WITH a number of COVID-19 restrictions now reinstated, officers from Chifley Police District will be assisting NSW Health to ensure the rules are followed.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Everyone over the age of 12 years is again required to wear masks in all indoor settings unless they have an exemption.
Additionally, QR code check-ins will be required at the following businesses and organisations from Monday, December 27:
- retail premises
- food and drink premises
- pubs, small bars and registered clubs
- hairdressers, spas, nail, beauty, waxing, and tanning salons, tattoo parlours and massage parlours
- gyms (except dance, yoga, pilates, gymnastics, and martial arts studios)
- hospitals (except patients of hospitals or hospitals with an electronic entry recording system that records sufficient information that can be used for contact tracing)
- residential care facilities or hostels (except in relation to the residents)
- places of public worship, like churches, mosques, temples, meeting houses and synagogues
- funeral, memorials and gatherings afterwards
- nightclubs
- casinos
- strip clubs, sex on premises venues, sex services premises
- indoor music festivals with more than 1000 people
Chifley Police District commander acting Superintendent Bruce Grassick said that officers in the area will be monitoring for compliance.
However, their main priority will be to have a presence at COVID-19 testing sites.
"Compliance will certainly be a situation that we are dealing with in consultation with Health," he said.
"Our focus at the moment, though, is prevention-focused policing with support to the compliance operation if Health requires it. We'll be assisting Health if there is any requirement around compliance, especially in relation to new public health orders.
"... [We] will be patrolling the queues to testing sites, ensuring there is no anti-social behaviour at vaccination centres, and we'll supporting businesses in relation to compliance around masks nd QR check-in."
Police across the state have received reports of a general increase in anti-social and aggressive behaviour as lengthy queues at testing sites continues.
Acting Supt. Grassick said behaviour has generally been good at the Bathurst testing sites and police will continue to monitor the situation to ensure that continues.
"For the most part, people have been very patient, they have complied with whatever has been required at the testing clinics. We have seen some queuing, but the queuing hasn't impacted traffic flow significantly," he said.
"We'll continue to monitor that and manage it."
Our journalists work hard to provide local, up-to-date news to the community. This is how you can access our trusted content:
- Bookmark www.westernadvocate.com.au
- Make sure you are signed up for our breaking and regular headlines newsletters
- Follow us on Twitter
- Follow us on Instagram
- Follow us on Google News
