Current Advice for NSW
Last updated: 19 January 2023
Managing the risk of COVID-19 in a workplace
Under NSW work health and safety (WHS) laws, employers should take all reasonable and practicable steps to ensure the health and safety of workers. This includes the risk of contracting COVID-19 in the workplace.
Workplaces are recommended to:
- have a COVID-19 Safety Plan that considers risk and control measures. This will assist in meeting your obligations.
- consider action to prevent workers contracting and spreading the virus, and support for workers who may be exposed to a confirmed case or who show COVID-like symptoms. This can be captured in your Safety Plan.
- review and, if necessary, update risk assessment(s) to determine the level of risk of COVID-19 exposure in the workplace and ensure control measures are appropriate and effective.
Read more guidance for keeping your workers safe.
What to do if a worker who tests positive for COVID-19 has been in the workplace
- The worker who has tested positive should follow the advice from NSW Health.
- Ensure the safety of the workplace and workers, for example by cleaning and disinfecting all areas used by the person who tested positive for COVID-19. See further information on cleaning the workplace.
- Businesses may assess how much contact other workers had with the person who tested positive for COVID-19, while that person was infectious in the workplace. Advice for people exposed to COVID-19 will help determine if any workers have high risk exposure or moderate risk exposure.
- If your assessment of workplace risk indicates there are workers who have had exposure, those workers should be encouraged to follow Advice for people exposed to COVID-19. Businesses may choose to furlough staff to manage the risk.
- Advise workers and contractors of the situation in your workplace. Consult with workers about the identification and management of any remaining health and safety risks.
What a worker should do if they test positive
NSW Health recommends that people who test positive tell their workplace. This is so that the workplace can manage the risk to colleagues and customers.
The privacy and confidentiality of the person who tested positive for COVID-19 must always be maintained.
Business owners or employers are not required to notify that a customer with COVID-19 has visited the workplace.
Workers should follow the NSW Health advice for testing positive, including the information below on returning to work.
NSW Health recommends workers to:
- register their rapid antigen test result with Service NSW. Voluntarily registering a result helps them access medical support from NSW Health, such as antiviral medicines if they are eligible. Registering also assists NSW Health to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
- stay home until their acute symptoms (runny nose, sore throat, cough and fever) have gone. Medical clearance may not be necessary for a worker to return to the workplace.
- talk to their employer about when they should return to the workplace. This may vary depending on a number of factors, including the type of industry and workplace.
- in high-risk settings such as health, disability and aged care, stay away from the workplace for 7 days and until they have no symptoms. This is to help protect other staff, patients, residents and clients. If the employer needs the worker to return to the workplace before this time, the employer may ask the worker to take additional steps to protect others, subject to their work, health and safety assessment.
Archive of Previous Updates
Previously, from 14 October 2022, it will no longer be mandatory to self-isolate at home if you test positive to COVID-19.
Until 14 October, you must continue to self-isolate if you test positive for COVID-19. Household and close contacts must follow the guidelines.
NSW Health strongly recommends people who are sick or have tested positive to COVID-19 stay home until their symptoms have gone.
Some restrictions will still apply for high-risk settings such as healthcare and aged care facilities.
Previously, Changes to isolation exemption for critical workers
The critical worker exemption from isolation rules are no longer required. However, close contacts still need to comply with any COVID-19 safety measures that have been put in place in their workplace by employers.
Close contacts must wear a mask and comply with risk-management strategies put in place by their employer, including daily rapid antigen tests (RATs).
Any worker who tests positive or who develops symptoms of COVID-19 must self-isolate.
Summary of rules for Sport, exercise and outdoor gatherings
General rules:
- Anyone can participate in sport, exercise, and outdoor gatherings
- Customers are not required to be fully vaccinated or carry vaccination evidence
- COVID-19 Safe Check-in is not required
- Customers and staff are no longer required to wear face masks.
- Businesses are no longer required to have a COVID-19 Safety Plan.
Optional COVID-19 Safety Plans are available to help businesses keep a safe environment for staff and customers.
Gyms and indoor recreation facilities
- Gyms and indoor recreation facilities can operate with no person or capacity limits in place, including for group fitness classes.
- COVID-19 Safe Check-in is no longer required.
- Optional COVID-19 Safety Plans are available.
(Although the public health orders now permit entry to businesses for people who are not fully vaccinated, some businesses may make it a condition of entry that you are fully vaccinated or wear a face mask.)
