117 people booked for not wearing a mask in a public place in the last two days

Police say they are concerned that health measures about wearing a mask in a public place are not being followed after 117 Public Health Infringement Notices for this offence were issued in the last two days.

171 Public Health Infringement Notices were issued in the last two days.

Police say the Southern Division recorded the most number for failure to wear a mask with 96 cases, 11 in the Central Division, 6 in the Western Division and 4 in the Eastern Division.

They say 18 bookings accounted for social gathering where 8 were issued in the Northern Division and 10 in the Eastern Division.

Breach of curfew also recorded 18 bookings, 13 in the Southern Division and 5 in the West.

10 notices were issued for failure to wear a mask in a Public Service Vehicle, 2 PSV drivers were fined for failing to comply with the 50% passenger capacity regulation while 8 bookings were made for failure to comply with orders regarding the consumption of kava and liquor.

Fixed penalties have been gazetted for breaching COVID-19 related regulations and a person who will be issued the infringement notice will have to pay the fixed penalty or elect to dispute in court within 90 days.

The penalty for failure to comply with the curfew order is $30, the penalty for failure to wear a face-covering in a public place is $20, the penalty for failure to wear a face-covering in a public service vehicle is $40, the penalty for failure of being 2 metres away from any other person in a queue is $20, the penalty for failure to comply with an order in relation to any gathering is $100, the penalty for failure to comply with an order in relation to entering or leaving a containment zone or lockdown zone is $75, the penalty for failure to comply with an order in relation to travel withing a containment zone is $75, and the penalty for failure to comply with an order in relation to consumption of kava and liquor is $50.

The penalty for failure to comply with an order in relation to isolation or quarantine is $200, the penalty for failure to comply with an order in relation to treatment of persons subject to isolation or quarantine is $200, the penalty for failure to limit customer capacity at customer-facing services is $200 and the penalty to limit passenger capacity in public service vehicles is $200.

If an individual to whom an infringement notice has been issued refuses to immediately comply with the order, he or she commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.