Superseded - Border Restrictions Direction (No. 53)

This direction has been superseded on 15 November 2021. See the current Border Restrictions Direction (No. 60).

Summary

Effective from: 2.45pm AEST 11 November 2021

Posted: 11 November 2021

Superseded on: 15 November 2021

Direction from Chief Health Officer in accordance with emergency powers arising from the declared public health emergency

Public Health Act 2005 (Qld)

Section 362B

On 29 January 2020, under the Public Health Act 2005, the Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services made an order declaring a public health emergency in relation to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The public health emergency area specified in the order is for ‘all of Queensland’. Its duration has been extended by regulation to 26 December 2021 and may be further extended.

Further to this declaration, l, Dr Peter Aitken, Chief Health Officer, reasonably believe it is necessary to give the following direction pursuant to the powers under s 362B of the Public Health Act 2005 to assist in containing, or to respond to, the spread of COVID-19 within the community.

Guidance

A person entering Queensland must comply with any relevant requirements of other Public Health Directions while the person is in Queensland. A person entering Queensland who has been overseas in the 14 days prior to arriving in Queensland must comply with the entry and quarantine requirements under the Quarantine and other Requirements for International Arrivals Direction (No. 14) or its successor.

Separately from the requirements under Public Health Directions, under sections 362G and 362H of the Public Health Act 2005, a person may be given a direction by an emergency officer (public health) to stay at or in a particular place for up to 14 days if the emergency officer believes it is reasonably necessary to assist in containing, or to respond to, the spread of COVID-19 in the community.

Citation

  1. This Public Health Direction may be referred to as the Border Restrictions Direction (No. 53).

Revocation

  1. The Border Restrictions Direction (No. 52) given on 6 November 2021 is revoked from the time of publication of this public health direction.

Commencement

  1. This Direction applies from the time of publication until the end of the declared public health emergency, unless revoked or replaced.

PART 1 – ENTRY TO QUEENSLAND – GENERAL

  1. A person must not enter Queensland unless the person either:

    1. has not been in a COVID-19 hotspot in the previous 14 days or since the start date identified for the COVID-19 hotspot, whichever is shorter; or

    2. has been in a COVID-19 hotspot in the previous 14 days or since the start date identified for the COVID-19 hotspot, whichever is shorter, and is permitted to enter Queensland under Part 3 and subject to the requirements in Parts 2 or 3.

    Note: To remove any doubt, if an area of Australia is removed from the list of COVID-19 hotspots, a person may enter Queensland as soon as the area is no longer a COVID-19 hotspot, even if the person had been in the COVID-19 hotspot in the 14 days prior to their entry to Queensland.

    Example – The Northern Territory is decided by the Chief Health Officer to be a COVID-19 hotspot on 1 June 2020 and removed as a COVID-19 hotspot from 10am on 1 September 2020. A person may enter Queensland from 10am on 1 September 2020, even if the person had been in the Northern Territory during the previous 14 days.

  2. A person who enters Queensland and develops symptoms consistent with COVID-19 within 14 days after entry, must present for a COVID-19 PCR test.

  3. A person is taken not to have been in a COVID-19 hotspot for the purposes of the entry restrictions and quarantine requirements in parts 3 and 6 under this Direction, however, will still be required to complete a Queensland Border Declaration Pass, if the person:

    1. arrived in a COVID-19 hotspot by air for the sole purpose of transiting through an approved airport in the COVID-19 hotspot and did not leave the confines of the airport; or

    2. transited through a COVID-19 hotspot by road using private transport for a distance of no more than two hours of safe driving distance from their point of entry to a COVID-19 hotspot, without stopping; or

    3. arrived in a COVID-19 hotspot by road and used private transport to travel directly, without stopping, to an airport in a COVID-19 hotspot within two hours of safe driving distance from their point of entry into the COVID-19 hotspot, to depart the COVID-19 hotspot by air.

PART 2 – ENTRY TO QUEENSLAND – NON-RESTRICTED BORDER ZONE

  1. A non-restricted border zone resident who has not in the preceding 14 days been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside of the non-restricted border zone may enter and remain in Queensland for the following essential purposes:

    1. to obtain food or other essential goods or services for the personal needs of the household or other household purposes, which cannot reasonably be obtained within New South Wales unless the reason the food or other essential goods or services cannot be obtained within New South Wales is because the person has not been fully vaccinated for COVID-19; or

    2. to obtain medical care or supplies or other health care services which cannot reasonably be obtained within New South Wales; or

    3. to obtain a scheduled COVID-19 vaccination which cannot reasonably be obtained within New South Wales; or

    4. to comply with an order to attend a Court or Tribunal in-person in Queensland or to give effect to orders of a Court or Tribunal in-person in Queensland; or

    5. to donate blood or blood products at a scheduled appointment at a blood collection centre in Queensland; or

    6. to comply with their statutory care requirements as a child under the care of the Chief Executive of the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs; or

    7. to perform work or volunteering that cannot be done from home, including school passenger transport operators, but otherwise excluding freight and logistics operators and taxi, limousine and rideshare operators; or

    8. to attend a childcare facility, school, university, or other educational institution for the purposes of receiving care or instruction or to transport a child to attend a childcare facility, school or other educational institution for these purposes; or

    9. to provide assistance, care or support to a family member or to fulfil other caring responsibilities; or

      Example – a person fulfilling an ongoing care arrangement to support a family member or friend with essentials such as cleaning, shopping, cooking or providing meals.

    10. to fulfil an obligation relating to shared parenting or child contact; or

    11. for children under 18 years who do not live in the same household as their biological parents or siblings or one of their parents or siblings, continuing existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children and siblings; or

    12. in the event of an emergency situation.

  2. Note: If a non-restricted border zone resident has been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside of the non-restricted border zone, they may only enter Queensland if permitted under Part 3.

    Note: A non-restricted border zone resident is subject to other public health directions while in Queensland. A non-restricted border zone resident may enter for one or more essential purposes but must not undertake any other activity in Queensland. For example, a non-restricted border zone resident who is entering Queensland for a hospital appointment may also shop for essential food that cannot be obtained within New South Wales but must not recreate or visit with friends as these are not essential purposes.

  3. Despite paragraph 7, a non-restricted border zone resident must not enter Queensland for an essential purpose under paragraph 7 if in the preceding 14 days they have had a visitor to their residence who lives in a restricted border zone or any other part of New South Wales outside the non-restricted border zone, unless the person is entering Queensland:

    1. to obtain medical care or supplies or other health care services which cannot reasonably be obtained within New South Wales under paragraph 7(b); or

    2. in the event of an emergency situation under paragraph 7(l).

  4. To remove any doubt, a non-restricted border zone resident mentioned in paragraph 7 must not enter Queensland for the following reasons:

    1. to attend a wedding or funeral; or

    2. to exercise or participate in organised sport; or

    3. for recreational purposes, including but not limited to holidaying in Queensland, spectating at sporting events or attending cinemas, theme parks or other tourist experiences.

  5. A non-restricted border zone resident must only remain in Queensland for the time necessary to carry out one of the essential purposes listed in paragraph 7.

  6. A non-restricted border zone resident may also enter Queensland as permitted under Part 3. A non-restricted border zone resident entering Queensland under Part 3 must comply with the relevant requirements for entry and quarantine in Schedule 1.

  7. A Queensland resident may enter Queensland after travelling to the non-restricted border zone for one of the following essential purposes:

    1. to obtain food or other essential goods or services for the personal needs of the household or other household purposes, which cannot reasonably be obtained within Queensland; or

    2. to obtain medical care or supplies or other health care services, which cannot reasonably be obtained within Queensland; or

    3. to perform work or volunteering that cannot be done from home; or

    4. to attend a childcare facility, school, university, or other educational institution for the purposes of receiving care or instruction or to transport a child to attend a childcare facility, school or other educational institution for these purposes; or

    5. to comply with an order to attend a Court or Tribunal in-person in the non-restricted border zone or to give effect to orders of a Court or Tribunal in-person in the non-restricted border zone;

    6. to comply with their statutory care requirements as a child under the care of the Chief Executive of the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs; or

    7. to provide assistance, care or support to a family member or to fulfil other caring responsibilities; or

      Example – a person fulfilling an ongoing care arrangement to support a family member or friend with essentials such as cleaning, shopping, cooking or providing meals.

    8. to fulfil an obligation relating to shared parenting or child contact; or for children under 18 years who do not live in the same household as their biological parents or siblings or one of their parents or siblings, continuing existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children and siblings; or

    9. in the event of an emergency situation.

  8. Note: a Queensland resident should only be returning from travelling to the non-restricted border zone for one of the same essential purposes for entry to Queensland by a non-restricted border zone resident listed in paragraph 7.

  9. A Queensland resident must only remain in the non-restricted border zone for the time necessary to carry out one of the essential purposes listed in paragraph 12.

  10. A Queensland resident who travels to the non-restricted border zone for any other purpose other than a purpose mentioned in paragraph 12 may re-enter Queensland provided they:

    1. have been provided an allocated entry date and designated entry airport to enter Queensland, confirmed in writing from a government authority; and

    2. enter on the allocated entry date and to the designated entry airport mentioned in sub-paragraph (a); and

    3. fulfil the evidentiary requirements for a Queensland resident specified in Part 3A and obtain a Queensland Border Declaration Pass; and

    4. quarantine in government-nominated accommodation in accordance with the general quarantine requirements in Part A of Schedule 2

  11. unless entering as permitted under Part 1 or 3 of the Direction.

  12. A Queensland resident may enter Queensland from outside the non-restricted border zone only if permitted under Part 1 or 3.

    Notes: a Queensland resident permitted to enter Queensland under Part 3 must comply with the requirements in Schedule 1.

  13. A Queensland resident may also enter Queensland as permitted under Part 3. A Queensland resident entering Queensland under Part 3 must comply with the relevant requirements for entry and quarantine in Schedule 1.

Vaccination requirements

  1. A non-restricted border zone resident may only enter Queensland to perform work or volunteering that cannot reasonably be done from home under this part if they:

    1. have received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine; and

    2. from 1.00am AEST 15 November 2021, have either already received the prescribed number of doses or have a booking to receive the prescribed number of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

  2. A Queensland resident who travels to the non-restricted border zone to perform work or volunteering that cannot reasonably be done from home under this part will be required to:

    1. re-enter Queensland by air; and

    2. quarantine in government-nominated accommodation in accordance with the general quarantine requirements in Part A of Schedule 2

    unless they have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and from 1.00am AEST 15 November 2021 have either already received the prescribed number of doses or have a booking to receive the prescribed number of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

  3. The requirements in paragraphs 17 and 18 do not apply to the following categories of workers or volunteers:

    1. work performed by an emergency health services or emergency services worker responding to an emergency in Queensland or the border zone; or

    2. emergency work performed by a national defence, state security or police worker; or

    3. work performed by an emergency infrastructure worker; or

    4. work performed by air crew; or

    5. work performed by a disaster management worker related to the prevention or preparation for an imminent disaster or to respond to a disaster; or

    6. emergency volunteering to respond to an emergency or disaster.

  4. A person to whom paragraphs 17 and 18 apply must provide evidence of having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine if requested by an emergency officer (public health).

