NOTICE – TRAVEL FROM VICTORIA
COVID-19 POLICIES
Effective 29 SEPTEMBER 2021
Essential Personnel (jockeys, trainers, stablehands, Officials and Service Providers) who reside in or have been to Victoria must undertake the following policies prior to attending a NSW racecourse or licensed premises (in addition to any requirements under the NSW Government Public Health Orders).
- Victorian Places of High Concern or Casual Contact – Any person that has been in a place of high concern or casual contact at the link below, must not attend a NSW racecourse or licensed premises until they make contact with Racing NSW Stewards and provide details of such contact. Racing NSW Stewards will provide details of requirements before attending a NSW racecourse or licensed premises.
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Documents/interstate concerns-notice.pdf
- State of Victoria (fully vaccinated) – Any fully vaccinated person that has been in the State of Victoria (other than the NSW/Victorian bubble) and has not been to a place of high concern or casual contact, must not attend a NSW racecourse or licensed premises until such time that they:
o Provide Racing NSW Stewards with evidence to their satisfaction of the day they arrived in NSW and evidence of travel permit.
o Provide Racing NSW Stewards with evidence to their satisfaction of vaccination status, showing they have been fully vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine.
o Self-isolate for 7 days and provide Racing NSW Stewards with the negative results of PCR COVID-19 tests taken on day 4 & 6 of the isolation period.
- State of Victoria (not fully vaccinated) – Any person that has been in the State of Victoria (other than the NSW/Victorian bubble) and has not been to a place of high concern or casual contact, must not attend a NSW racecourse or licensed premises until such time that they:
o Provide Racing NSW Stewards with evidence to their satisfaction of the day they arrived in NSW and evidence of travel permit.
o Self-isolate for 14 days and provide Racing NSW Stewards with the negative results of PCR COVID-19 tests taken on day 4, 10 & 14 of the isolation period.
Horse Travel from Victoria
Horses being transported from Victoria to NSW (other than from within the NSW/Victoria Bubble) to a licensed premises or racecourse must be done so in accordance with the following policy.
- Transported drivers that have been in Victoria must meet the following conditions to be eligible to transport a horse to NSW licensed premises. o must be fully vaccinated.
o have received a negative PCR test within the last 3 days.
- Transport drivers are not to enter stables or licensed premises and horses must be led into the stables or licensed premises by NSW based licensed person.
