Covid-19 compliance checks (FOI)Covid-19 compliance checks (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
05 July 2021.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
How many checks were carried out by Environmental Health or other Government officials between May and November 2020 at the Royal Yacht Hotel and Spa.
Please provide a list of the dates they were carried out and, for each inspection, the full list of criteria / areas that were inspected. If reports were produced following each inspection, please provide these.
I am not seeking information on welfare checks on individuals but checks on the establishment’s compliance with Covid-19 restrictions.
Response
The following Government of Jersey (GOJ) sections visited the Royal Yacht and Spa during the period requested.
GOJ visits to the Royal Yacht and Spa 1 May to 30 November 2020 |
Date | Section | