{"id":9835,"date":"2021-01-06T00:36:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T00:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9835"},"modified":"2021-01-06T00:36:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T00:36:15","slug":"latest-breaches-of-public-health-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/01\/06\/latest-breaches-of-public-health-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest breaches of Public Health Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have taken legal action against eight people, including a man who allegedly attempted to leave hotel quarantine without satisfying the requirements under the Public Health Act.<br \/>\nJust after 8am yesterday (Tuesday 5 January 2021), police performing hotel quarantine duties at a hotel on Elizabeth Street, Sydney, were called to assist with a guest attempting to leave his room.<br \/>\nOfficers were told the 43-year-old man, who arrived in Sydney from Los Angeles on Wednesday 23 December 2020, had refused COVID testing during his quarantine period and was therefore required to complete a further 10 days in hotel quarantine.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s alleged the man challenged police in the hallway and questioned police powers under the Public Health Act before the officers physically escorted back to his room.<br \/>\nAdditional security officers were allocated to the floor to ensure the man complied with the quarantine order.<br \/>\nFollowing further inquiries, the Queensland man was charged with not comply with noticed direction re s 7\/8\/9 &#8211; COVID-19.<br \/>\nHe has been refused bail to appear at Parramatta Local Court today (Wednesday 6 January 2021).<br \/>\nIn a separate incident overnight, a man has been issued a $1,000 Penalty Infringement Notice (PIN) following a gathering at a home in Guildford.<br \/>\nAbout 10.45pm (Tuesday 5 January 2021), officers attached to Cumberland Police Area Command attended a home on Clement Street and discovered a house party with between 30 and 40 guests in attendance.<br \/>\nPolice were told the group had earlier been playing loud drums in the backyard.<br \/>\nThe homeowner, a 23-year-old man, was issued a $1,000 PIN for not comply with noticed direction re s 7\/8\/9 &#8211; COVID-19. Inquiries are continuing.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, six people have also been fined for allegedly not wearing masks across Greater Sydney up until 5pm yesterday (Tuesday 5 January 2021).<br \/>\n&#8211; Officers from Police Transport Command (PTC) spoke with a 27-year-old man who was not wearing a face mask about 7.15am, as part of patrols on a Western Line train. The man stated he was in a hurry and didn\u2019t have a face mask. He was issued a $200 Penalty Infringement Notice (PIN).<br \/>\n&#8211; About 1pm, PTC officers spoke to a 24-year-old man who was not wearing a mask on a Southern Line train. He told police he had some at home but forgot. He was issued a $200 PIN. The man was again spoken to by police at 2.20pm at Sydenham Railway Station, where he was given a warning and told to get a mask before boarding another train.<br \/>\n&#8211; PTC officers were patrolling Campsie Railway Station about 4.30pm, when they approached a 20-year-old man who was not wearing a mask. The man said he had taken it off while on the train before questioning police powers. He was issued a $200 PIN.<br \/>\n&#8211; A 23-year-old man was approached by PTC officers at Sydney Railway Station about 2.40pm, after he was observed riding a scooter on the platform after getting off a train. Despite being told not to ride on the platform, the man \u2013 who was not wearing a face mask \u2013 continued to ride the scooter. The man eventually stopped and put a mask over his face. Inquiries revealed he didn\u2019t have an opal card and while being moved on from the area, the man removed his face covering. He was subsequently issued a $200 PIN as well as infringements for travelling without a valid ticket and riding the scooter on the platform.<br \/>\n&#8211; About 4.30pm, officers attached to PTC approached a 27-year-old woman who was not wearing a face mask at Campsie Railway Station. The woman became aggressive with police and was subsequently issued a $200 PIN.<br \/>\nPolice also issued 29 warnings across Greater Sydney to people not wearing masks yesterday.<br \/>\nPolice continue to appeal to the community to report suspected breaches of any ministerial direction or behaviour which may impact on the health and safety of the community.<br \/>\n<strong><em>Anyone with information regarding individuals or businesses in contravention of COVID-19-related ministerial directions is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/\"><strong><em>https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have taken legal action against eight people, including a man who allegedly attempted to leave hotel quarantine without satisfying the requirements under the Public Health Act. Just after 8am yesterday (Tuesday 5 January 2021), police performing hotel quarantine duties at a hotel on Elizabeth Street, Sydney, were called to assist with a guest attempting &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/01\/06\/latest-breaches-of-public-health-orders\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Latest breaches of Public Health Orders&#8221;<\/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-9835","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\/9835","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=9835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}