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Here (below) are the latest rulings from NSW Health which supersede the previous erroneous advice on the Service NSW website. By the way, the website seems to suggest there are special rules for “small construction sites” (10 workers or fewer in any 24-hour period) but I’m unable to find what they might be.
However, Melanie’s neighbouring flat, being unoccupied, could be considered a construction site under these regulations and may (or may not) require the builder to have registered a Covid Safety plan and QR codes for workers.
It depends how NSW Health defines “unoccupied homes”. But since they say “residence” means an apartment rather than an apartment building, the empty flat next door could be deemed a construction site with its own regulations (whatever they might be).
Capacity limits for prescribed work
Greater Sydney (excluding the local government areas of concern)
If you are doing prescribed work at a home, you must ensure that
- no more than 2 people are working in an indoor area at the same time;
- a resident must stay in a separate indoor area to where the work is being carried out
- no more than 5 people are working in an outdoor area at the same time.
And “prescribed work”, allowed outside of the eight hot spot LGAs means …
Prescribed work
Prescribed work is renovation (alterations or additions), repair, maintenance or cleaning work.
You do not need an exemption or confirmation from the NSW Government to do prescribed work or other work that is allowed.
Prescribed work does not include renovations at unoccupied homes. The rules for construction applies to renovations at unoccupied homes.
All work – including prescribed work – does not need to be necessary to be undertaken in Regional NSW or in Greater Sydney outside local government areas of concern.