PART 2A – ENTRY TO QUEENSLAND – RESTRICTED BORDER ZONE

  1. A fully vaccinated border zone resident who has in the preceding 14 days been in the restricted border zone and has not been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside of the border zone may only enter and remain in Queensland for one of the following essential purposes:

    1. to obtain food or other essential goods or services for the personal needs of the household or other household purposes, which cannot reasonably be obtained within New South Wales; or

    2. to obtain medical care or supplies or other health care services, including a scheduled COVID-19 vaccination which cannot reasonably be obtained within New South Wales; or

    3. to perform essential work that cannot be done from home, or to provide emergency volunteering; or

    4. for children of essential workers and an adult that may transport the child, to attend face to face schooling or to attend a childcare facility for the purposes of receiving care or instruction, or

    5. to provide assistance, care or support to a family member or to fulfil other caring responsibilities; or

    6. to fulfil an obligation relating to shared parenting or child contact; or

    7. for children under 18 years who do not live in the same household as their biological parents or siblings or one of their parents or siblings, continuing existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children and siblings; or

    8. in the event of an emergency situation.

  2. Note: If a border zone resident has been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside of the border zone, they may only enter Queensland if permitted under Part 3.

    Note: A border zone resident is subject to other public health directions while in Queensland.

  3. A border zone resident who is not fully vaccinated and in the preceding 14 days has been in the restricted border zone and has not been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside of the border zone may only enter and remain in Queensland for one of the following essential purposes:

    1. to obtain medical care or supplies or other health care services, including a scheduled COVID-19 vaccination which cannot reasonably be obtained within New South Wales; or

    2. to fulfil a Court ordered obligation relating to shared parenting or child contact; or

    3. in the event of an emergency situation.

  4. Despite paragraph 22, a border zone resident who is unable to receive a COVID-19 vaccination because of a recognised medical contraindication and has evidence of a medical contraindication or is under 12 years of age and has not been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside of the border zone, may enter and remain in Queensland for one of the essential purposes under paragraph 21.

  5. Despite paragraph 21 and 22, a border zone resident must not enter Queensland for an essential purpose under paragraph 21 and 22(b) if in the preceding 14 days they have had a visitor to their residence who lives in any other part of New South Wales outside the non-restricted border zone, unless the person is entering Queensland:

    1. to obtain medical care or supplies or other health care services which cannot reasonably be obtained within New South Wales under paragraph 21(b) and 22(a); or

    2. in the event of an emergency situation under paragraph 21(h) and 22(c).

  6. To remove any doubt, a border zone resident mentioned in paragraph 21 and 22 must not enter Queensland for any other reason than those listed in paragraph 21 and 22, including:

    1. to attend a wedding or funeral; or

    2. to exercise; or

    3. for recreational purposes, including but not limited to holidaying in Queensland, spectating at professional sporting events or attending cinemas, theme parks or other tourist experiences.

  7. A border zone resident mentioned in paragraph 21 and 22 must only remain in Queensland for the time necessary to carry out one of the essential purposes listed in paragraph 21 and 22.

  8. A Queensland resident may enter Queensland and must quarantine in accordance with part 6A after travelling to the restricted border zone for one of the following essential purposes:

    1. to obtain food or other essential goods or services for the personal needs of the household or other household purposes, which cannot reasonably be obtained within Queensland; or

    2. to obtain medical care or supplies or other health care services; or

    3. to perform essential work that cannot be done from home, or to provide emergency volunteering; or

    4. for children of essential workers and an adult that may transport the child, to attend face to face schooling or to attend a childcare facility for the purposes of receiving care or instruction; or

    5. to provide assistance, care or support to a family member or to fulfil other caring responsibilities; or

    6. to fulfil an obligation relating to shared parenting or child contact; or

    7. for children under 18 years who do not live in the same household as their biological parents or siblings or one of their parents or siblings, continuing existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children and siblings; or

    8. in the event of an emergency situation.

  9. Note: a Queensland resident should only be returning from travelling to the restricted border zone for one of the same essential purposes for entry to Queensland by a border zone resident listed in paragraph 21.

  10. A Queensland resident must only remain in the restricted border zone for the time necessary to carry out one of the essential purposes listed in paragraph 26.

  11. A Queensland resident who travels to the restricted border zone for any other purpose other than a purpose mentioned in paragraph 27 may re-enter Queensland provided they:

    1. have been provided an allocated entry date and designated entry airport to enter Queensland, confirmed in writing from a government authority; and

    2. enter on the allocated entry date and to the designated entry airport mentioned in sub-paragraph (a); and

    3. fulfil the evidentiary requirements for a Queensland resident specified in Part 3A and obtain a Queensland Border Declaration Pass; and

    4. quarantine in government-nominated accommodation in accordance with the general quarantine requirements in Part A of Schedule 2

  12. unless entering as permitted under Part 1 or 3 of the Direction.

  13. A person is taken to have been in a restricted border zone unless the person only transits through the restricted border zone by road using private transport for a distance of no more than two hours of safe driving distance from their point of entry to the restricted border zone, without stopping; and does not leave the vehicle while in the restricted border zone.

    Note: a person who leaves their vehicle while in the restricted border zone, for example to obtain fuel or for a rest stop, will be taken to have been in the restricted border zone and must follow the rules in the Direction that apply to a person who has been in a restricted border zone.

Vaccination requirements

  1. A Queensland resident who travels to the restricted border zone to perform essential work or provide emergency volunteering under this part will be required to:

    1. re-enter Queensland by air; and

    2. quarantine in government-nominated accommodation in accordance with the general quarantine requirements in Part A of Schedule 2

  2. unless they have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and from 1.00am AEST 15 November 2021 have either already received the prescribed number of doses or have a booking to receive the prescribed number of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

  3. The requirements in paragraph 31 do not apply to the following categories of essential work or emergency volunteering:

    1. work performed by an emergency health services or emergency services worker responding to an emergency in Queensland or the border zone; or

    2. emergency work performed by a national defence, state security or police worker; or

    3. work performed by an emergency infrastructure worker; or

    4. work performed by air crew; or

    5. work performed by a disaster management worker related to the prevention or preparation for an imminent disaster or to respond to a disaster; or

    6. emergency volunteering to respond to an emergency or disaster.

  4. A person to whom paragraph 31 applies must provide evidence of having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine if requested by an emergency officer (public health).

PART 2B — FACE MASKS

  1. This part applies to a person in Queensland who is a border zone resident permitted to enter Queensland for an essential purpose under Part 2 or Part 2A, unless 14 days have passed since that person was in the border zone.

  2. A person mentioned in paragraph 34 must:

    1. carry a face mask at all times; and

    2. wear a face mask covering the nose and mouth at all times if they are in an indoor space or an outdoor space including if they are:

      1. required to do so in accordance with any other Public Health Directions in effect under section 362B of the Public Health Act 2005; or

        Example – under the Mandatory Face Masks Direction (No. 2) or its successors, a person must wear a face mask at all times while on a domestic commercial aircraft flying in Queensland airspace.

      2. are directed to do so by an emergency officer (public health).

  3. The requirements under paragraph 35 do not apply:

    1. to infants and children under the age of 12 years; or

    2. to a person in an indoor space that is their residence, or temporary accommodation and there is no other person present other than another household member; or

    3. to a person for whom wearing a face mask would create any other serious risk to that person’s life or health and safety, including if determined through work Occupational Health and Safety guidelines; or

      Examples – a person who is undertaking work where a mask could become tangled in machinery.

    4. to a person travelling alone in a private vehicle or with only the members of their household; or

    5. to a prisoner in a corrective services facility, subject to any policies or requirements of that facility; or

    6. to a detainee in a detention centre, subject to any policies or requirements of that centre; or

    7. to a person communicating with those who are deaf or hard of hearing, where the ability to see the mouth is essential for communication; or

      Note – a face shield should be used instead.

    8. if the nature of a person’s work or education means that clear enunciation or visibility of the mouth is essential; or

      Example – a disability worker communicating to a patient.

      Note – despite paragraph 35(h), teachers and staff in schools, and educators and staff in child-care centres must wear a mask at all times including during face-to-face learning except where paragraph 35(g) applies.

    9. if the person is consuming food, drink or medicine; or

    10. if a person is undergoing dental or medical care or treatment to the extent that such care or treatment requires that no face mask be worn; or

    11. if a person is asked to remove the face mask to ascertain identity; or

      Examples – a person may be asked by police, security, or airport staff to remove a face mask to ascertain identity or when purchasing alcohol or cigarettes.

    12. for emergency purposes; or

      Examples – a person escaping a fire or a risk of harm related to domestic and family violence or sexual violence.

    13. if required or authorised by law; or

    14. if doing so is not safe in all the circumstances.

  4. A person who removes their face mask under paragraph 36 must resume wearing the face mask as soon as practicable after the circumstance ends.

    Examples – a person must resume wearing a face mask as soon as they finish eating or receiving medical care.

    Note – For further information on the use of face masks, please refer to the Queensland Health website as updated from time to time: https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/protect-yourself-others/face-masks.

  5. Despite paragraph 34, a border zone resident who has been in the restricted border zone in the preceding 14 days who has a physical or mental health illness or condition, or disability, which makes wearing a face mask unsuitable may only enter Queensland for the following essential purposes:

    1. to obtain medical care or supplies or other health care services which cannot reasonably be obtained within New South Wales; or

    2. to obtain a scheduled COVID-19 vaccination which cannot reasonably be obtained within New South Wales; or

    3. in the event of an emergency situation.

  6. Note: a border zone resident who has been in the restricted border zone in the preceding 14 days who is aged over the age of 12 years who is unable to wear a mask must not enter Queensland to obtain essential goods or supplies or to perform essential work or volunteering.

PART 3 – ENTRY TO QUEENSLAND – FROM A COVID-19 HOTSPOT

  1. A person who has been in a COVID-19 hotspot in the previous 14 days or since the start date identified for the COVID-19 hotspot, whichever is shorter, must not enter Queensland unless the person:

    1. is a Queensland resident or a new Queensland resident who arrives in Queensland by air and:

      1. has been provided an allocated entry date and designated entry airport to enter Queensland, confirmed in writing from a government authority; and

      2. is entering on the allocated entry date and to the designated entry airport mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(i); and

      3. fulfills the evidentiary requirements specified in Part 3A and obtains a Queensland Border Declaration Pass; or

    2. is required to comply with an order to attend a Court or Tribunal in-person in Queensland or to give effect to orders of a Court or Tribunal in-person in Queensland; or

    3. is required to fulfil an obligation relating to shared parenting or child contact; or

    4. is required to assist with or participate in a State, Territory or Commonwealth law enforcement investigation or other action at the request or direction of a State, Territory or Commonwealth department or law enforcement agency; or

    5. is required to perform an essential activity under Part 4 and can comply with any protocol approved by the Chief Health Officer that relates to the essential activity to be performed; or

    6. arrives at an airport in Queensland by air and the person:

      1. transfers directly to another flight to leave Queensland without leaving the confines of the airport and remains in the airport’s dedicated transit area at all times when requested by an emergency officer (public health); or

      2. quarantines for up to 72 hours only until the time of their flight to leave Queensland; or

      3. if the person arrives to Gold Coast airport from an approved airport, transits directly by road to leave Queensland without leaving the vehicle; or

    7. is a student at a higher education institution or boarding school and is entering Queensland for the purposes of receiving instruction, including a parent or guardian accompanying a student who is a minor; or

    8. is entering Queensland to obtain essential health care, or as a support person to a person obtaining essential health care, and provides written evidence from the health care provider of the time and place in Queensland that the health care is to be provided; or

      Example – a parent bringing a child for treatment at the Queensland Children’s Hospital will need to provide evidence of the appointment such as a letter from the hospital.

