COVID Safe businesses

Get a COVID-19 Safety Plan

Find and complete a COVID-19 Safety Plan for your type of business or organisation.

Access your QR code and business resources online

Get a QR code when you have completed your COVID-19 Safety Plan.

Update your contact number

Use this form to update the contact person for your COVID Safe business, venue or event.

COVID-19 Safety Plans

Your COVID-19 Safety Plan must address the matters required by the approved COVID-19 Safety Checklist.

The plans set out what businesses and organisations need to do to fulfil their obligations under public health orders and minimise risk of transmission of COVID-19 on their premises.

Complete the relevant COVID-19 Safety Plan for your industry. You need to keep a copy of your plan and provide it when asked to an authorised person.

Abattoirs and the meat processing industry

Resources and guidance for abattoirs and the meat processing industry to help create and maintain a safe environment for staff, customers and community.

Accommodation

Including caravan parks and camping grounds, hotels, backpackers, hostels and dormitory-style accommodation, including hotels and accommodation on Lord Howe Island.

Agriculture

COVID-19 Safety Plan for your agriculture business or farm.

Beauty and other services

Including salon, hairdressing salons, spa, nail salons, waxing salons, tanning salons, massage parlours, tattoo studios, sex on premises venues, and sex services.

Construction and tradespeople

COVID-19 Safety Plan for your construction, trade or home maintenance business.

Entertainment facilities

Including cinemas, drive-in cinemas, theatres, concert halls and amusement centres.

Food processing

COVID-19 Safety Plan for your food processing business.

General

COVID-19 safety plan if your business or industry does not have a specific safety plan, including crematoria and funeral homes.

General practice and other primary health service providers

COVID-19 Safety Plan for general practices and other primary health service providers.

Gyms and indoor recreation

Including gyms, indoor recreation facilities, swimming pools, community centres and halls.

Including pubs and clubs, small bars, cellar doors, breweries, distilleries, casinos, karaoke bars, restaurants, cafes, food courts and other food and drink premises, function centres, nightclubs, strip clubs, commercial vessels and party buses.

Information and educational facilities

Including libraries, museums, galleries, zoos, reptile parks and aquariums.

Major recreation facilities

Including stadiums, showgrounds, racecourses, agricultural shows, and theme parks.

Manufacturing and warehousing

Including warehousing management, storage facilities and manufacturing operations.

Maritime operations

Including vessel operators.

Office environment (including call centres)

Including service centres and general office spaces.

Outdoor events

Including community sport, controlled outdoor events, outdoor rehearsal and performance, and outdoor protests.

Places of worship

Including churches, meeting houses, mosques, synagogues, temples or other places of worship.

Retail and auctions

Including auctions and open houses, betting agencies, non-food markets and retail and grocery.

Significant events

Including funerals, memorial services and wakes, school formals and dances, graduations, weddings and receptions, and events in a residential property with more than 100 people.

Taxis, hire cars and ride share services

COVID-19 Safety Plan for taxis, hire cars and ride share services.

Transport freight and logistics operations

Including logistics management, distribution, freight transport and operations.

Help with your safety plan

NSW Health guidance

Related information

Give feedback on a business or organisation

COVID Safe is a statewide program that helps to keep our community safe from COVID-19.

We want your feedback on how businesses are implementing COVID safety rules.

Penalties for breaching public health orders

Under the public health orders, it is mandatory for some types of business to complete a COVID-19 Safety Plan.

Authorised officers are making inspections of businesses to check compliance and are able to issue on-the-spot fines.

Penalties for breaching public health orders range up to $55,000, with a further $27,500 penalty possible for each day an offence continues.

For repeated non-compliance, businesses may be shut down for periods of up to a month.

Last updated: 30 March 2021