Previously, from 6pm on Friday 22 April,
close contacts (defined as a household contact or an individual deemed by NSW Health to be a close contact) will not have to isolate, as long as they have no symptoms and comply with the following guidelines:
- Do not visit aged care, hospitals, disability, and correctional facilities unless a special exemption applies;
- Wear a face mask in indoor settings outside the home;
- Undertake daily RAT tests before coming into close contact with people outside their household, where practicable;
- Avoid contact with elderly and immunocompromised persons where possible;
- Work from home where practical;
- Notify their employer/educational facility that they are a close contact, and that they are not required to isolate as long as they comply with the above.
Close contacts will need to comply with the above guidelines for 7 days from the time a person in their household tested positive for COVID-19.
Public health orders requiring key workforces to be vaccinated will be lifted, with vaccine requirements to be based on risk assessments under occupational work health and safety, in line with other jurisdictions. Orders requiring aged care and disability workers to be vaccinated will remain in force.
Previously, from the beginning of Friday, 18 February 2022, the following adjustments will be made to the current settings:
- No density limits;
- QR check-ins will only be required for nightclubs, and music festivals. Hospitals, aged and disability facilities may use their existing systems for recording visitors;
- The recommendation to work from home will be returned to the employer’s discretion.
From the beginning of Friday, 25 February 2022, the following adjustments will be made to the settings:
- Masks will only be mandated on public transport, planes, and indoors at airports, hospitals, aged and disability care facilities, corrections facilities, and indoor music festivals with more than 1,000 people;
- Masks are encouraged for indoor settings where you cannot maintain a safe distance from others and for customer-facing retail staff to protect vulnerable people who must access these premises and services;
- Each State Government agency will review where it may be appropriate for public-facing staff to wear masks and will implement as necessary;
COVID-19 cases in the workplace
If you run a business, you must notify SafeWork if a worker has contracted COVID-19 at work, or was likely infectious in the workplace.
For more information visit Guidance for businesses with a worker who tests positive for COVID-19.
Rules for workers who test positive for COVID-19
If a worker tests positive for COVID-19, they will need to self-isolate immediately for 7 days from the day they were tested, and not leave home or let anyone come into their home unless they live there.
A negative PCR (nose and throat swab) or rapid antigen test is not needed to leave isolation and return to work.
If they have a sore throat, runny nose, cough or shortness of breath after 7 days, they must remain in isolation until 24 hours after their symptoms have resolved.
Business responsibilities to inform workers about a positive COVID-19 case
Employers should advise workers and contractors of the general situation, noting that the privacy and confidentiality of the person who tested positive for COVID-19 must always be maintained. Information provided should include:
- symptoms of COVID-19 that staff and contractors should monitor themselves for
- where to seek advice and help
- reminders to staff, contractors, visitors and customers to not enter the premises if they are unwell
- advice on physical distancing and personal hygiene measures
- what infection control measures the business operator has put in place, including cleaning
- any other specific advice provided by NSW Health.
Previously, from 12:01am Friday 24 December,
In response to the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, the following rules are being reintroduced in NSW:
- Mask wearing is required in all indoor settings
Previously, reduced COVID-19 restrictions will be in place in NSW from 15 December 2021.
https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/business/nsw-rules
From 15 Dec:
Masks are no longer required
COVID-19 Safe QR check-ins are required at gyms (except dance, yoga, Pilates, gymnastics, and martial arts studios)
Gyms and indoor recreation facilities can operate with no person or capacity limits in place, including for group fitness classes.
COVID-19 Safe Check-in is still required at gyms using the Service.NSW app, but this does not apply to dance, yoga, Pilates, gymnastics or martial arts studios. (If you wish to attend a dance, yoga or Pilates studio that is located inside a gym, you must check in when you enter the gym.)
Optional COVID-19 Safety Plans are available.
Vaccination Most premises in NSW are now open to everyone, regardless of whether you are fully vaccinated or not. You no longer need to show evidence that you are fully vaccinated at most premises in NSW.
Some premises may choose to require people to be fully vaccinated as a condition of entry. It is a matter for the occupier of each premises to exercise judgement on what is appropriate for their premises and the well-being of their staff and customers.
