{"id":141268,"date":"2021-10-09T21:51:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T21:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=141268"},"modified":"2021-10-09T21:51:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T21:51:07","slug":"covid-19-delta-outbreak-vaccine-certificates-need-legal-backing-hospitality-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/covid-19-delta-outbreak-vaccine-certificates-need-legal-backing-hospitality-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Vaccine certificates need legal backing – hospitality sector"},"content":{"rendered":"
By RNZ<\/strong><\/p>\n The hospitality industry wants to see vaccine certificates introduced but is furious about the legal risks they pose.<\/p>\n Hospitality NZ chief executive Julie White said its members can’t afford to run the vaccine certificate system, bear the brunt of public antagonism and risk breaking the law.<\/p>\n It had advised the government through a submission on Thursday that a law was needed to exempt companies from the Bill of Rights, Privacy Act and Human Rights Act.<\/p>\n “We support vaccination certificates, because we’re desperate to open, but the government must pass a law that protects us from legal action and costs,” White said.<\/p>\n “Delta is here to stay so we need a way out. Reaching a 90 per cent vaccination rate will allow businesses to operate again. So we support vaccinations, and using vaccination certificates.”<\/p>\n She said Hospitality NZ members were frustrated and angry the government had left it so late, putting businesses under pressure to do something drastic without legal protection.<\/p>\n “They know we’re desperate – we’ve sacrificed $24 million a day in following the Covid-19 health response. Our survival is at stake, and dozens have already closed for good.”<\/p>\n White said the situation was far more complicated than the government proposal appreciated.<\/p>\n “If our members start using certificates to deny entry they will immediately breach three pieces of legislation. There are members of the public just waiting to take a hospitality business to court,” she said.<\/p>\n “Without protection of a law, businesses, workers, the public and the police will all face legal uncertainty and costs in trying to carry out a certificate scheme.”<\/p>\n Where to get a vaccination in Auckland – without a booking<\/strong><\/p>\n This map shows large vaccinations centres from the Unite again Covid-19 infomation page. For more detailed information about your neighbourhood visit Healthpoint.<\/strong><\/p>\n