appointee may
be —
(a) a
person employed by the local government under the Local Government Act 1995
section 5.36; or
(b) a
person engaged by the local government under a contract for services.
(3) A local government
must not appoint a person as an environmental health officer unless the person
has the qualifications and experience approved by the Chief Health Officer
under section 18.
(4) Two or more local
governments may enter into arrangements for one or more persons to be
appointed as environmental health officers for each of those local
governments.
(5) This section does
not limit the Local Government Act 1995 section 5.36.