Previous update, 30 November 2021 Updated Roadmaps 30/11/21: Roadmap-for-easing-covid19-restrictions
Published 25 November: The NSW Government has updated the roadmap for easing restrictions after the State reaches the 95 per cent double dose vaccination target, or 15 December, whichever comes first.
Previously, from Monday 8 November, the NSW Government will further ease rules for those who are fully vaccinated by bringing forward many of the roadmap changes scheduled for 1 December to Monday, 8 November.
For Gyms and indoor recreation:
Up to 20 fully vaccinated people can attend a group class at the gym or a dance class at an indoor recreation facility.
- follow the vaccination rules for business
- have and comply with a COVID-19 Safety plan
- ensure all people who enter the gym or indoor recreation facility check in with the Service.NSW app or provide contact details to the occupier
- follow the capacity rules:
- for indoor and outdoor areas, 1 person per 2 square metres of space
- staff who work indoors must wear face masks.
Previously, Thursday 21 October: An update to Health Orders came into effect:
“The object of this Order is to permit a person to participate in an indoor gym class or dance class without wearing a fitted face covering”
https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/information/covid19-legislation/general
From Monday 11 October 2021, eased restrictions will allow those who are fully vaccinated to have:
- Access Gyms, indoor recreation and sporting facilities
- All premises will operate at 1 person per 4sqm indoors and 1 person per 2sqm outdoors
- Masks required for all staff and customers in all indoor settings (except children under the age of 12)
- Masks no longer required in outdoor settings (except for front-of-house hospitality staff)
- COVID Safe check-ins and proof of vaccination required for staff and customers
- No limits apply for travel to exercise and recreation
For settings in regional NSW with vaccination requirements for staff and customers, staff can return to work on 11 October if they have had at least 1 dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but must be fully vaccinated by 1 November 2021.
Premiere’s Media release 07/10/2021
From Monday 18 October – at 80% full vaccination: Restrictions for gyms and fitness remain the same as at 70%.
6 October 2021
Stay-at-home orders will be extended for Oberon LGA, Snowy Monaro Regional LGA, and for Menindee and Sunset Strip in the Central Darling Shire until 11 October.
Everyone in these areas must stay at home unless it is for an essential reason
NSW Roadmap Announced 27 September
Press Release 27 September 2021
NSW’s reopening will be split into three stages: 70% vaccination coverage, 80% vaccination coverage, and a third and final stage of reopening, set for 1 December. Gladys Berejiklian, has confirmed that 70% vaccination is likely to be achieved by 11 October.
At 70% full vaccination:
Stay-at-home orders for adults who have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be lifted from the Monday after NSW passes the 70% double vaccination target The roadmap is subject to further fine-tuning and health advice if circumstances change drastically or if cases within a designated area remain too high.
- Only fully vaccinated people and those with medical exemptions will have access to the freedoms allowed under the Reopening NSW roadmap.
- Non-vaccinated young people aged under 16 will be able to access all outdoor settings but will only be able to visit indoor venues with members of their household. Examples of indoor venues that they can only attend if they are with a vaccinated member of their household include: an indoor hospitality avenue, entertainment facilities and major recreation facilities.
- Employers must continue to allow employees to work from home if the employee is able to do so.
- There will be revised guidance on isolation for close and casual contacts who are fully vaccinated, with details to be provided closer to the reopening date.
- When NSW hits the 80% double dose target, the government intends to open up further freedoms around international travel, community sport, major events and other areas.
At 70% full vaccination, proposed 11 October 2021 (will apply only to fully vaccinated adults (16+) and those with medical exemptions (staff and patrons):
- Gyms and indoor recreation facilities can open under the 1 person per 4sqm rule and can offer classes for up to 20 people for people who are fully vaccinated.
- Masks will remain mandatory for all indoor premises and settings, except children under 12
At 80% full vaccination: Restrictions for gyms and fitness remain the same as at 70%
Proposed changes from 1 December 2021: (will apply to all NSW citizens, regardless of their vaccination status)
- Gyms and indoor recreation facilities, including indoor pools, can operate with one person per 2 sqm (uncapped)
- Mask wearing is not required when outdoors.
From Mon 13 September, (for those not in LGAs of concern)
Rules and restrictions for Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains and Wollongong.
If you are fully vaccinated, from Monday 13 September 2021, you can attend an outdoor gathering of up to 5 people for exercise or outdoor recreation so long as all those at the gathering aged 16 years or over are fully vaccinated.
