Short-Term Rental Accommodation Regulations 2024 (WA)

Western Australia Short-Term Rental Accommodation Act 2024 Short-Term Rental Accommodation Regulations 2024 Western Australia Short-Term Rental Accommodation Regulations 2024 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 4. Hosted accommodation 1 5. Premises to which Act does not apply 1 6. Information to be included in applications for registration 1 7. Suspension or cancellation of registration 1 8. Changes to be notified to Commissioner 1 9. Certificate evidence 1 10. Information to be included in Register 1 11. Disclosure of information: health and safety 1 12. Disclosure of information: community titles schemes and strata titles schemes 1 13. Particulars of short‑term rental arrangements to be notified to Commissioner 1 14. Fees 1 15. Prescribed offences and modified penalties 1 16. Authorised officers and approved officers 1 17. Forms 1 18. Transitional provision 1 19. Building Regulations 2012 amended 1 62. Requirement to maintain certain smoke alarms 1 20. Electricity Regulations 1947 amended 1 Schedule 1 — Prescribed offences and modified penalties Division 1 — Offences under Act Division 2 — Offences under regulations Schedule 2 — Forms Notes Compilation table 1 Defined terms Short‑Term Rental Accommodation Act 2024 Short‑Term Rental Accommodation Regulations 2024

1. Citation These regulations are the Short‑Term Rental Accommodation Regulations 2024.

2. Commencement These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Short‑Term Rental Accommodation Act 2024 section 50 comes into operation.

3. Terms used In these regulations — community titles scheme has the meaning given in the Community Titles Act 2018 section 3(1); strata titles scheme has the meaning given in the Strata Titles Act 1985 section 3(1).

4. Hosted accommodation (1) In this regulation — ancillary dwelling and dwelling have the meanings given in the R‑Codes; R‑Codes means the Residential Design Codes prepared as a State planning policy under the Planning and Development Act 2005 Part 3; title means a certificate of title created under the Transfer of Land Act 1893. (2) Short‑term rental accommodation is hosted accommodation if — (a) it is an ancillary dwelling; and (b) during the short‑term rental arrangement — (i) the accommodation provider resides at another dwelling that is comprised in the same title as the ancillary dwelling; or (ii) an agent of the accommodation provider who ordinarily resides at the ancillary dwelling, or at another dwelling that is comprised in the same title as the ancillary dwelling, resides at the other dwelling. (2A) Short‑term rental accommodation is hosted accommodation if — (a) it is a dwelling that is comprised in the same title as an ancillary dwelling; and (b) during the short‑term rental arrangement — (i) the accommodation provider resides at the ancillary dwelling; or (ii) an agent of the accommodation provider who ordinarily resides at the dwelling, or at the ancillary dwelling, resides at the ancillary dwelling. (3) Short‑term rental accommodation is not hosted accommodation if it is comprised in a title which does not also comprise the residential premises on which the accommodation provider ordinarily resides. [Regulation 4 amended: SL 2024/189 r. 4.]