How will businesses enforce the rules,and what about the risk of forgery?

Businesses will need to take reasonable steps to ensure patrons are adhering to the rules,and while they are not expected to be law enforcement agencies,they “can’t turn a blind eye”,Mr Dominello said.

“The framework will be basically the same as what we’ve done with the QR codes,” he said. “The responsibility must rest on the individual.”

He said penalties of imprisonment and hefty fines exist for any offending,and for individuals who deliberately do the wrong thing and “get found out,there could be jail time”.

Ms Berejiklian sought to assure the industry the government would have a similar compliance regime to before the Delta outbreak.

“We’ll make[it] very clear what responsibilities individuals and businesses have in making sure everybody complies,” she said. “It won’t be very different to what happened beforehand but,of course,as we get closer to that time,we’ll remind everybody what the expectations are.”

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