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- You must have proof of your vaccination with you at all times
- You must show a Police Officer your proof of vaccination if its requested.
- Fully vaccinated means you have had 2 doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccination or have a medical contraindication certificate issued to you.
- The five person limit on these gatherings does not include children aged 12 or under.
- Stay within your local government area. If you need to cross into another local government area, you must stay within 5km of your home
From 12:01am Saturday 11 September, parts of regional NSW currently deemed low risk and which have seen zero COVID cases for at least 14 days will emerge from lockdown.
Local Government Areas (LGAs) still seeing COVID case numbers will continue to follow stay-at-home orders.
In approved areas, Gyms and indoor recreation facilities can open under the one person per 4sqm rule and can offer classes for up to 20 people.
Areas remaining in lockdown:
Stay-at-home orders will remain in place in the following LGAs:
- Bathurst
- Bega
- Blayney
- Bogan
- Bourke
- Brewarrina
- Broken Hill
- Cabonne
- Central Coast
- Central Darling
- Cessnock
- Dubbo
- Dungog
- Eurobodalla
- Forbes
- Gilgandra
- Goulburn Mulwarre
- Kiama
- Lake Macquarie
- Lithgow
- Maitland
- Mid-Coast
- Mid-Western
- Muswellbrook
- Narrabri
- Narromine
- Newcastle
- Orange
- Parkes
- Port Stephens
- Queanbeyan-Palerang
- Shellharbour
- Shoalhaven
- Singleton
- Snowy Monaro
- Upper Hunter
- Walgett
- Wingecarribee
Media Release: https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/lockdown-lifted-parts-of-regional-nsw
Update: Thursday 26 August 2021
Stay-at-home orders for regional and rural NSW are extended until at least 11:59pm on 10 September, in line with existing orders for the Greater Sydney area.
Latest LGAs added to lockdown:
- Stay at home rules apply from 5pm on Thursday 12 August 2021 to the local government areas of Bayside, Burwood and Strathfield, in line with previously identified local government areas of concern and 12 suburbs in Penrith LGA.
- Western NSW
Stay at home rules apply from Wednesday 11 August 2021 to the local government areas of Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Narromine, Walgett and Warren. - Dubbo
Stay at home rules apply from Wednesday 11 August 2021 to the local government area of Dubbo which includes Brocklehurst, Eumungerie, Geurie, Mumbil, Stuart Town, Wellington and Wongarbon.
From 5pm on Monday 9 August 2021, stay at home rules will apply to the Tamworth local government area.
Previously, from the beginning of Wednesday 21 July 2021 until until the beginning of Wednesday 28 July 2021, the stay at home rules apply to
- people who live in or are temporarily staying in the Blayney, Cabonne and Orange local government areas
- anyone who has been in these 3 local government areas since Saturday 17 July 2021.
Exercise and outdoor recreation
- Stay within your local government area or within 10km of your home.
- You can exercise with 1 other person who is not from your household.
- If there are more than 2 people in your household, you can go out together for exercise.
- Indoor recreation facilities such as gyms and indoor courts must be closed.
- Community sport (training and matches) cannot go ahead.
Proof of address
In the Blayney, Cabonne and Orange local government areas, you must carry proof of your address if you
- have left your home for a reasonable excuse
- are exercising outdoors or have left your home for recreation, or
- have a reasonable excuse and are leaving the Blayney, Cabonne or Orange local government areas.
You must show your proof of address if asked by the NSW Police.
From 12 July: Starting Monday 12 July all business premises in NSW must use Service NSW QR for check in.
From 10 July, additional restrictions for Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour:
Exercise and outdoor recreation
- Stay within your local government area or within 10km of your home.
- You can exercise with 1 other person who is not from your household.
- If there are more than 2 people in your household, you can go out together for exercise.
- If you are driving to outdoor exercise and recreation within your local government area or within 10km from your home, you can only share a private vehicle (your car) with other people from your household.
Proof of address
In Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour, you must carry proof of your address if you are
- exercising outdoors or have left your home for recreation, or
- leaving the area of Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour.
You must show your proof of address if asked by the NSW Police.
Wednesday 07 July: The current lockdown will be extended for another week until 11:59pm on Friday, 16 July.
The same restrictions currently in place across both Greater Sydney including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour and regional NSW will remain in place until this time.
In coming days the NSW Government will detail a plan for exiting from restrictions to give the community and businesses certainty in the coming weeks and months.