    9. is entering Queensland as a passenger of an ambulance or aeromedical service; or

    10. has completed a minimum 14 days of quarantine or self-isolation at an ADF Quarantine Hotel immediately prior to entering Queensland; or

    11. is entering Queensland as a Queensland resident or a border zone resident for an essential purpose under Part 2 or Part 2A.

  2. However, an unaccompanied minor entering Queensland in accordance with paragraph 34 must not enter Queensland unless the minor:

    1. is permitted to enter under Part 2; or

    2. has completed a minimum 14 days of government mandated quarantine in another State or Territory immediately prior to entering Queensland and satisfies the requirements in Part B of Schedule 2; or

    3. will, from their point of arrival in Queensland, be accompanied by a parent, legal guardian or other responsible adult to a nominated premises and the parent, legal guardian or other responsible adult consents to quarantine in a nominated premises with the minor in accordance with the relevant quarantine requirements in Part A of Schedule 2.

      Example – a parent is present at the Brisbane airport to meet the minor, accompany them to a government-nominated hotel and quarantine together so as to provide supervision as directed by an emergency officer (public health).

  3. A person permitted to enter Queensland under paragraphs 39 or 40 must:

    1. give, or have given within the previous 14 days, a Queensland Border Declaration Pass under paragraph 51 unless not required to do so under paragraph 53; and

    2. only enter by air unless this direction provides otherwise; and

      Note: see paragraph 43 and column 5 of Schedule 1 for instances where entry other than by air is permitted.

    3. only enter from an approved airport if specified in column 5 of Schedule 1; and

    4. comply with the quarantine and evidence requirements of Parts 6 and 7.

  4. A person not permitted to enter Queensland under this Direction, who has entered, is required to leave Queensland and until leaving:

    1. may be directed to quarantine in government-nominated accommodation at their own expense by an emergency officer (public health) upon their arrival in Queensland until:

      1. if the person arrived by air, the next available flight to the person’s place of origin; or

      2. if the person arrived by road, the emergency officer reasonably believes it is safe for the person to leave Queensland.

        Example – a person who enters Queensland by road may be directed to quarantine in government-nominated accommodation overnight to manage fatigue.

  5. Despite paragraph 37, if an emergency officer (public health) determines that a person mentioned in paragraph 37 would be put at risk of harm if they returned to their place of origin, the person may be directed to quarantine in government-nominated accommodation by an emergency officer (public health) for 14 days upon their arrival in Queensland.

  6. An emergency officer (public health) may direct a person to enter Queensland by road if the emergency officer believes it is reasonably necessary to respond to an emergency or serious situation.

PART 3A – ENTRY TO QUEENSLAND – FROM A COVID-19 HOTSPOT – EVIDENCE REQUIREMENTS OF QUEENSLAND RESIDENCY

  1. A Queensland resident or new Queensland resident who is permitted to enter Queensland under paragraph 34(a) must provide evidence of the following documents when applying for the Queensland Border Declaration Pass and made available if requested by an emergency officer (public health) upon entry to Queensland:

    1. One of the following identity documents:

      1. passport; or

      2. Queensland driver or marine licence; or

      3. Medicare card; or

      4. adult proof of age or photo identification card; and

    2. One of the following documents showing a Queensland residential address in the applicant’s name current within the last 6 months:

      1. a contract of property purchase, lease or rental document, or mortgage or land ownership certificate; or

      2. an electricity, gas or telephone account; or

      3. a Queensland local government rates notice; or

      4. a Queensland land tax valuation notice; or

      5. a Queensland vehicle registration certificate; or

      6. a renewal notice for Queensland driver licence or vehicle registration; or

      7. a bank statement (with corresponding debit or credit card); or

      8. an Australian Tax Office assessment or tax file number confirmation notice

        Note: to avoid identity theft, the Australian Taxation Office recommends that the tax file number be blocked out on the form.

      9. an Australian Electoral Commission document; or

        Example – acknowledgement of electoral enrolment letter or electoral enrolment card

      10. an official letter from Centrelink or the Department of Human Services.

  2. If a new Queensland resident who is permitted to enter Queensland under paragraph 39(a) is unable to provide evidence of a current Queensland residential address in the form mentioned in paragraph 45(b), one of the following documents must be provided:

    1. a statement from an employer on the employer’s letterhead confirming the person’s employment in Queensland and including:

      1. the business registration number (ABN, ACN); and

      2. a daytime contact number and signature of a person authorised to sign on behalf of the employer; and

      3. the new Queensland resident’s full name and residential address; or

        Note: a new Queensland resident must not complete their own statement even if they are authorised to sign on behalf of their employer.

    2. a statement from an educational institution on the institution’s letterhead confirming the person’s enrolment in Queensland and including:

      1. a daytime contact number and signature of a person authorised to sign on behalf of the institution; and

      2. the new Queensland resident’s full name, residential address and student identification number; or

    3. a statutory declaration from a family member or other relevant person declaring that the new Queensland resident is permitted to permanently reside at the stated address for a period of at least 6 months and giving permission to be contacted by a government authority for verification.

PART 4 – ENTRY TO QUEENSLAND – FROM A COVID-19 HOTSPOT – ESSENTIAL ACTIVITY

  1. A person performs an essential activity if the person is performing duties as any of the following:

    1. a national defence, state security or police worker;

    2. an emergency health services or emergency services worker;

    3. a freight or logistics operator;

    4. an emergency infrastructure worker;

    5. a disaster management worker;

    6. a specialist or essential worker;

    7. air crew or maritime crew.

  2. A person entering Queensland to perform an essential activity must:

    1. if the person is not a Queensland resident, only remain in Queensland for the time necessary to carry out the essential activity;

    2. keep the records required by paragraph 53(a);

    3. minimise contact with the community for a period of 14 days;

    4. to the extent reasonably practicable, practise physical distancing including by remaining at least 1.5 metres from other people;

    5. comply with any protocol approved by the Chief Health Officer that relates to the essential activity to be performed.

      Example – Protocol for maritime crew members joining or signing off a vessel in Queensland, Operational protocol for freight movements entering Queensland, or Operational protocol for disaster management workers entering Queensland.

  3. A Queensland resident who arrives in Queensland from a COVID-19 hotspot:

    1. is not permitted to enter Queensland on the basis they are performing an essential activity if the person’s departure from Queensland was:

      1. unrelated to their work or duties, such as a departure for personal or recreational purposes; or

      2. to attend work in a COVID-19 hotspot performing an essential activity and the person’s only place of work is in the COVID-19 hotspot; and

    2. will be treated as a Queensland resident under paragraph 39(a) and subject to the quarantine requirements in Part 6.

      Example for paragraph (a)(i): a Queensland resident who is performing an essential activity while in Queensland but who departs Queensland and travels to a COVID-19 hotspot for personal reasons, will be required to quarantine when returning to Queensland in the same way as other returning Queensland residents and will not be permitted to leave quarantine to perform their essential activity.

Specialist or essential workers

  1. A relevant Queensland Government Agency or Queensland Health where there is not a relevant Queensland Government Agency for a person or industry, may endorse a person as a specialist or essential worker if:

    1. the services provided by the person are needed in Queensland; and

    2. the services provided by the person cannot be obtained in Queensland; and

    3. the services must be provided without delay; and

    4. the person must be physically present in Queensland to provide the services; and

    5. the person’s employer or business has a quarantine management plan to manage preventing the transmission of COVID-19 among its employees and the community, and the plan is in the form approved by the Chief Health Officer; and

    6. the person provides evidence of the following documents if requested by an emergency officer (public health) and carries the documents at all times while in Queensland:

      1. endorsement as a specialist or essential worker;

      2. quarantine management plan; and

    7. the person complies with any conditions forming part of their endorsement as a specialist or essential worker and the requirements in their quarantine management plan.

      Example – continuity of electricity and power, telecommunications, data, critical infrastructure, water supply, utilities, sewerage, sanitation and waste and recycling management, petroleum, gas mining and resource operations, critical agricultural operations necessary to maintain food supply, health, construction, emergency services.

PART 5 – QUEENSLAND BORDER DECLARATION PASS

  1. This part applies to:

    1. a person who has been in a COVID-19 hotspot in the previous 14 days or since the start date identified for the COVID-19 hotspot, whichever is shorter; or

    2. a freight and logistics operator who is entering Queensland from any other Australian State or Territory.

      Note: a person who in the 14 days prior to entering Queensland has been overseas must comply with the requirements of the Requirements for International Arrivals Direction (No. 14), or its successor.

      Note: Under paragraph 40(a), a Queensland Border Declaration Pass is valid for 14 days. A person does not have to do a new pass unless the person’s circumstances change. For example, if the person has developed symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or an interstate exposure venue a person has visited during the exposure period is published.

  2. A person mentioned in paragraph 50 must apply for a Queensland Border Declaration Pass prior to entering Queensland, unless they already have a valid Queensland Border Declaration Pass, receive a Queensland Border Declaration Pass before entering Queensland and must declare:

    1. whether the person has:

      1. been overseas in the previous 14 days;

      2. been in a COVID-19 hotspot in the previous 14 days or since the start date identified for the COVID-19 hotspot, whichever is shorter;

      3. had known contact with a person who is or was a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the previous 14 days;

      4. had symptoms consistent with COVID-19 in the previous 14 days;

      5. been to an interstate exposure venue;

    2. whether the person has undertaken a COVID-19 PCR test and has not yet received the results of that test;

    3. the person’s name, date of birth, phone number, address and email address;

    4. for an adult – if requested, satisfactory evidence of identity;

      Examples of evidence of identity – driver licence, Medicare card

    5. for a non-restricted border zone resident permitted to enter Queensland under paragraph 7 whether the person has:

      1. in the 14 days prior to entry to Queensland had a visitor to their residence who lives in a restricted border zone area or any part of New South Wales that is outside of the non-restricted border zone; and

      2. been to the restricted border zone in the 14 days prior to entering Queensland;

    6. for a border zone resident who has been in the restricted border zone permitted to enter Queensland under paragraph 21, whether the person has in the 14 days prior to entry to Queensland had a visitor to their residence who lives in any part of New South Wales that is outside of the non-restricted border zone;

    7. for a border zone resident or Queensland resident – if requested, satisfactory evidence the person resides in Queensland or the border zone;

    8. for a border zone resident or Queensland resident permitted to enter Queensland under paragraphs 7(g), 12(c), 21(c) or 27(c), whether the person has received the required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine;

    9. they will present for a COVID-19 PCR test if they develop symptoms consistent with COVID-19 within 14 days after entry;

    10. for a freight and logistics operator, whether the person:

      1. has received a negative COVID-19 PCR test within 7 days prior to entering Queensland, as required under the Operational Protocol for freight movements entering Queensland; and

      2. can comply with the COVID-19 vaccination requirements under the Operational Protocol for freight movements entering Queensland.

