26/10/2020
So, what's happening from 11:59 p.m. TUESDAY, 27th Oct., 2020, to Metro Melbourne:
REASONS TO LEAVE YOUR HOME
• Stay safe: No restrictions on reasons to leave the house, must remain within 25 kms of home (with exceptions, including care for childminding, end of life, resting place, real estate.)
• Intrastate travel: No change.
- Restrictions on travel between metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria will remain in place until metropolitan Melbourne aligns with regional Victoria on 8 November
• Face coverings: No change. (Proper Masks)
GATHERINGS OF PEOPLE
Home: to be advised. (wait for update on the 27th of Nov)
Public places: up to 10 people may gather outdoors from any number of households, or more than 10 if all from the same household (children under 12 months of age not included in the limit)
INDOOR SPORT AND RECREATION
• Indoor sport and recreation: not allowed
• Indoor fitness and dance classes: Open only for recording and broadcast permitted only with minimum number of people required to conduct the recording/streaming, up to 5 people:
- only one person at a time may be exempted from wearing a face covering under the strenuous physical exercise exemption. e.g. the trainer leading the broadcast
- shared equipment may be used if cleaned between each user and comply with density and other requirements
• Indoor swimming pools: Open for one-on-one hydrotherapy sessions with a health professional, carer or support person. No group sessions. Exceptions for private pools and professional sport
OUTDOOR SPORT AND RECREATION INCLUDING POOLS
• Outdoor physical recreation and personal training:
- A household or up to 10 people in any group (trainer is additional to group)
• Outdoor fitness or dance classes:
- Open for outdoor classes, up to 10 people, trainer not included in cap
- Shared equipment may be used if cleaned between each user and comply with density and other requirements
• Community sport:
Outdoor contact sport allowed for people 18 and under:
- Limited to minimum number of people to play and facilitate the activity (e.g. soccer may be played with two teams of eleven players and the necessary coaching personnel and umpires)
- One spectator per child permissible for supervision purposes
Outdoor non-contact sport: allowed for adults and people 18 and under
- Limited to minimum number of people to play and facilitate the activity (e.g. cricket may be played with two teams of eleven players and the necessary coaching personnel and umpires)
- Non-contact means participants must be able to maintain distance of 1.5m
• Outdoor communal gym equipment: Open, no change
• Outdoor swimming pools (including swimming lessons): Limited to the density quotient of the pool itself or 50 per pool, whichever is smaller, other than for the following exceptions
- Exclusive use by a single school at any one time for education purposes
- Exclusive use for community sport
• Publicly accessible playgrounds: open, no change
• Play-centres: closed, no change
• Skate-parks: outdoor open, indoor closed
• Trampolining centres: outdoor open, indoor closed
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
• Libraries and toy libraries:
- Open to facilitate collection and return of books/toys or home delivery, plus:
- Outdoor activities permitted for up to 10 people plus the people required to conduct the activity
• Community venues: closed except for:
- Hosting an essential public support service (10 people); hosting an essential support group (10 people); hosting a wedding (10 people) or funeral (20 people); or providing an exclusive venue for a single school at any one time for educational purposes; and
- Activities in an outdoor space, subject to the public gathering limits (10 people), plus the person required to conduct the activity
CHILDCARE FACILITIES
• Childcare facilities: open
• In-home child minding: allowed for all children
HOSPITALITY
• Preparation for opening (staff can enter the premises to prepare for opening but must not serve customers): customer-facing facilities including hospitality, retail and entertainment that are reopening may return to work following announcement (26 October)
• Food and drink facilities: open for seated indoor and outdoor service (both food and/or drink):
- Maximum 10 people per group, seated 1.5m from other groups
• For indoor space: open with a cap of 10 persons per indoor space, with a maximum of 20 patrons per venue indoors, subject to density requirements (1 per 4m2)
• For outdoor space: Open with cap of 50 patrons per venue outdoors subject to density requirements (1 per 2 m2)
- Live music permitted outdoors only with band included in venue limit, members must be at least two metres apart, wear a face mask (except limited exemptions). Other requirements apply
• Hospitality in arenas/racetracks: hospitality venues in other sectors such as sports arenas are subject to the same restrictions as other hospitality if open to the public
