Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
AS 5039‑2008 means Australian Standard
AS 5039‑2008 ( Security screen doors and security window grilles ),
or any subsequent version of, or amendments to, that standard, published by
Standards Australia;
deadlock has the meaning given in Australian
Standard AS 4145.1‑2008 ( Locks and hardware for doors and
windows — Glossary of terms and rating systems ), or any subsequent
version of, or amendments to, that standard, published by Standards Australia.
(2) The things set out
in this regulation are prescribed for the purposes of section 45(1)(a) of
the Act as means to ensure that residential premises are reasonably secure.
(3) Each external door
to residential premises must be fitted with —
(a) if
it is the main entry door to the premises —
(i)
a deadlock; or
(ii)
a key lockable security screen door that complies with
AS 5039‑2008;
(b) if
it is not the main entry door to the premises —
(i)
a dead lock or, if a dead lock cannot be fitted, a patio
bolt lock; or
(ii)
a key lockable security screen door that complies with AS
5039‑2008.
(4)
Subregulation (3) does not apply to a door to a balcony if there is no
access to the balcony except from inside the residential premises.
(5) Each exterior
window of residential premises must be fitted with a lock, whether or not a
key lock, that prevents the window from being opened from outside the premises
unless the window —
(a) is
on, or above, the second floor of a building and is not easily accessible from
outside the premises; or
(b) is
fitted with a security window grille that complies with
AS 5039‑2008.
(6) Residential
premises must have an electrical light fitted to or near the exterior of the
premises that —
(a) is
capable of illuminating the main entry to the premises; and
(b) is
operable from inside the premises.
(7)
Subregulation (6) does not apply to the following residential
premises —
(a) if
the strata company relating to the premises provides and maintains adequate
lighting, outside of daylight hours, to the main entry to the
premises — residential premises to which the provisions of the
Strata Titles Act 1985 apply;
(b) if
the community corporation for the community titles scheme relevant to the
premises provides and maintains adequate lighting, outside of daylight hours,
to the main entry to the premises — residential premises to which
the provisions of the Community Titles Act 2018 apply.
[Regulation 12B inserted: Gazette
3 May 2013 p. 1752-4; amended: Gazette 9 Apr 2019
p. 1044; SL 2021/71 r. 14.]
[ 12BA. Deleted: SL 2024/149 r. 11.]