Dear ,
Effective today, a raft of new Health Directions have been released; these confirm and clarify our understanding of various measures previously announced by the Victorian Government, but which had not yet been enacted.
The most pertinent piece of legislation is the new “Open Premises Directions”; a copy is available here.
The key points are:
- Travel between regional and metro Victoria is still not allowed.
- ALL patrons, aged 16 and above who attend an accommodation facility MUST be fully vaccinated and be able to demonstrate this (Part 2, Section 4, Schedule 1 and Part 6, Section 40). Naturally, medical exemptions still apply.
- These directions confirm schools are exempt from density requirements (Division 2, Section 14).
- Schools must have exclusive use of their facility.
There are a raft of other directions around density limits (4sqm), mask requirements, etc. None of these are unexpected.
On first (and second) reading of these directions, I do not see any requirement that prohibits self service food service in any establishment.
Whilst we are yet to see a new Operations Guide from the Department of Education, we are expecting this to be released in the next few days. It is anticipated (but not as yet confirmed) that this Operations Guide will reflect these new Health Directions. It would not be unsurprising if this guide also provided more definitions of what exclusive use of a facility meant.
Blessings
Graeme