    11. they will monitor interstate exposure venues at least once every 24 hours from the time they complete the Queensland Border Declaration Pass and for 14 days after their arrival in Queensland;

    12. they will immediately contact Queensland Health if an interstate exposure venue the person has visited during the exposure period is published after the person arrives in Queensland;

    13. any other information or documents required by an emergency officer (public health) or required by the application for the Queensland Border Declaration Pass.

      Examples of information required – names of people travelling together in the one party, planned date of arrival to Queensland and planned place of entry to Queensland, identity and address documents to support a person’s Queensland resident status.

      Example of documents required – boarding pass for a person arriving by air.

  3. The following persons are not required to give a Queensland Border Declaration Pass:

    1. an emergency health services or emergency service worker or national defence, state security or police worker responding to an emergency in Queensland; and

    2. a passenger of an ambulance or aeromedical service; and

    3. maritime crew, where permitted under the Protocol for maritime crew members joining or signing off a vessel in Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer; and

    4. a person remanded in custody of a State, Territory or Commonwealth law enforcement agency, subject to an extradition order or otherwise, who is required to enter Queensland to comply with a court order or assist with or participate in an investigation or other action at the direction of the law enforcement agency; and

    5. a disaster management worker, where permitted under the Operational protocol for disaster management workers entering Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer.

      Note: under the protocol a disaster management worker who is responding to a disaster (disaster response worker) is not required to give a Queensland Border Declaration Pass. A disaster management worker who is entering Queensland to perform disaster prevention, preparation or recovery activities is required to have a valid Queensland Border Declaration Pass.

PART 6 – QUARANTINE

  1. A person listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 who enters Queensland must quarantine in accordance with the requirements in column 4 of Schedule 1 if the person:

    1. in the previous 14 days has been an international arrival; or

    2. has been in a COVID-19 hotspot in the previous 14 days or since the start date identified for the COVID-19 hotspot, whichever is shorter, and is permitted to enter under Part 3; or

    3. is a Queensland resident or border zone resident who entered a COVID-19 hotspot outside the border zone; or

    4. is a Queensland resident who enters the border zone for a purpose that is not an essential purpose

  2. unless the requirements in Part 6A apply to the person because they are entering Queensland in accordance with Part 2.

  3. A person required to quarantine under paragraph 54(b), (c) or (d) who enters Queensland to perform an essential activity must comply with the general quarantine requirements in Part A of Schedule 2 unless provided otherwise by column 4 of Schedule 1 or a Chief Health Officer or delegate exemption.

  4. A person required to quarantine under this part will be quarantined for a further period of 14 days from the end of the quarantine period if the person is not tested for COVID-19 with an oropharyngeal and bilateral deep nasal swab when requested to do so by an emergency officer (public health), including as soon as possible after arrival at the nominated premises, between day 5 and 7 and on day 12 or 13 of the person’s quarantine period.

    Notes:

    Under sections 362G and 362H of the Public Health Act 2005, an emergency officer (public health) can give a direction to a person to stay at or in a particular place for up to 14 days if the emergency officer believes the direction is reasonably necessary to assist in containing, or to respond to, the spread of COVID-19 in the community.

    Chapter 8, Part 7AA (Fees for quarantine during COVID-19 emergency) of the Public Health Act 2005 applies to a person required to quarantine and requires a person to pay a fee for quarantine.

PART 6A – STAY AT HOME REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAVELLERS FROM THE BORDER ZONE

  1. A Queensland resident permitted to enter Queensland under paragraph 27, who has travelled to the restricted border zone for an essential purpose, must comply with the stay at home requirements in this Part at a private residence until 14 days have passed since the person was in the restricted border zone unless the person is complying with the quarantine requirements under Part 6.

  2. The requirements in paragraph 55 and the requirements of this Part 6A do not apply to the following categories of Queensland residents who travelled to the restricted border zone to perform essential work or emergency volunteering:

    1. work performed by an emergency health services or emergency services worker who is:

      1. a Queensland Ambulance Service employee, a paramedic, an officer of St John Ambulance Australia, or aeromedical services crew who is providing emergency medical care or transport to a patient, such as RACQ Lifeflight crew, Royal Flying Doctor Service crew or Careflight; or

      2. a person responsible for the retrieval, delivery or transportation of organs or tissue for medical transplantation; or

      3. a person required to provide fire or emergency services in response to an emergency in the restricted border zone; or

    2. emergency work performed by a national defence, state security or police worker; or

    3. work performed by a passenger transport operator; or

    4. work performed by a disaster management worker related to the prevention or preparation for an imminent disaster or to respond to a disaster; or

    5. emergency volunteering to respond to an emergency or disaster.

  3. A border zone resident who has been in the restricted border zone in the preceding 14 days permitted to enter Queensland under paragraph 21, who is required to stay in Queensland overnight or longer to complete the essential purpose, must comply with the stay at home requirements in this Part at a residence, workplace or temporary accommodation in Queensland, until they leave Queensland or unless the person is complying with the quarantine requirements under Part 6.

  4. A Queensland resident or border zone resident mentioned in paragraphs 57 or 59, must not leave the place the person is observing the stay at home requirements under this part, except:

    1. for a border zone resident who has been in the restricted border zone in the preceding 14 days, to carry out the essential purpose for which the border zone resident entered under paragraph 21; or

    2. if the person has symptoms consistent with COVID-19, for the purpose of obtaining a COVID-19 PCR test; or

    3. to avoid immediate injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm; or

      Example — escaping a risk of harm related to sexual or domestic and family violence.

    4. in the event of an emergency situation; or

      Example — a person leaving quarantine to go to a hospital for emergency medical treatment or due to an emergency at the premises such as fire or flood.

    5. to obtain food or other goods or services for the personal needs of the household or other household purposes, including for pets, and for vulnerable persons; or

    6. to obtain essential medical care or supplies or health supplies or to fulfil carer’s responsibilities; or

    7. to perform essential work and the work is of a nature that cannot reasonably be performed from the person’s place of residence; or

    8. exercising outdoors alone or with members of the household where the person is staying; or

    9. if the person does not have any symptoms consistent with COVID-19, to obtain a COVID-19 vaccination in Queensland; or

    10. if a person has been granted an exemption from the Chief Health Officer or delegate and has the permission of the operator of the facility, for the purpose of an end of life visit for a resident of a facility; or

    11. to leave Queensland by air by the most direct route without stopping unless the person has been identified as a close contact; or

    12. as otherwise required or permitted under a direction given to the person by an emergency officer (public health).

  5. A person may allow up to 2 visitors per day to enter the place where the person is residing in addition to a person who:

    1. usually resides at the premises or is residing at the premises for the purpose of quarantine; or

    2. is required to enter the premises in an emergency; or

    3. is entering to provide essential health care to a relevant person or to a person who resides at the premises; or

    4. is otherwise required or permitted to enter under a direction given to the person by an emergency officer (public health).

PART 7 – EVIDENTIARY PROVISIONS, RECORD-KEEPING AND MASKS

General

  1. A person listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 who enters Queensland must have the evidence or documents listed in column 3 of Schedule 1.

Essential activities

  1. A person who enters Queensland under paragraph 39 must:

    1. if the person is entering to perform an essential activity under paragraph 39(e) – keep records of close contacts during the time the person is in Queensland;

    2. otherwise – keep evidence of the basis on which entry is permitted.

  2. For paragraph (a):

    1. close contact means another person in the company of the first person:

      1. within an enclosed space for a period of 2 hours or longer; or

      2. within 1.5 metres of each other for a period of 15 minutes or longer; and

    2. the records required to be kept are:

      1. the name, phone number and email address of the close contact and the day, time and location at which the contact occurred; and

      2. if the name, phone number and email address are not known or it is not reasonably practicable to obtain them, the day, time and location at which the contact occurred; or

    3. for persons entering as disaster management workers, the records required to be kept are those set out in the Operational protocol for disaster management workers entering Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer.

Masks

  1. A requirement of this Direction to wear a face mask or surgical mask does not apply to:

    1. a child under the age of 12 years; or

    2. a person with a physical or mental health illness or condition, or disability, which makes wearing a mask unsuitable unless the person has been in the border zone in the last 14 days.

      Examples: persons who have obstructed breathing, a serious skin condition on their face, an intellectual disability, a mental health illness, or who have experienced trauma.

PART 8 – EXEMPTIONS

  1. The Chief Health Officer, Deputy Chief Health Officer or their delegate may give a person or class of persons an exemption:

    1. to enter Queensland if the Chief Health Officer, Deputy Chief Health Officer or delegate considers the person or class of persons is essential for the proper functioning of the State and the person or class of persons must be physically present in Queensland; or

    2. from a requirement of this Direction if other extreme exceptional circumstances exist.

  2. An exemption may be given on conditions and if so, the person given the exemption must comply with the conditions.

PART 9 – DEFINITIONS

  1. Definitions used in this Direction are in Schedule 4.

PART 10 – PENALTIES

A person to whom the direction applies commits an offence if the person fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the direction.

Section 362D of the Public Health Act 2005 provides:

Failure to comply with public health directions

  • A person to whom a public health direction applies must comply with the direction unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
  • Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.

Dr Peter Aitken

Chief Health Officer

10 November 2021

Published on the Queensland Health website at 2.45pm AEST 11 November 2021

Schedule 1 – Queensland Border Declaration Pass, Quarantine requirements and mode of entry

Requirements for entry to Queensland – people who have been overseas in the last 14 days

ItemColumn 1Column 2Column 3Column 4Column 5
 Person entering QueenslandQueensland Border Declaration PassEntry and evidence requirementsQuarantine or stay at home requirementsMode of entry
  1.  

An international arrival

See Part 6, paragraph 54(a)

Not required

Note: The person must comply with any declaration requirements for international arrivals.

Not applicable Must comply with Quarantine and other Requirements for International Arrivals Direction (No. 14) Quarantine and COVID-19 Testing for Air Crew Direction or Seasonal Workers International Quarantine Plans and Checklist Directions or their successors. Not applicable.

Requirements for entry to Queensland under Parts 2, 2A, 3 and 4

Item

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4Column 5
 Person entering Queensland from a COVID-19 hotspotQueensland Border Declaration PassEntry and evidence requirementsQuarantine or stay at home requirementsMode and time of entry
Queensland residents, new Queensland residents, and border zone residents
  1.  

Queensland resident re-entering Queensland after travelling in a COVID-19 hotspot outside the border zone

See Parts 2 and 3

Queensland resident travelling to the non-restricted border zone or restricted border zone for a purpose that is not an essential purpose under paragraphs 12 or 21. See Parts 2, 2A and 3

Required Evidence the person resides in Queensland in accordance with Part 3A. Must comply with general quarantine requirements, unless Part B of Schedule 2 applies.

A Queensland resident re-entering Queensland after travelling in a COVID-19 hotspot outside the border zone must enter by air to a designated entry airport

A Queensland resident travelling to the non-restricted or restricted border zone for a purpose that is not essential must enter by air to a designated entry airport.

  1.  

Queensland resident re-entering Queensland after travelling in the non-restricted border zone for an essential purpose under paragraph 12.

See Part 2

Required

Evidence the person resides in Queensland

and that the person has travelled to the non-restricted border zone for an essential purpose.

If required for a worker or volunteer under paragraph 18- evidence of the person having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

No. May enter by air, road, rail or sea only if they have not been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside the non-restricted border zone in the last 14 days.
  1.  

