To minimise movement and protect regional communities all of Regional NSW are now under a seven day lockdown.
- 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 2 or fewer (unless members of the same household);
- Work, where you cannot work from home.
- Schooling will be done from home.
- Masks must be worn indoors (not including the home) and in outdoor settings where you cannot socially distance from others (e.g. while queuing for takeaway).
Additional restrictions to the Stay at Home Order have been announced today for all of NSW including Greater Sydney effective from 12:01am 16 August.
You must stay at home unless you have a reasonable excuse to leave. You cannot have visitors to your home from outside your household, including family and friends.
You can have one visitor at one time to fulfil carers' responsibilities or provide care or assistance, or for compassionate reasons, including where two people are in a relationship but do not live together.
From midnight tonight (12.01am Monday 16 August 2021)
• the 10 kilometre rule will be reduced for essential shopping and exercise to be done in your local government area (LGA) or if outside your LGA, within 5 kilometres of home. LGAs of concern must still exercise and shop within 5 kilometres from home only.
• In LGAs of concern, where prescribed work is being carried out there can only be 5 workers outside
• In LGAs of concern it will no longer be a reasonable excuse to leave your home to engage in outdoor recreation. You will only be allowed to exercise or supervise a child under 12 who is exercising or engaging in play
• There are new fines for providing false information to authorised contact tracers
• There are new restrictions on leaving your place of residence and inspecting property or moving between residence. This will only be permitted for:
- Regional NSW: people moving to a new place or between residence or inspecting property
Please note that Hilltops is not currently a declared LGA or LGA of concern
The rules relating to testing of workers, declared LGA areas (including authorised workers) and construction sites do not apply outside of Greater Sydney.
In areas that were not in lockdown before 5pm Saturday 14 August, weddings and funerals can take place until the beginning of 16 August. After that weddings are not permitted and funerals are subject to the 10 mourner limit. Similarly, for areas not in lockdown before 5pm, people can continue to stay in caravan parks and camping on a booking made before 5pm.
All hospitality venues must be closed to the public, including pubs and cafes except for takeaway.
All retail must be closed except for:
• Supermarkets and grocery shops,
• Shops that predominantly sell food or drinks eg. butchers, bakeries, fruit shops and delicatessens, but does not include restaurants or cafes.
• Chemists and pharmacies,
• Kiosks
• Shops that predominately sell office supplies, pet supplies, newspapers, magazines and stationery, alcohol, maternity and baby supplies, medical or pharmaceutical supplies
• Food and drink premises, but only to sell takeaway
• Cellar door premises, but only to sell takeaway
• Hardware and building supplies
• Landscaping material supplies
• Rural supplies
• Timber yards
• Garden centres and plant nurseries
• Vehicle hire premises, not including the premises at which vehicles are sold
• Shops that predominately carry out mobile phone repairs
Service stations, banks, post offices, laundromats and drycleaners can remain open.
Anyone who leaves their home must carry a mask with them at all times. They must be worn when working outdoors, by all school staff, by all people in outdoor markets, outdoor shopping strips, and in an outdoor queues waiting for products such as coffee and food.
