Before arrival and access to the base

1. The league will take responsibility for ensuring that these measures are complied with and will monitor performance by teams and participants.

2. The league will ensure that team and staff entering the biologically safe environment are tested (Covid-19 testing) before leaving to travel to the area and that screening (as set out in the guidelines) has been carried out for each person.

3. The team health officer must be part of this team and will be responsible for liaising with the league, providing information as required, and assisting the league in ensuring compliance in all respects.

4. Any persons excluded by the screening process, or who test positive (Covid-19 test), will not be permitted to enter the safe area. If a replacement participant is found then the same scrutiny and approach will be followed.

5. All excluded persons will be managed thereafter in accordance with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) guidelines and medical advice.

6. If screening results raise a concern, but the Covid-19 test is negative, the individual will not be permitted immediate access into the safe area, but will have to undergo Covid-19 testing 72 hours later.

7. If this test is negative and screening is negative, the person will be allowed access into the safe area. If the test is positive, the person will be managed thereafter in accordance with NICD guidelines and medical advice.

8. For certainty, the guidelines must be adhered to, and will continue to apply, and a declaration must be signed by each club confirming this.

The league will oversee this process and ensure compliance.

9. Masks must be worn all the time by all individuals (FFP1/FFP2/N95/3-ply surgical masks are best reserved for health-care workers, and ordinary individuals should use cloth face masks that adhere to government regulation).