Queensland resident re-entering Queensland after travelling in the restricted border zone for an essential purpose under paragraph 27.

See Part 2A

Required

Evidence the person resides in Queensland

and that the person has travelled to the restricted border zone for an essential purpose.

If required for an essential worker or emergency volunteer under paragraph 25- evidence of the person having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Must comply with stay at home requirements in Part 6A. May enter by air, road, rail or sea only if they have not been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside the border zone in the last 14 days.
  1.  
New Queensland resident.
See Part 3, paragraph 39(a)
Required. Evidence of where the person will reside in Queensland after they leave quarantine in accordance with Part 3A. Must comply with general quarantine requirements, unless Part B of Schedule 2 applies. Must enter by air to a designated entry airport
  1.  

Non-restricted border zone resident entering for an essential purpose under paragraph 7.

See Part 2, paragraphs 7 to 9.

Required

Evidence that the person resides in the non-restricted border zone and is entering for an essential purpose in accordance with paragraph 7.

If required for a worker or volunteer under paragraph 17 - evidence of the person having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Border zone resident must only stay in Queensland for the time necessary to complete the essential purpose.

May enter by air.

May enter by road, rail or sea only if they have not been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside the non-restricted border zone in the last 14 days.

  1.  

Border zone resident who has been in the restricted border zone in the preceding 14 days entering for an essential purpose under paragraph 21.

See Part 2A

Required

Evidence that the person resides in the border zone and is entering for an essential purpose in accordance with paragraph 21.

If required for an essential worker or emergency volunteer under paragraph 21 - evidence of the person having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

If a border zone resident is required to stay overnight or longer in Queensland for an essential purpose they must comply with the stay at home requirements in part 6A until they leave Queensland.

A border zone resident must only stay in Queensland for the time necessary to complete the essential purpose.

May enter by air.

May enter by road, rail or sea only if they have not been in a COVID-19 hotspot outside the border zone in the last 14 days.

  1.  
Border zone resident entering for a purpose that is not an essential purpose under paragraphs 7 or 21.   Border zone resident must not enter Queensland unless permitted under Part 3 or Part 4.  
  1.  
Non-restricted border zone resident who has had a visitor to their residence who lives in a restricted border zone area or any part of New South Wales that is outside of the non-restricted border zone.   Non-restricted border zone resident must not enter Queensland unless permitted under Part 3 or Part 4.  
  1.  
Border zone resident who has had a visitor to their residence who lives in any part of New South Wales that is outside of the non-restricted border zone.   Border zone resident must not enter Queensland unless permitted under Part 3 or Part 4.  
National defence, state security or police workers (Entry permitted under Part 3 and 4)
  1.  
A Government official who, in carrying out their duties in Queensland, is responsible for the safety of Australia or Queensland against threats such as terrorism, war or espionage. Required Relevant government issued identification.

No.

The stay at home requirements under Part 6A also do not apply to Queensland residents after they perform this work in the restricted border zone.

May enter by road, rail, sea or air from an approved airport.
  1.  
An active member of the military required to be on duty while in Queensland. Required

Relevant government issued identification.

If the person has completed quarantine in an ADF Quarantine Hotel, written confirmation from the ADF that the person has complied with the requirements in Schedule 2 Part B.

Quarantine at military base, military property or nominated military hotel or government-nominated accommodation, unless a minimum 14 days quarantine has been completed in an ADF Quarantine Hotel in another state or territory. Must enter by air; unless travelling as part of an approved military convoy then may enter by sea (ADF vessel) or road (military vehicles only)
  1.  
An active member of the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force or State, Territory or Commonwealth law enforcement agency on active duty in Queensland. Required Relevant government issued identification.

A person who has been on COVID-19 related duties in a COVID-19 hotspot must comply with the general quarantine requirements, unless Part B of Schedule 2 applies.

Any other officer must remain isolated, to the extent reasonably practicable, from the general public until the person departs Queensland or for 14 days, whichever period is shorter.

Must enter by air if required to quarantine.

Otherwise may enter by road, rail, sea or air from an approved airport.

  1.  
A Federal, State, Territory or local government elected representative. Required Relevant government issued identification.

Must comply with general quarantine requirements, unless Part B of Schedule 2 applies or the person is a Queensland resident.

A Queensland resident may complete quarantine in their home residence in accordance with the general quarantine requirements.

Must enter by air.
  1.  
Consular officers or consular employees of a consular post of an overseas country. Required A Consular Official or Diplomat passport of a foreign country. Quarantine as required by general quarantine requirements with consent, unless Part B of Schedule 2 applies.

Must enter by air if quarantining with consent.

Otherwise may enter by road, rail, sea or air.

Emergency health services or emergency services workers (Part 4)
  1.  
A Queensland Ambulance Service employee, a New South Wales Ambulance employee, a paramedic, an officer of St John Ambulance Australia, or aeromedical services crew who is providing emergency medical care or transport to a patient, such as RACQ Lifeflight crew, Royal Flying Doctor Service crew or Careflight.

Required -

except if responding to an emergency in Qld under paragraph 53.

Government or employer issued identification or an official letter from an employer confirming employment.

No

The stay at home requirements under Part 6A also do not apply to Queensland residents after they perform this work in the restricted border zone (see paragraph 58).

May enter by road, sea or air from an approved airport.
  1.  
A person responsible for the retrieval, delivery or transportation of organs or tissue for medical transplantation. Required Government or employer issued identification or an official letter from an employer confirming employment.

No

The stay at home requirements under Part 6A also do not apply to Queensland residents after they perform this work in the restricted border zone (see paragraph 58).

May enter by road, sea or air from an approved airport.
  1.  
A person responsible for providing critical health support services for the critical maintenance, resupply or repair of health services infrastructure critical to Queensland. Required

Government or employer issued identification or an official letter from an employer confirming employment.

A letter from an appropriate officer of Queensland Health confirming the person is required in Queensland.

No

The stay at home requirements under Part 6A apply to Queensland residents entering Queensland after performing work in the restricted border zone.

May enter by road, sea or air from an approved airport.
  1.  
A person required to provide fire or emergency services in Queensland. Required Government or employer issued identification or an official letter from an employer confirming employment or volunteer status.

No

The stay at home requirements under Part 6A also do not apply to Queensland residents returning to Queensland after responding to an emergency in the restricted border zone (see paragraph 58).

May enter by road, sea or air from an approved airport.
Freight or logistics operators
  1.  
A freight or logistics operator, as defined in schedule 4. Must comply with the Operational protocol for freight movements entering Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer. Must comply with the Operational protocol for freight movements entering Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer. Must comply with the Operational protocol for freight movements entering Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer. May enter by road, rail, sea or air. Queensland residents may enter by road, rail, sea or air from an approved airport.
Emergency infrastructure workers
  1.  
An emergency infrastructure worker, as defined in schedule 4. Required

Evidence of the following:

  • name of the person’s employer;

  • statement from the person’s employer confirming the emergency event;

  • letter of endorsement from the relevant Queensland Government agency confirming the emergency event and that the person is an emergency infrastructure worker;

  • details of the place where the person will work, such as the location of the person’s worksite

The person must travel directly to their work site and remain isolated from the general public and other workers to the extent reasonably practicable until the person departs Queensland or for 14 days, whichever period is shorter. May enter by road, rail or air.
Disaster management workers
  1.  
A disaster management worker, as defined in schedule 4. Must comply with the Operational protocol for disaster management workers entering Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer. Must comply with the Operational protocol for disaster management workers entering Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer. Must comply with the Operational protocol for disaster management workers entering Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer. May enter by road, rail, sea or air.
Specialist or essential workers
  1.  
A specialist or essential worker, as defined in schedule 4. Required Evidence of endorsement as a specialist or essential worker by a Queensland Government Agency and information as specified in paragraph 50(f). Must quarantine as required by the quarantine management plan of the person’s employer or business. May enter by road, rail, sea or air.
Air crew or maritime crew
  1.  
A member of an air crew, as defined in schedule 4. Required   Must quarantine as required by the general quarantine requirements at accommodation provided by the person’s employer or the air crew’s residence, unless Part B of Schedule 2 applies. Must enter by air.
  1.  
A member of a maritime crew, as defined in schedule 4. Must comply with the Protocol for maritime crew members joining or signing off a vessel in Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer. Note: Maritime vessels are subject to any General Manager Maritime Safety Queensland Directions issued under the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 which may impose time-based arrival restrictions. Must comply with the Protocol for maritime crew members joining or signing off a vessel in Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer. Must enter in accordance with the Protocol for maritime crew members joining or signing off a vessel in Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer.
Other reasons to enter Queensland under Part 3
  1.  
Person entering for child contact or shared parenting arrangements under paragraph 39(c). Required Must provide evidence of the parenting or child contact arrangement, for example, a parenting plan, court order, legal agreement or statutory declaration. Must comply with general quarantine requirements, unless Part B of Schedule 2 applies. Must enter by air
  1.  
Person entering to attend court or tribunal or to give effect to orders of a court or tribunal under paragraph 39(b). Required Must provide evidence of a court or tribunal order that requires them to give effect to the order in person, or written confirmation or an order from the Court or Tribunal that they are required to attend in person and alternative arrangements, such as video link, are not appropriate. Quarantine as required by general quarantine requirements,unless Part B of Schedule 2 applies. Must enter by air.
  1.  
Person entering to meet law enforcement obligations under paragraph 39(d). Required The person must be able to provide written evidence from the relevant law enforcement agency that they are required in Queensland. Must comply with the general quarantine requirements, unless Part B of Schedule 2 applies. Must enter by air
  1.  
Person in transit through a Queensland airport under paragraph 39(f). Required

Evidence of the person’s transit arrangements including evidence of a booking on a flight leaving Queensland within 72 hours for a person entering under paragraph 39(f)(ii)

The person must remain in the confines of the airport. A person who leaves the airport must quarantine until the time of their onward flight.

Where quarantining, must quarantine as directed by an emergency officer (public health).

Must enter by air.
  1.  
Higher education institution or boarding school students entering for the purposes of receiving instruction, including a parent or guardian accompanying a student who is a minor, entering under paragraph 39(g). Required For higher education students, evidence of enrolment at a Queensland higher education institution. Must comply with the general quarantine requirements, unless Part B of Schedule 2 applies. Must enter by air.
  1.  
Person entering to obtain essential health care, or as a support person to a person obtaining essential health care under paragraph 39 (h). Required Evidence required under the definition of essential health care in schedule 4.

Must comply with the health care quarantine requirements in Part C of Schedule 2.

A border zone resident who has been in a restricted border zone in the last 14 days entering Queensland to obtain essential health care can comply with the stay at home requirements under Part 6A.

Must enter by air.
  1.  

A passenger of an ambulance or aeromedical service

See Part 3, paragraph 39(i).

Not required None Must comply with the health care quarantine requirements in Part C of Schedule 2. May enter by road or air.
  1.  

Person entering Queensland who has completed a minimum 14 days of quarantine or self-isolation at an ADF Quarantine Hotel immediately prior to entering Queensland (includes an immediate family member of an active member of the military).

See Part 3, paragraph 39(j).

