Changes to COVID Settings from 31 July 2021
Published Mon 05 Jul 2021
New mandated premises and settings by 31 July 2021
From next week, the Tasmanian Government will start to phase in the requirement for Tasmanian’s to check in, via the Check in Tas app, in new locations. A full list of the new locations is expected to be finalised this/next week. All locations will need to have their QR codes in place by the 31 July. Refer to below for a brief outline and be sure to check the Tasmanian Government’s www.CoronaVirus.tas.gov.au website for updated information.
Workers who enter their workplace, if their workplace requires the use of Check in TAS, will only need to check in once a day.
End to 15 minute rule
In addition to the extended range of premises, people aged 16 years and older will be required to check in whenever they enter a premises, not only when they stay for longer than 15 minutes. This change will come into effect from Wednesday 7 July 2021. Therefore, if you enter a premise from Wednesday 7 July 2021, you will be expected to use Check in TAS no matter how long you spend at that premises (or the manual form if you have no device, the business has no device, or there is no internet).
Updated Direction and list of mandated settings and premises
The Contact Tracing Direction has been revised by the Director of Public Health. From 7 July 2021 the requirement for a person to be at a location for at least 15 minutes before being required to use Check in TAS has been removed. Each time a person enters a relevant location they must use Check in TAS regardless of how long they stay. From 31 July 2021 the relevant locations requiring the use of Check in TAS will be expanded. The new premises include:
- food courts;
- mobile food vans and stalls, except where the van or stall is located within a retail location or a market;
- retail premises including shops, pharmacies, supermarkets and other similar premises;
- shopping centres;
- markets, fairs and other similar premises;
- libraries;
- schools that provide kindergarten, primary education or secondary education, with the exception of home education;
- child care centres, other than a child care service that is provided at a residential premises for children that live there;
- accommodation locations, including hotels, motels, serviced apartments, hostels, boarding houses, caravan parks, campsites and camping areas, bed and breakfasts and short stay accommodation, except where the premises is the persons' residential premises;
- certain medical facilities;
- residential aged care facilities;
- certain mobile service providers who provide services at residential premises such as beauty therapist, hairdressers and personal trainers; and
- veterinary and animal care locations.
The requirements do not apply to:
- a person responding to an emergency;
- school students when they are at school or on a school excursion; and
- parents of children at childcare and students at kindergarten or primary school when dropping off or collecting a child or student from school.
Please refer to the Tasmanian Government’s www.CoronaVirus.tas.gov.au website for updated information.