• Food courts: open
- Indoor seating: a maximum of two people per table, venue limited to the lesser of 25 per cent of a venue’s fixed seating capacity or a density quotient of one person per eight square metres. This would be subject to regular cleaning and taking of names
- Outdoor space: Outdoor areas with a maximum of 50 diners per area, group limit of 10, each area separated by 10 metres from the next. Maximum of 4 areas (200 people)
STUDY
• Adult education: learn from home if you can
• School: on-site learning for all year levels
• Grade 6 & Year 12 Graduations:
- permitted if within the existing grade cohort (e.g., whole grade six cohort, not individual classes)
- students and staff only (no parents). Can be broadcast for parents
- COVIDSafe requirements
SHOPPING, RETAIL AND PERSONAL SERVICES
• Preparation for opening – staff can enter the premises to prepare for opening: customer-facing facilities including hospitality, retail and entertainment may return from 26 October
• Hairdressing, beauty and personal care services: open with requirement that only services where the client can wear a face covering are permitted (e.g. manicures, pedicures, body waxing, tattooing)
• Market stalls: open
• Auction houses: open
• Other retail: open
ENTERTAINMENT
• Preparation for opening – staff can enter the premises to prepare for opening: customer-facing facilities including hospitality, retail and entertainment may return from 26 October
• Indoor venues: Theatre, cinema, auditorium, gallery, museum, arena, stadium, open for broadcast only
• Non-seated outdoor spaces, excluding events:
- outdoor spaces open with density quotient; indoor spaces closed
- requirement for COVIDSafe Plan and venues with 500 or more capacity at one time must publish their COVID Safe Plan online prior to opening
• Seated outdoor spaces with fixed or allocated seated spaces/zones:
• Outdoor spaces open:
- Maximum 10 people per group, groups must be 1.5m apart from each other and seated
- If fixed seating: patron cap of 50 people or 25% of the venue’s fixed seat capacity, whichever is lower
- If no fixed seating but allocated seated spaces/zones: density quotient and maximum of 50 patrons at the venue
• Drive-in cinemas: outdoor space open, no seating outside vehicles permitted
• Arenas and stadiums: can operate for exclusive use by a single school at any one time for education purposes, for professional sport or broadcast
• Retail betting venue:
- If wholly contained within a licensed premise: open, subject to licensed venue and retail restrictions
- If not wholly contained within a licensed premise: open subject to retail restrictions
• Arcade, amusement park, escape room, casino, gaming machine area, bingo centre, brothels, s*x on premises venues: no change
CEREMONIES AND RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS
• Indoor religious gatherings: Allowed for up to 10 people, plus one faith leader
- Strict requirements to be contained in a COVIDSafe Plan
- Can only have one gathering at a time whether indoor or outdoor
• Outdoor religious gatherings and ceremonies: up to 20 people, plus 1 faith leader, proximate to a place of worship
- Can only have one gathering at a time whether indoor or outdoor
• Private worship: allowed for a household, and two adults and any of their children or dependants, plus a faith leader
• Weddings: up to 10 people, including couple and two witnesses, celebrant and one photographer excluded from cap
• Funerals: up to 20 people, people to conduct funeral and infants under 12 months not included in cap
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
• Real estate inspections: allowed in accordance with record keeping requirements and density quotients, up to a maximum of 10 people from two households excluding the real estate agent
• Real estate auctions: can be conducted outdoors and in accordance with up to 10 members of the public, plus the minimum number of people required to conduct the auction and the owners and/or residents of the property
ACCOMMODATION
• Accommodation: no change
TOURISM (TOURS AND TRANSPORT)
• Indoor spaces: closed
• Outdoor spaces: open, but each group restricted to up 10 people, plus the minimum number of people required to conduct the tour
• Tour transport: permitted in open air vehicles, for groups of up to 10 people, plus the minimum number of people required to conduct the tour
INDUSTRY
• Work: work from home if you can
• COVIDSafe Plan: no change
• Poultry processing facilities: no change
• Abattoirs and meat processing facilities: no change
• Seafood processing facilities: no change
• Manufacturing, wholesale, medical, pharmaceutical and PPE supply: 100% workforce capacity. Other additional obligations remain in place
• Construction: 100% workforce capacity. Site visit limit on specialist contractors removed. Other additional obligations remain in place
