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The laws on Covid passes were voted in by MPs on Tuesday (14 December) and will require people to show proof of two vaccine doses, or a recent negative lateral flow test, to gain entry to nightclubs or large events.
A leadership challenge against the Prime Minister has “got to be on the cards” in the new year, a senior Tory has warned, after Boris Johnson suffered the largest rebellion of his premiership in the Commons.
Nearly 100 Conservative MPs defied the whip to vote against the introduction of mandatory Covid passes to access nightclubs and large venues.
The measures will still go ahead thanks to support from Labour.
A ‘Covid pass’ will be required as a condition of entry to all venues which are open between 1am and 5am, have a dancefloor, play music for dancing, and serve alcohol in the early hours of the morning.
This includes nightclubs, dance halls, discos, some live music venues, theatres, concert halls or other public buildings, exhibition and conference centres and sports stadiums.
It also applies to indoor crowded venues with a capacity of more than 500, outdoor events of 4,000 or more, and any event with a capacity of 10,000 people.
People must show an NHS Covid pass (on the NHS app) or an approved equivalent certificate to prove they have been vaccinated, or show a “valid notification” of a negative test result taken within 48 hours prior to the event, unless they are exempt.
However, it is feared that people could fake texts or emails from the NHS testing service confirming a negative result.
As such, new legislation will make it an offence to make, adapt, supply or offer to supply “false evidence of Covid status to another person” which is known to be “false or misleading”.
People will be issued a fixed penalty notice for breaching the rules at a cost of £10,000 for a first offence.
Venues also to be fined for rule breaches
New Covid laws could also see businesses shut…
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Source : times