Required Written confirmation from the ADF of the person’s quarantine or self-isolation period and compliance with the requirements in Schedule 2 Part B. Quarantine at military base, military property or nominated military hotel or government-nominated accommodation, unless a minimum 14 days quarantine or self-isolation has been completed in an ADF Quarantine Hotel in another state or territory. Must enter by air.
  1.  
Person granted an exemption by the Chief Health Officer under paragraph 66. Required Evidence of the exemption granted by the Chief Health Officer. Must comply with the general quarantine requirements as amended by any conditions of the exemption. Must enter as required by conditions given with the exemption.

Schedule 2 – General quarantine requirements and other quarantine arrangements

Part A – General quarantine requirements

This part of Schedule 2 sets out the general quarantine requirements.

  1. The person must:

    1. quarantine in nominated premises and remain in that place for a period of 14 days commencing on the date of their arrival to Queensland; and

    2. travel to the nominated premises in the manner instructed by an emergency officer (public health), or if not instructed by an emergency officer (public health), by the most direct practical route and means to the place; and

    3. not leave the nominated premises for a 14-day period, except:

      1. for the purposes of obtaining essential medical care at a hospital; or

      2. to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm; or

        Example – escaping a risk of harm related to sexual or domestic and family violence

      3. in the event of an emergency situation; or

      4. to attend a Court or Tribunal or to give effect to orders of the Court or Tribunal; or

      5. to assist with or participate in a State, Territory or Commonwealth law enforcement investigation or other action at the request or direction of a State, Territory or Commonwealth department or law enforcement agency; or

      6. for air crew, to carry out essential regulatory or safety flight related duties including training or to attend their next work duty; or

        Example: flight simulation training or safety and security training, including training that may be carried out while the person is not on their usual work shift or duty.

      7. for a person directed to quarantine at a premises other than government-nominated accommodation, to undertake a COVID-19 PCR test; or

      8. to leave Queensland by the most direct route without stopping; or

        to end quarantine before 14 days if the person completes a declaration in the form approved by the Chief Health Officer, including to declare that in the past 14 days they have not been in an area that is a declared COVID-19 hotspot, provides their contact details and an address where they will be residing in Queensland and obtain a negative COVID-19 PCR test result as required by paragraph (d) below; or

        Example: greater Sydney is removed as a COVID-19 hotspot on 1 December 2020. A person may end quarantine from 1 December 2020, even if the person had been in greater Sydney during the previous 14 days. A person cannot end quarantine if in the past 14 days they have been in an area that is still listed as a COVID-19 hotspot at the time they are seeking to end quarantine.

      9. as otherwise required or permitted under a direction given to the person by an emergency officer (public health); and

    4. provide a negative COVID-19 PCR test result prior to being able to leave quarantine for any reason other than:

      1. to avoid immediate injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm; or

      2. an emergency situation; or

      3. for a person directed to quarantine at a premises other than government-nominated accommodation, to undertake a COVID-19 PCR test; or

      4. as otherwise required or permitted under a direction given to the person by an emergency officer (public health); and

    5. if directed to quarantine at government-nominated accommodation, not open the door to the nominated premises, except when:

      1. leaving the nominated premises for a permitted purpose under paragraph 1(c); or

      2. allowing a person to enter a nominated premises for a permitted purpose under paragraph 1(k); or

      3. permitted by a quarantine facility worker to collect any food, laundry, medical supplies or other items left at the door of their nominated premises; or

      4. permitted by a quarantine facility worker to place any laundry, rubbish or other items directly outside the door of their nominated premises for collection; and

    6. for a person directed to quarantine at government-nominated accommodation, must not:

      1. physically interact with other guests from another nominated premises on a balcony of the nominated premises; or

        Note: a quarantined person should maintain physical distancing from other guests on other balconies at government-nominated accommodation

      2. accept or exchange items with other guests between balconies at government-nominated accommodation; or

      3. enter any balcony other than a balcony of the person’s nominated premises.

    7. wear a surgical mask whenever:

      1. directed to do so by an emergency officer (public health); and

      2. leaving quarantine as permitted under paragraph 1(c); and

      3. the door to a nominated premises within government-nominated accommodation is open as permitted under paragraph 1(e), unless:

        1. it is not practicable because of the emergency situation or the need to avoid immediate injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm; or

        2. permitted under a direction given to the person by an emergency officer (public health); and

    8. ensure any travel to leave and return to the nominated premises under paragraph 1(c)(i) is by:

      1. ambulance service; or

      2. an endorsed transport provider ; or

      3. for a person not quarantining at government-nominated accommodation, private transport; or

      4. as otherwise required, permitted or allowed under a direction given to the person by an emergency officer (public health); and

    9. ensure any travel to leave and return to the nominated premises under paragraphs 1(c)(ii)-(vii) and 1(c)(x) is by:

      1. ambulance service; or

      2. an endorsed transport provider ; or

      3. an emergency services vehicle in emergency or serious situations where the transport arrangements described in (i) or (ii) are not available; or

      4. for a person not quarantining at government-nominated accommodation, private transport; or

      5. for air crew, private transport or an endorsed transport provider ; or

      6. as otherwise required, permitted or allowed under a direction given to the person by an emergency officer (public health); and

    10. ensure any travel to leave the nominated premises under paragraph 1(c)(viii) is by:

      1. an endorsed transport provider ; or

      2. as otherwise required, permitted or allowed under a direction given to the person by an emergency officer (public health); and

    11. not permit any other person to enter the nominated premises unless that other person:

      1. resides in the nominated premises or is also quarantining at the nominated premises; or

      2. enters the nominated premises to provide emergency, medical or other essential care to a person residing in the nominated premises, including a COVID-19 PCR test; or

      3. enters to fulfil an obligation relating to shared parenting or child contact; or

      4. enters the nominated premises to give effect to orders of a Court or Tribunal; or

      5. enters to respond to an emergency situation; or

      6. as otherwise required or permitted under a direction given to the person by an emergency officer (public health); and

    12. will be required to undertake a COVID-19 PCR test on the request of an emergency officer (public health).

  2. A person who is permitted to leave their nominated premises during the period of quarantine must take all reasonable steps to minimise contact with other persons.

  3. A person unable to live independently without ongoing or regular support, including disability support, due to significant health or disability needs, may have a carer or support person quarantine at the nominated premises with them at their own expense.

  4. A minor required to quarantine under this Direction, must quarantine in a nominated premises with a parent, guardian or other responsible adult.

Part B – Quarantine completed in another Australian State/Territory

  1. A person permitted to enter Queensland under Part 3, is required to quarantine as required by the general quarantine requirements set out in Part A of Schedule 2 unless the person:

    1. has completed a minimum 14 days of government mandated quarantine at a location with a security overlay facilitated by the relevant government authority in another Australian State or Territory immediately prior to entering Queensland; or

      Examples: a government mandated quarantine hotel, hospital or other facility. This would not include quarantine completed at a private residence.

    2. has completed a minimum 14 days of quarantine or self-isolation in an ADF Quarantine Hotel in another Australian State or Territory immediately prior to entering Queensland; or

    3. has completed self-isolation in another Australian State or Territory immediately prior to entering Queensland and is a cleared case of COVID-19; and

    4. provides the following to an emergency officer (public health):

      1. written confirmation of the person’s quarantine or self-isolation period from a government authority of another Australian State or Territory where the government mandated quarantine or self-isolation was completed, or from a Commonwealth government authority for ADF personnel; and

      2. written confirmation from the health authority of another Australian State or Territory where the government mandated quarantine or self-isolation was completed, or from a Commonwealth government authority for ADF personnel, that the person had a negative COVID-19 PCR test result after day 10 (or later) of the government mandated quarantine; and

        Note: a person who has completed self-isolation in another Australian State or Territory must be able to provide evidence that they are a cleared case of COVID-19.

      3. an undertaking that the person wore a face mask; and

      4. an undertaking that the person travelled by the most practicable direct route without stopping from the place of government mandated quarantine to an approved airport to depart the COVID-19 hotspot and did not leave the confines of the airport.

        Note: see paragraph 7 for permitted means of travel from the place of government mandated quarantine to an approved airport

  2. Any travel under paragraph 5 must be by private transport.

    Note: private transport does not include a bus or shuttle service including an airport shuttle, airport transfer service or regional or inter-city bus service.

  3. A person who is unable to meet the requirements as prescribed in paragraph 5 above must quarantine in accordance with the general quarantine requirements.

  4. A person who satisfies paragraph 5(a),(b) or (c) and paragraph 5(d)(i), (iii) and (iv) but is unable to meet the requirement in paragraph 5(d)(ii), must quarantine for 14 days or until they receive a negative COVID-19 PCR test result, whichever is the shorter period.

    For example, a returning Queensland resident who has completed government mandated quarantine for 14 days in another Australian State or Territory but has not had a negative COVID-19 PCR test, will be required to quarantine in Queensland until they receive a negative COVID-19 PCR test.

Part C – Quarantine requirements when entering for essential health care

  1. A person entering Queensland for essential health care, or as a support person for a person receiving essential health care, must quarantine for the period of time they are required to be present in Queensland. Once care is complete, they must leave Queensland by the most direct route without stopping. A person is not required to remain in quarantine for 14 days if their treatment is less than 14 days.

  2. A person entering Queensland for essential health care, or as a support person for a person receiving essential health care must:

    1. for a day admission, procedure or appointment, the person and any support person must minimise contact with the general public, including as follows:

      1. the person and any support person must remain within the confines of the place care is being received and leave Queensland immediately following the treatment or appointment; or

      2. for a support person accompanying a person to or from Queensland to receive care, the support person must remain within the confines of the place care is being received until the care is complete, or immediately leave Queensland without stopping after dropping off or picking up the person receiving care in Queensland; or

    2. for a person remaining in Queensland for more than one day must quarantine as follows:

      1. for a person required to stay in Queensland for more than one day who is not admitted into a facility or service, within the confines of the place care is being received or in government-nominated accommodation at their own expense until the time the care is complete, and they leave Queensland; or

      2. for a person admitted at a hospital, facility or service for more than one day, at the place of admission; or

      3. for a support person who needs to remain in Queensland for more than one day, in government-nominated accommodation or, subject to any other public health direction and the hospital or facility’s ability to accommodate, within the confines of the place care is being received.


Schedule 3 – Border zone

The border zone comprises the geographical areas within the following postcodes and Local Government Areas, which are represented visually on a map approved by the CHO and published on the Queensland Health website: https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/public-health-directions/travelling-to-queensland#travel-declaration-map.

New South Wales
2347 (only the parts that fall within the Gwydir Shire Council local government area)
2359 (only the parts that fall within the Inverell Shire Councils local government areas)
2360
2361
2365 (only the parts that fall within the Glen Innes Severn and Clarence Valley Shire Councils local government areas)
2369
2370 (only the parts that fall within the Glen Innes Severn and Inverell Shire Council local government areas)
2371
2372
2386 (only the parts that fall within the Walgett Shire Council local government area)
2387 (only the parts that fall within the Walgett Shire Councils local government area)
2388 (only the parts that fall within the Walgett Shire Council local government area)
2390 (only the parts that fall within the Moree Plains and Gwydir Shire Councils local government areas)
2397 (only the parts that fall within the Moree Plains Shire Councils local government area)
2398
2399
2400
2401
2402
2403
2404 (only the parts that fall within the Gwydir Shire Council local government area)
2405
2406
2408
2409
2410
2411
2450 (only the parts that fall within the Clarence Valley Shire Council local government area)
2453 (only the parts that fall within the Clarence Valley Shire Council local government area)
2456 (only the parts that fall within the Clarence Valley Shire Council local government area)
2460
2462
2463
2464
2465
2466
2469
2470
2471
2472
2473
2474
2475
2476
2477
2478
2479
2480
2481
2482
2483
2484
2485
2486
2487
2488
2489
2490
2648 (only the parts that fall within the Unincorporated Far West area)
2831 (only the areas that fall within Walgett, Bourke and Brewarrina Shire Councils local government areas)
2832
2833
2834
2838
2839
2840 (only the areas that fall within Bourke and Brewarrina Shire Councils local government area and the Unincorporated Far West area)
2880 (only the areas that fall within the Unincorporated Far West area)
4375
4377
4380
4383
4385

Schedule 4 – Definitions

For the purposes of this Public Health Direction:

ADF means the Australian Defence Force.

