Police urging Fijians not to be complacent this weekend as 232 Public Health Infringement Notices were issued in the last 48 hours

The Fiji Police Force is urging Fijians to comply with COVID-19 health safety measures at all times and not be complacent this weekend as people continue to be given Public Health Infringement Notices.

206 Fijians were fined for failing to wear a face mask in a public place over the last 48 hours.

The Southern Division recorded the highest number of bookings for failure to wear a mask with 123 reports, followed by the Western Division with 66 bookings, Eastern Division recorded 9 and the Central Division recorded 8 bookings.

232 Public Health Infringement Notices were issued in the last 48 hours.

The Southern Division recorded 128 of the bookings while the Western Division recorded the second highest with 73 bookings, 14 in the Northern Division, 9 in Eastern Division and 8 bookingd in the Central Division.

There were 12 reports for failing to wear a mask in a Public Service Vehicle, 10 reports for breach of curfew and 4 bookings were made in the Northern Division for failure to comply with the 2 metres distancing rule.

Fixed penalties are in place 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 limit customer capacity at customer-facing services is $200 and the penalty for failure 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.