Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 1977 - REG 1709

1709 .         Lavatories and wash basins on motor vehicles and trailers

                Every motor vehicle or trailer registered on or after 1 January 1971 which is equipped with any closet, urinal, lavatory basin, or sink shall comply with the following requirements — 

            (a)         no vehicle shall be equipped with a closet or urinal the contents of which can be discharged directly on to the road and, except in the case of a living van, every closet pan or urinal pan shall empty into a tank carried by the vehicle, such tank being efficiently ventilated by means of a pipe the outlet of which is outside the vehicle;

            (b)         every tank into which a closet pan or urinal pan empties and, where no such tank is fitted, every closet and urinal, shall contain non-inflammable and non-irritant chemicals of such character and in such quantity as to form at all times an efficient deodorant and germicide in respect of the contents of the tank, closet or urinal as the case may be; and

            (c)         no lavatory basin or sink shall drain into any closet or urinal or into any tank into which a closet or urinal empties.