Core restrictions across all settings | - COVID-19 Safety Plans must be prepared by certain businesses and able to be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
- Face masks are only required in certain settings.
- From 11.59pm Friday 17 June 2022 face masks are no longer mandatory in Canberra Airport.
- Face masks will remain mandatory on flights.
- The ACT Government strongly recommends continued mask wearing in airport terminals, as well as other indoor settings, especially where physical distancing is not possible.
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| Household contact of a diagnosed person | - Risk mitigation requirements apply to a household contact (someone who lives with a person who has been diagnosed with COVID-19). Information is available on the Information for people exposed to COVID-19 page.
- A household contact must comply with these risk mitigation requirements for a period of seven days from the last time someone in the household tested positive for COVID-19 (the date of the collection of the test is regarded as day 0).
- If a household contact has previously been diagnosed with COVID-19 and received clearance from the self-isolation period in the last 12 weeks, they do not have to comply with these risk mitigation requirements if they subsequently become a household contact.
- A household contact does not have to comply with this document if they have not been in contact with the person who tested positive to COVID-19 while they were infectious (for example, they were away from home during the infectious period). A person is infectious in the 48 hours before they have symptoms or 48 hours before they test positive (if they do not have any symptoms).
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Social gatherings, leaving home and visitors | Home visits - No limit on number of visitors to a home.
- It is strongly encouraged that households minimise the number of visitors in their home at any one time to ensure COVID Smart behaviours can be maintained.
Informal outdoor gatherings - No limit on the number of people permitted at informal outdoor gatherings.
- Individuals are encouraged to stay in their known social groups and minimise the size of gatherings where possible.
Organised events (outdoor and indoor) - Organised events of greater than 5,000 people must submit their COVID Safety Plan to ACT Health for review.
- Exemptions are not required for large events.
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Face coverings and masks | - Any person aged 12 years or older must wear a face mask in certain settings.
- A person is not required to wear a face mask if they have a physical or mental health illness or condition, or disability, which makes wearing a face mask detrimental to their condition.
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| Travel | Interstate travel - There are currently no restrictions on interstate travel to the ACT.
- Persons who are currently under quarantine or isolation requirements seeking to travel to the ACT should refer to the entering and leaving the ACT page for further information.
International travel - Travellers who are returning from overseas and want to enter the ACT must first follow the requirements of the jurisdiction of their port of entry.
- If travellers are permitted to travel to the ACT, they are encouraged to undergo a COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) within 24 hours of arrival in Australia.
- More detailed guidance for travellers arriving from overseas and who wish to enter the ACT can be accessed on the overseas travel page.
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Education and childcare | Early childhood education and care: - Back to on campus learning.
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Schools: - Back to on campus learning.
- Out of School Hours care available to all students.
- More information on COVID-19 school arrangements is available on the Education Directorate website.
- Schools are encouraged to retain existing Check In CBR QR codes for voluntary use and use by external events held on school premises.
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Higher education and training: - Back to on campus learning as determined by the facility.
- Density limits no longer apply.
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Public transport | Buses and light rail - Services operating as normal.
- Mask wearing on public transport is required.
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Taxis, hire car and ride share services - Operating as normal.
- Mask wearing in taxis, hire car and ride share services is required.
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Hospitality and licensed venues | Licensed venues, cafes, restaurants and food courts - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan. The Plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Night clubs - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan. The Plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Gaming and gambling venues | Casinos, gambling venues and betting agencies - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan. The Plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Hairdressing, beauty and personal services | Hairdressing and barbers, beauty therapy, day spas, nail salons, waxing salons, tanning salons, tattoo parlours and body modification studios - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan. The Plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Strip clubs and brothels - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan. The Plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Places of worship, weddings and funerals | Places of worship - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan. The Plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Businesses and venues that host funerals - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan. The Plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Businesses and venues that host weddings - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan. The Plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Fitness and sport | Gyms, health clubs, fitness centres or wellness centres, personal training and boot camps - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Swimming pools - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
- Organised events of greater than 5,000 people must submit their COVID Safety Plan to ACT Health for review.
- Exemptions are not required for large events.
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Dance classes - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Organised sporting activities - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
- Organised events of greater than 5,000 people must submit their COVID Safety Plan to ACT Health for review.
- Exemptions are not required for large events.
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Outdoor physical recreation and campgrounds | Campgrounds, caravan parks and camp sites - Gathering limits no longer apply.
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Outdoor playgrounds, skate parks, fitness stations and dog parks - Gathering limits no longer apply.
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Nature reserves - Gathering limits no longer apply.
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| Entertainment and leisure | Indoor or outdoor play centres, arcades or amusement centres - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan. The Plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Community and cultural facilities, activities and attractions | Libraries - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Community centres, facilities or youth centres - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
- Activities being held in these facilities which are referenced elsewhere must comply with the conditions for those activities (eg. weddings, martial arts, sporting activities, and dance classes).
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Galleries, museums, national cultural institution, historic sites, outdoor attractions (zoos and other tourism attractions) - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Musical rehearsals - choirs, bands and orchestras (higher risk activity) - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Events and performance venues, conferences and cinemas | All indoor performance venues and live performance events - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer..
- Organised events of greater than 5,000 people must submit their COVID Safety Plan to ACT Health for review.
- Exemptions are not required for large events.
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Conference and convention venues (including National Convention Centre) - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
- Organised events of greater than 5,000 people must submit their COVID Safety Plan to ACT Health for review.
- Exemptions are not required for large events.
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Cinemas or movie theatres - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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All outdoor entertainment and event venues (including venues with forward facing, fixed and tiered seating - stadiums, concert venues) - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
- Organised events of greater than 5,000 people must submit their COVID Safety Plan to ACT Health for review.
- Does not apply for events held at GIO Stadium and Manuka Oval noting that the COVID Safety Plan for these venues has been endorsed by the CHO or delegate.
- Exemptions are not required for large events.
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Organised events (not addressed elsewhere in the Direction) | Organised events (not addressed elsewhere in the Direction) - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
- Organised events of greater than 5,000 people must submit their COVID Safety Plan to ACT Health for review.
- Exemptions are not required for large events.
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Real estate services and auction houses | Real estate - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Auction houses - Must develop and maintain a COVID Safety Plan.
- The plan must be produced if requested by an authorised officer.
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Tours and accommodation | Accommodation |
Tours (for example, walking tours) Tour transport |
| Construction sector
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| Visitors to residential aged care facilities | Visitor restrictions Visitors to comply with policies established by the relevant residential aged care facility. |
Visitors to hospital facilities | Visitor restrictions - A maximum of 2 people per day will be able to visit patients at hospitals and health services.
- This will be limited to 1 visitor at a time to ensure we can maintain physical distancing.
- More information is available on the visitor restrictions page.
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