Lockdown Extended for Greater Melbourne
Aug 17, 2021
Lockdown Extended for Greater Melbourne
Yesterday afternoon the Victorian Government announced a two week extension to the lockdown for Greater Melbourne and a tightening of restrictions on residential building sites.
The lockdown in Greater Melbourne will now run until at least 11:59pm Thursday 2 September 2021.
New restrictions include:
The following restrictions will remain in place for the remainder of the lockdown period:
From midnight Monday 16 August 2021 a curfew for Greater Melbourne will be imposed. This will require all residents living in Greater Melbourne to return home by 9pm.
Members will recall that during Victoria’s stage four lockdown in September last year a worker permit was introduced for Authorised Workers. The requirement to carry a permit has been reintroduced and they will be needed from midnight 17 August 2021.
Worker permits will be available on the coronavirus website later tomorrow and we will update you then.
Workers who work on multiple sites are expected to be restricted to working on 3 sites per week.
It is unclear at this stage if previous exceptions for workers before base stage and post fixing stage will be reintroduced.
HIA will advise members upon receiving further information from the Victorian Government.
If you are a builder you will only be allowed to have up to five workers on site plus a supervisor or health and safety representative.
If you a builder, on a large scale site, you will only be allowed to have 25% of your workforce on site at one time.
Yes, subject to:
No.
Renovation and maintenance work in occupied homes is not permitted during the continued lockdown. This means that businesses cannot enter a person’s premises to carry out internal building work where the premises is occupied.
Members must ensure they secure the site as soon as possible and comply with all health and safety obligations.
Urgent or essential repairs where required in an emergency situation are allowed.
During emergency visits and upon the client permitting entry to the home during the lockdown, members must ensure they comply with all COVIDSafe measures in place.
This will include:
Yes.
Subject to all COVIDSafe measures in place. This will include:
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