Previously, from 6pm Saturday 26 June, everyone in Greater Sydney must stay at home unless it is for an essential reason.
The reasons you may leave your home include:
- Shopping for food or other essential goods and services;
- Medical care or compassionate needs (people can leave home to have a COVID-19 vaccination unless you have been identified as a close contact);
- Exercise outdoors in groups of 10 or fewer;
- Essential work, or education, where you cannot work or study from home.
In all other parts of NSW the following restrictions will apply:
- People who have been in the Greater Sydney region (including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong) on or after June 21 should follow the stay-at-home orders for a period of 14 days after they left Greater Sydney.
- Masks will be compulsory in all indoor non-residential settings, including workplaces, and at organised outdoor events;
- Dance and gym classes limited to 20 per class (masks must be worn);
- The one person per four square metre rule will be re-introduced for all indoor and outdoor settings;
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Shopping for food or other essential goods and services;
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Medical care or compassionate needs;
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Exercise outdoors in groups of 10 or fewer;
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Essential work, or education, where you cannot work or study from home.
From 4pm today, Wednesday 23 June, for one week, new restrictions will be introduced for Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour;
- Masks will be compulsory in all indoor non-residential settings, including workplaces, and at organised outdoor events;
- Dance and gym classes limited to 20 per class (masks must be worn);
- The one person per four square metre rule will be re-introduced for all indoor and outdoor settings, including weddings and funerals;
- If you live or work in the City of Sydney, Waverley, Randwick, Canada Bay, Inner West, Bayside, and Woollahra local government areas, you cannot travel outside metropolitan Sydney for non-essential travel.
Previously, from midday 6 May 2021 (enforceable from 5pm) until 12:01am Monday 17 May for the Greater Sydney region (including Wollongong, Central Coast and Blue Mountains):
Masks will be compulsory on public transport and in all public indoor venues.
It is not mandatory to wear a face mask at the gym and other similar indoor facilities. However, it is recommended that when you can wear a mask while exercising, you do.
https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/rules/greater-sydney
Checked 22 February 2021:
For more information: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/covid-safe/indoor-recreation-yoga-pilates-and-dance-studios-martial-arts-training
Resources and guidance on how to complete a COVID-19 Safety Plan, register and stay in business.
- Complete a COVID-19 Safety Plan
Step 1 - Register as a COVID Safe business
Step 2 - Access your QR code and business resources online
For businesses already registered as COVID Safe.
Electronic check-in is mandatory
Patron check-in at recreation facilities (indoor) must be completed using electronic methods such as a QR code.
The Service NSW COVID Safe Check-in is strongly recommended as a free, secure and convenient system, but any electronic method that meets the record keeping requirements can be used.
Capacity: one person per 2 square metres of publicly accessible space (excluding staff). Children count towards the capacity limit.
Masks: Do not currently need to be worn.
COVID-19 Safety Plans are mandatory
Under Public Health Orders all indoor recreation, yoga, pilates and dance studios, and martial arts training facilities must complete a COVID-19 Safety Plan.
Businesses should also consider the benefits of registering as COVID Safe.
Complete the plan in consultation with staff, then share it with them.
Keep your plan up to date
You may need to update the plan in the future, as restrictions and advice changes.
You will need to have an up to date plan at your premises at all times and be able to show it to an authorised officer if requested.
Your COVID-19 Safety Plan
You can either:
- use the provided COVID-19 Safety Plan to address the checklist of matters for indoor recreation, yoga, pilates and dance studios, martial arts training facilities
- keep using your existing plan, if you have one, after making sure it includes all the items in the provided COVID-19 Safety Plan.
Register as a COVID Safe business
If you’ve completed your COVID-19 Safety Plan, you can register as COVID Safe.
Previously, from midnight 02 January 2021, the southern zone of the Northern Beaches will be subject to the same restrictions as Greater Sydney.
Restrictions for the northern zone of the Northern Beaches remain the same with stay at home orders in place until 9 January 2021;
- No visitors to the home.
- Five northern zone residents can gather outdoors (not at homes) for exercise and recreation, from within the same zone.
- Non-essential businesses remain closed.
The following measures for Greater Sydney (including Wollongong, Central Coast and Blue Mountains) are effective from midnight tonight:
- Gym classes reduced to 30 people.
- 1 person per 4 square metre rule for indoor areas.