ADF air crew means

  1. an ADF air crew member performing military tasking in accordance with a lawful order, excluding members ordinarily travelling for posting or leave purposes; or

  2. an off-shift ADF air crew member travelling as a passenger on an aircraft to reposition at another location to immediately commence military tasking in accordance with a lawful order.

ADF Quarantine Hotel means a hotel approved by the ADF with a quarantine management and infection control plan equivalent to the health authority of the relevant Australian State or Territory in which it is located and security overlay provided by the ADF.

Air crew means domestic air crew on active duty including:

  1. airline general aviation crew or off-shift crew who are travelling as passengers on an aircraft to reposition at a Queensland airport to commence duty within 72 hours of arrival in Queensland; or

  2. off-shift crew returning to Queensland after undertaking essential safety or regulatory training; or

  3. aeromedical crew entering Queensland for the purposes of undertaking essential safety or regulatory training or returning to Queensland after undertaking this training in a COVID-19 hotspot.

but excluding international air crew and Queensland-based air crew as defined and regulated by the Quarantine and COVID-19 Testing for Air Crew Direction (No.2) or its successor.

Note: international air crew and Queensland-based air crew entering Queensland who have been overseas must comply with the Quarantine and COVID-19 Testing for International Air Crew Public Health Direction or its successor.

Air crew or maritime crew means a person who is a member of an air crew or maritime crew who is entering Queensland in the course of their duties.

Approved airport means any airport in Australia.

Australia means the Commonwealth of Australia and includes the external territories of Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands and Heard and McDonald Islands but excludes the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Border zone means the areas within the postcodes listed in Schedule 3 (represented on the map approved by the Chief Health Officer and published on the Queensland Health website) including the areas of the non-restricted border zone and the restricted border zone.

Note: a copy of the map is available at: https://www.qld.gov.au/health/covid19/travel-declaration-map

Border zone resident means a person whose primary place of residence is in the border zone.

Cleared case of COVID-19 means a person who was a confirmed case of COVID-19 and has, in the 14 days before entering Queensland, been given a letter or other written evidence from a doctor or health authority of the jurisdiction where they were diagnosed that they are cleared of COVID-19.

Confines of the airport means the terminal or terminals of an airport used for the arrival and departure of aircraft and passengers by air, or the area of an airport that the person uses to transfer directly between terminals.

Example: a person did not leave the confines of the airport if they stay in a passenger terminal until their next flight or transferred directly between terminals to depart on their flight. However, a person leaves the confines of the airport if they go to a hotel in the airport precinct and stay overnight.

Confirmed case of COVID-19 means a person who has been clinically diagnosed with COVID-19 who is not a cleared case of COVID-19.

Contact details means a person’s full name, date of birth, telephone number for either the person or a parent, guardian or responsible adult for a minor, email address or a parent, guardian or responsible adult for a minor, home address and intended address upon departure from quarantine at government-nominated accommodation.

Contact tracing officer means a person appointed as a contact tracing officer under the Public Health Act 2005.

COVID-19 hotspot means a particular area of Australia decided by the Chief Health Officer and published on the Queensland Health website (https://www.health.qld.gov.au/system-governance/legislation/cho-public-health-directions-under-expanded-public-health-act-powers/declared-hotspots-direction).

COVID-19 PCR test means an oropharyngeal and deep nasal swab for a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test approved for use in Australia by the Therapeutic Goods Administration to detect whether a person has the COVID-19 virus.

Note: A COVID-19 PCR test is undertaken in a clinical setting and does not include a self-test.

COVID-19 related duties means a person was on duty in a COVID-19 hotspot in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency performing duties such as supervising quarantine, giving quarantine directions or transporting confirmed cases of COVID-19 or cleared cases of COVID-19 but does not include office-based or remote work such as working in an emergency or disaster coordination centre.

COVID-19 vaccine means a COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Australia by the Therapeutic Goods Administration or endorsed by WHO-COVAX and the vaccine was obtained overseas.

Note: Information about the World Health Organization COVAX program and WHO emergency use listing is available here: WHO COVID-19 vaccines.

Dedicated transit area means an area of an airport that has been allocated by an airport for exclusive use by passengers transiting through Queensland who have been in COVID-19 hotspots.

Disaster management has the same meaning as in the Disaster Management Act 2003.

Disaster operations has the same meaning as in the Disaster Management Act 2003.

Disaster management worker means a person who is endorsed in accordance with the Operational protocol for disaster management workers entering Queensland approved by the Chief Health Officer https://www.health.qld.gov.au/system-governance/legislation/cho-public-health-directions-under-expanded-public-health-act-powers/border-restrictions/operational-protocol-for-disaster-management-workers-entering-queensland.

Note: The approved protocol applies to certain persons who perform disaster management or disaster operations or who respond to or assist in the recovery from a public safety emergency.

Emergency health services or emergency services worker means:

  1. a Queensland Ambulance Service employee, a New South Wales Ambulance employee, a paramedic, an officer of St John Ambulance Australia, or aeromedical services crew who is providing patient transport or emergency medical care to a patient such as RACQ Lifeflight crew, Royal Flying Doctor Service or CareFlight;

  2. a person who, in carrying out their duties, is responsible for the retrieval, delivery or transportation of organs or tissue for medical transplantation;

  3. a person who, in carrying out their duties, is responsible for providing critical health support services for the critical maintenance, resupply or repair of health services infrastructure critical to Queensland, including an employee of Australian Red Cross Lifeblood; and

  4. a person required to provide fire or emergency services in Queensland including rural fire service, state emergency services and firefighters.

Emergency infrastructure worker means a person required to respond to an emergency in a time critical situation that could affect continued network services supply or security in Queensland, or part of Queensland, where the services cannot reasonably practicably be obtained in Queensland due to the nature of the emergency, in one of the following areas:

  1. energy generation, transmission or distribution networks; or

  2. drinking water supply, or sewerage services; or

  3. liquid fuel supply; or

  4. resources sector; or

  5. telecommunications, data services, broadcast or communications infrastructure.

    Example – An emergency infrastructure worker includes a person required to provide critical maintenance, overhaul, resupply or repair of energy service infrastructure critical to Queensland and the services cannot practicably be obtained in Queensland due to the nature of the emergency.

Emergency officer (public health) means an emergency officer appointed under the Public Health Act 2005.

Note: Emergency officers appointed under the Public Health Act 2005 include public health officers and police.

Emergency volunteering means volunteering for any community or government welfare, social, safety, emergency or disaster service.

Example – a State Emergency Service or rural fire brigade volunteer may enter or leave while performing their volunteer duties.

Endorsed transport provider means a person, business or entity that provides a transport service to a person who is required to quarantine and is endorsed by a government authority and has a Transport Plan in the form approved by the Chief Health Officer.

Note: Information about endorsed transport providers and Transport Plans is available here: https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/public-health-directions/covid-19-testing-for-quarantine-facility-workers/endorsed-transport-providers.

Essential activity see paragraph 46.

Essential health care means health care that cannot reasonably be obtained in their State or Territory of residence, or routine clinical care where there is continuity of service provided within an established clinical relationship, that is:

  1. a Queensland Children’s Hospital appointment, confirmed in writing by the hospital; or

  2. an appointment at a Queensland Hospital and Health Service or associated outreach location, confirmed in writing by the service; or

  3. an appointment at a Queensland private health facility or an ancillary clinic or service, confirmed in writing by the service; or

  4. an appointment at an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Service, confirmed in writing by the service; or

  5. an appointment with a prescribed health practitioner at another premises, confirmed in writing by the practitioner or provider in the form approved by the Chief Health Officer.

    Note: An appointment with a prescribed health practitioner may include services provided by a registered NDIS provider under an agreed NDIS Plan. An appointment at an ancillary clinic or service may include an appointment at a rehabilitation service.

    Note: The approved form is available at https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0022/1000498/essential-health-care-form-qld-border.docx.

    Note: If a person’s State or Territory of residence is currently not allowing for elective surgery or non-essential healthcare to be offered to residents, this healthcare cannot be instead accessed in Queensland.

Essential work refers to work that is urgently required for safety reasons, for emergency repairs, or that is necessary to maintain essential services and supplies to the community, or to a part of the community, performed by:

  1. a medical practitioner or other prescribed health practitioner; or

  2. a pathology collection worker, including a pathology courier; or

  3. an aged care or disability worker, where considered essential to maintain continuity of care for aged care recipients or people with disability; or

  4. by an emergency health services or emergency services worker; or

  5. national defence, state security or police worker; or

  6. school passenger transport operator excluding taxi, limousine and rideshare operators; oran emergency infrastructure worker; or

  7. air crew or maritime crew; or

  8. by an emergency volunteer; or

  9. by a disaster management worker; or

  10. by a critical infrastructure worker; or

  11. by a tradesperson or construction worker for essential or emergency construction or essential or emergency repairs only; or

  12. a person endorsed by the chief executive of a Queensland Government agency as an essential worker.

    Note: Vaccination requirements apply to people undertaking essential work (see paragraphs 29 to 30).

Essential worker has the same meaning as essential work and includes only the types of workers listed.

Note: to remove any doubt, people not included as essential worker include, but are not limited to, teachers, anyone who can perform their work remotely, childcare workers, hospitality workers, sales representatives and commercial construction workers on non-critical projects.

Evidence of a recognised medical contraindication means aa medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner certifying:

  1. that the person is unable to receive the COVID-19 vaccination because the person has a recognised medical contraindication; and

  2. whether the medical contraindication will permanently or temporarily prevent COVID-19 vaccination; and

  3. whether the medical contraindication temporarily or permanently prevents the administration of all COVID-19 vaccinations, and if not, which ones are prevented; and

  4. when the person may be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, where the medical contraindication only temporarily prevents COVID-19 vaccination.

Emergency volunteering means volunteering for any community or government welfare, social, safety, emergency or disaster service.

Example – a State Emergency Service or rural fire brigade volunteer may enter or leave while performing their volunteer duties.

Face mask means a surgical mask, P2/N95 mask or a cloth face mask with three layers that covers the nose and mouth (but does not include a face shield).

Note – a scarf or bandana is not a face mask.

Freight or logistics operator means any person, other than air crew or maritime crew, who is:

  1. entering Queensland in the course of their employment as:

    1. a heavy vehicle driver; or

    2. rail crew or a rail driver; or

    3. a non-heavy vehicle commercial freight operator; or

    4. a logistics or support worker; or

      Example – A logistics or support worker includes a specialist mechanic, aircraft or rail engineer providing mechanical or engineering support for the transport of commercial freight. A logistics or support worker does not include a person undertaking activities that can be performed remotely, such as a person providing administrative support or a manager attending a meeting.

