{"id":8341,"date":"2020-09-23T21:57:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T21:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=8341"},"modified":"2020-09-23T21:57:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T21:57:18","slug":"flexible-regulations-for-businesses-extended-to-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/23\/flexible-regulations-for-businesses-extended-to-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"FLEXIBLE REGULATIONS FOR BUSINESSES EXTENDED TO 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supermarkets and pharmacies can continue to trade and receive deliveries 24 hours a day as rules introduced by the NSW Government have been extended until next year.
\nThe Government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in March by amending the\u00a0Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979\u00a0<\/em>and the\u00a0State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008\u00a0<\/em>to allow around-the-clock trading and delivery hours as well as the extension of caf\u00e9 and restaurant take away capabilities.
\nMinister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes said the orders will be extended for another six months until March 25, 2021.
\n\u201cOur quick response to the immediate challenges of the pandemic ensured everyone had access to essential household goods, businesses remained viable and the economy kept ticking,\u201d Mr Stokes said.
\n\u201cSix months down the track it\u2019s obvious we still need this flexibility. The pandemic has taught us that we can be nimble and reduce red tape where necessary.
\n\u201cWe have to live with the virus for a little while yet, so we\u2019ve extended these orders and will review them before the new expiry date in March next year.\u201d
\nMr Stokes added that extended operating hours for the construction industry, introduced to ensure COVID Safe working conditions, will also continue.
\n\u201cThe construction industry is a key driver for jobs growth during the recession so we needed to find ways to support it while keeping workers safe from the virus,\u201d he said.
\nSince March, the NSW Government has issued eight Ministerial orders under the\u00a0Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979\u00a0<\/em>to:
\n– Extend retail trading, delivery and waste removal hours;
\n– Allow home businesses to operate 24 hours a day;
\n– Provide more flexible conditions for takeaway food and beverage facilities, food trucks and \u2018dark kitchens\u2019;
\n– Allow construction sites to operate the same hours on weekends and public holidays as they would on weekdays;
\n– Permit temporary pop up cycleways within the City of Sydney; and
\n– Allow temporary vehicle sanitisation stations to be built to provide professional cleaning for taxis, Ubers and community transport vehicles.
\nFurther information on the Planning Ministerial orders can be found here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.planning.nsw.gov.au\/Policy-and-Legislation\/COVID19-response<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarkets and pharmacies can continue to trade and receive deliveries 24 hours a day as rules introduced by the NSW Government have been extended until next year. The Government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in March by amending the\u00a0Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979\u00a0and the\u00a0State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008\u00a0to allow … Continue reading “FLEXIBLE REGULATIONS FOR BUSINESSES EXTENDED TO 2021”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}