Previously, From 20 December (11:59pm) the o1 person per 4 square metre rule will be re-introduced for all indoor settings in Greater Sydney including Blue Mountains and Central Coast. Northern Beaches remain under ‘Stay at home’ orders .
From 5 pm 19 December Northern Beaches LGA will be under stay at home orders until 11.59pm on Wednesday. This will require the closing of hospitality venues and gyms. As in previous restrictions this includes Pilates studios.
From Monday 7 December, venue capacity for indoor recreation, yoga, pilates and dance studios, martial arts training facilities is increased in NSW as the 2 square metre rule replaces the 4 square metre rule. Children count towards the capacity limit. (CovidSafe link)
Full details are provided in the physical distancing section of the COVID-19 Safety Plan.
Learn more about the 2 square metre rule or easing of restrictions.
Electronic check-in is mandatory
Patron check-in at recreation facilities (indoor) must be completed using electronic methods such as a QR code.
The Service NSW COVID Safe Check-in is strongly recommended as a free, secure and convenient system, but any electronic method that meets the record keeping requirements can be used.
From 23 November 2020 it is mandatory for all indoor recreation, yoga, Pilates and dance studios, martial arts training facilities to set up an electronic check-in system, such as a QR code, for contactless customer check-in.
For further details: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/covid-safe/customer-record-keeping
Indoor recreation, yoga, pilates and dance studios, martial arts training facilities:
Under Public Health Orders, you must have a COVID-19 Safety Plan for how your business will keep your participants, volunteers and workers safe.
You can either :
- use the COVID-19 Safety Plan: Indoor recreation facilities (including yoga, pilates and dance studios, martial arts training facilities) (PDF, 286.63 KB)
NOTE: you need to complete additional COVID-19 Safety Plans if you have a gym, pool or cafe on your premises. - develop your own plan to address the checklist of matters required on this page.
02 August 2020
The NSW Government is strongly encouraging greater use of masks in high-risk public settings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The advice from the NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant specifically recommends:
- the use of face masks in indoor settings where physical distancing is hard to maintain
- the use of face masks (where practical) in indoor settings with a higher risk of transmission, such as for the staff of hospitality and customer-facing venues i.e. cafes, restaurants, pubs and clubs
- during attendance at places of worship.
Wearing a mask in any of these settings is not mandatory but is highly recommended, especially in areas where there has been community transmission.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said a mask is not a substitute for physical distancing.
From Saturday 1 August 2020:
Note: the following does not apply to indoor recreation, yoga, Pilates and dance studios, martial arts training facilities, which have their own requirements.
Under new rules, all gyms and fitness centres must:
- register and have a COVID Safety Plan
- have a dedicated COVID-19 Safe Hygiene Marshal on duty at all times.
Gyms must assign one staff member as a COVID-19 Safe Hygiene Marshal who will be in distinctive clothing (such as a shirt or badge).
The marshal is responsible for ensuring all aspects of the COVID-19 Safety Plan are being maintained, including:
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- social distancing
- cleaning
- ensuring the accuracy of record keeping.
From 29 June 2020:
Indoor recreation facilities such as squash courts, gyms, table tennis centres, health studios, bowling alleys and ice rinks can reopen with restrictions.
- Any class or organised event can have 20 or less participants (excluding staff).
- There can be no more than one person per four square metres (including staff) on the premises.
- Operators must have a COVID-19 Safety Plan.
Previously in place, since 15 May:
Permitted:
- Outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people.
- Use of outdoor equipment in public places, with caution.
Closed venues – Indoor recreation facilities (for example, squash courts, gyms, table tennis centres, health studios, bowling alleys and ice rinks).
In a place that may remain open to the public, occupiers and operators of the premises must allow at least 4 square metres of space for each person on the premises.
The restrictions do not apply to premises offering health services. For example, chemist, doctor, hospital or medical centre, physiotherapist, remedial or therapeutic massage service provider.
See here for examples of what you can and can’t do in NSW.
Useful Links:
NSW Government website – COVID-19
NSW Government – COVID Business Resources– Support and guidance for businesses and workplaces becoming COVID Safe.
NSW COVID-19 Small Business Support (Grants, loans, financial assistance) – available to eligible NSW small business owners.
Guidance for your business with the Business Concierge service if your business has been impacted by the NSW bushfires and/or COVID-19 (coronavirus).
What to do if COVID-19 is linked to your business