    5. any other person essential to the delivery of freight; and

      Example – A person essential to the delivery of freight includes two-up drivers, a pilot or escort for an oversized or overmass vehicle or tow truck driver for heavy vehicle salvage.

  2. providing one of the following services:

    1. transporting freight to, from or through Queensland under a commercial freight operation; or

    2. transporting passengers by road or rail to, from or through Queensland under a commercial passenger operation or public transport operation; or

    3. providing logistics or support for the transport which requires the person to be physically present in Queensland to provide the logistics or support.

Fully vaccinated means the person has received the prescribed number of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, and it has been two weeks since the final dose.

Note: Information about the World Health Organization COVAX program and WHO emergency use listing is available here: WHO COVID-19 vaccines.

General quarantine requirements mean the requirements set out in Part A of Schedule 2.

Government-nominated accommodation means hotel or other accommodation premises at which the person is directed to quarantine by an emergency officer (public health).

Hospital means:

  1. a hospital, as defined in Schedule 2 to the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011; or

  2. a private health facility, as defined in section 8 of the Private Health Facilities Act 1999; or

  3. a multi-purpose service, as defined in section 104 of the Subsidy Principles 2014 made under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth).

International arrival means a person who arrives in Queensland on a flight that is not a quarantine-free flight or a person who, in the 14 days immediately before their arrival to Queensland:

  1. has been in a place outside Australia, other than a safe travel zone country; or

  2. arrived in Australia by sea; or

  3. arrived in Australia by air on a flight that is not a quarantine-free flight, regardless of whether the flight originated from a safe travel zone country; or

  4. has been in a place declared a safe travel zone country hotspot.

but excluding international air crew and Queensland based air crew and ADF air crew as defined and regulated by the Quarantine and COVID-19 Testing for Air Crew Direction (No.2) or its successors.

Indoor space means an area, room or premises that is or are substantially enclosed by a roof and walls, regardless of whether the roof or walls or any part of them are:

  1. permanent or temporary; or

  2. open or closed.

International air crew has the same meaning as in the Quarantine and COVID-19 Testing for Air Crew Direction (No.2) or its successors.

Interstate exposure venue means a place that is:

  1. identified by the relevant government authority for a State or Territory or safe travel zone country as a venue where a person who was present at that venue during an exposure period is required to quarantine, isolate or be tested for COVID-19 and isolate until they receive a negative result or for another period due to potential exposure to COVID-19; and

  2. published on the Queensland Health website.

    Note: an interstate exposure venue includes all venues identified by a relevant government authority including venues identified as either close contact venues or casual contact venues. These venues are published on the Queensland Health contact tracing website: https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/contact-tracing.

Isolate means:

  1. the person is to travel directly to premises that are suitable to reside in and remain in those premises until a negative test result is received and they are symptom-free; or

  2. travel directly to, or remain at, a hospital for medical treatment, and following treatment and discharge from the hospital, travel directly to premises that are suitable to reside in and remain in those premises until a negative test result is received and they are symptom-free; and

  3. must not leave the premises except to:

    1. obtain essential medical care at a hospital;

    2. avoid injury or escape a risk of harm; or

    3. in the event of an emergency situation; or

    4. as otherwise permitted or required under a direction given by the person by an emergency officer (public health); and

  4. must wear a surgical mask whenever directed to do so by an emergency officer (public health) and when leaving isolation as permitted by paragraph (c), unless it is not practicable because of the emergency situation or the need to avoid immediate injury or risk of harm.

Maritime crew includes anyone required to be part of a crew operating or providing services to support the operation of a vessel, including supernumeraries.

Minor means a person under the age of 18 years.

National defence, state security or police worker means:

  1. any Government official who, in carrying out their duties, is responsible for the safety of Australia or Queensland against threats such as terrorism, war or espionage, and is required to be physically present in Queensland for these purposes;

  2. an active member of the military required to be on duty while in Queensland;

  3. an active member of the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force or State, Territory or Commonwealth law enforcement agency required to be on duty while in Queensland;

  4. a Federal, State, Territory or local government elected representative who is travelling to Queensland to perform official duties in Queensland; and

  5. consular officers or consular employees of a consular post of an overseas country as defined in the Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1972 (Cth) travelling to Queensland to perform official duties in Queensland.

    Note: Consular officials and consular employees are granted immunity from jurisdiction in certain circumstances under the Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1972 (Cth).

New Queensland resident means a person who is moving to Queensland to make it their principal place of residence and who can provide written evidence that they are relocating to Queensland if required by an emergency officer (public health) and evidence of where they will be residing upon completion of their mandatory quarantine as required by Part 3A or as requested by an emergency officer (public health).

Nominated premises means:

  1. a person’s allocated room within government-nominated accommodation as directed by an emergency officer (public health); or

  2. for air crew, the accommodation provided by the person’s employer for air crew or the air crew’s residence; or

  3. another premises as directed by an emergency officer (public health).

    Note: A person may be required to pay a fee for quarantine under chapter 8, Part 7AA (Fees for quarantine during COVID-19 emergency) of the Public Health Act 2005.

Non-restricted border zone means the local government areas decided by the Chief Health Officer and published on the Queensland Health website (insert link to direction)Note: these areas are represented on the map approved by the Chief Health Officer and published on the Queensland Health website https://www.qld.gov.au/health/covid19/travel-declaration-map

Non-restricted border zone resident means a person whose primary place of residence is in the non-restricted border zone.

Outdoor space means a space that is not an indoor space.

Organised sport means a sporting activity organised by a community club, religious organisation, school or educational institution.

Pacific Labour Scheme and Seasonal Worker Program (PLS/SWP) workers has the same meaning as in the Seasonal Workers Health Management and International Quarantine Plans Direction (No.2) or its successor.

Prescribed health practitioner means a person registered to provide the following services:

  1. dental (including the profession of a dentist, dental therapist, dental hygienist, dental prosthetist and oral health therapist);

  2. medical;

  3. medical radiation practice;

  4. midwifery;

  5. nursing;

  6. occupational therapy;

  7. optometry

  8. paramedicine;

  9. pharmacy;

  10. physiotherapy;

  11. podiatry;

  12. psychology;

  13. services as a registered NDIS provider under an agreed NDIS plan.

Private residence means a privately-owned dwelling but does not include temporary commercial accommodation (for example, a hotel, holiday rental or Air BnB).

Private transport means:

  1. for Schedule 2, Part A:

    1. a private vehicle; or

  2. for Part 1, paragraph 6 or Schedule 2, Part B:

    1. a private vehicle; or

    2. if travel by (i) is not available, a taxi with a protective shield between driver and passenger or a taxi van that allows for physical distancing between the driver and passengers; or

    3. if travel by (i) and (ii) is not available, a taxi or ride share sitting in the back seat on the passenger side.

Close contact means a person with whom another person was:

  1. within an enclosed space for a period of 2 hours or longer; or

  2. within 1.5 metres of the other person for a period of 15 minutes or longer.

Public safety emergency means:

  1. an emergency in the Public Safety Preservation Act 1986; or

  2. an equivalent emergency that is declared by another State or Territory government or government agency under a law in the other State or Territory.

Quarantine means to quarantine in accordance with the requirements in Schedules 1 and 2.

Quarantine facility worker means an individual, including an employee, volunteer or contractor who performs a quarantine service at government-nominated accommodation.

Quarantine-free flight means a flight that only carries passengers who have completed an Australian Travel Declaration at least 72 hours prior to departure declaring:

  1. details of their health status; and

  2. that they have been in a safe travel zone country for 14 days or more and have not been in a safe travel zone country hotspot.

Note: Information about quarantine free flights is available from the Australian Department of Home Affairs: https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/new-zealand-safe-travel-zone. Determinations about quarantine-free flights are made by the relevant airline.

Quarantine management plan means a plan in the form approved by the Chief Health Officer.

Quarantined person means an individual who has been directed to quarantine by an emergency officer (public health) under section 362H of the Public Health Act 2005.

Quarantine service means a service or work of any kind during the course of which a person is physically present at government-nominated accommodation, or a service in relation to government-nominated accommodation, which is identified in the operational protocol for COVID-19 testing of quarantine facility workers approved by the Chief Health Officer including:

  1. health;

    Example: providing medical care to or taking a swab for COVID-19 testing from a quarantined person

  2. personal care;

    Example: assisting a quarantined person with a disability with personal care needs such as showering

  3. security;

    Example: monitoring and directing the movement of a quarantined person within the government-nominated accommodation

  4. cleaning;

    Example: cleaning a guest room at which a quarantined person is residing or has resided including after the quarantined person has departed

  5. any other service identified in the Operational protocol for COVID-19 testing of quarantine facility workers approved by the Chief Health Officer.

    Example: providing check in or check out services for a quarantined person, preparing meals for consumption by staff or guests, maintaining hotel premises, or driving a bus transporting quarantined persons.

Queensland-based air crew has the same meaning as in the Quarantine and COVID-19 Testing for Air Crew Direction (No.2) or its successors.

Queensland Border Declaration Pass see Part 5.

Queensland private health facility means a facility licensed under the Private Health Facilities Act 1999.

Queensland resident is a person whose principal place of residence is in Queensland and who provides evidence as required by Part 3A or requested by an emergency officer (public health).

Responsible adult is an adult who has been given written consent by an unaccompanied minor’s parent or legal guardian to complete quarantine in government-nominated accommodation with the minor and who has consented to complete the quarantine with the minor.

Restricted border zone means the local government areas decided by the Chief Health Officer and published on the Queensland Health website (insert link to direction)Note: these areas are represented on the map approved by the Chief Health Officer and published on the Queensland Health website https://www.qld.gov.au/health/covid19/travel-declaration-map

Safe travel zone has the same meaning as in the Quarantine and other Requirements for International Arrivals Direction (No. 14), or its successor.

Safe travel zone country has the same meaning as in the Quarantine and other Requirements for International Arrivals Direction (No. 14), or its successors.

Safe travel zone country hotspot has the same meaning as in the Quarantine and other Requirements for International Arrivals Direction (No. 14), or its successors.

School passenger transport operator means a person, other than a taxi, limousine or rideshare operator, who is entering Queensland in the course of their employment:

  1. transporting passengers who are school students by road to, from or through Queensland under a commercial passenger operation or public transport operation;

  2. to collect or return a passenger or public transport vehicle to a depot at the start or end of a commercial passenger or public transport operation.

Specialist or essential worker means a person providing services in Queensland who has been endorsed by a Queensland Government Agency under paragraph 49.

Surgical mask means a single use, surgical mask with a minimum level 1 barrier protection level under the Australian Standard (AS 4381:2015) that covers the nose and mouth.

Symptoms consistent with COVID-19 means fever or history of fever, symptoms of acute respiratory infection (cough, shortness of breath, sore throat), loss of smell, loss of taste, runny nose, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting or fatigue.

Unaccompanied minor is a child who is not in the presence of a responsible adult.

Vessel means a commercial vessel, research vessel or government vessel that is in Australian waters and is 50 metres or more in length. It does not apply to cruise vessels, private vessels, super yachts or recreational vessels.

Last updated: 15 November 2021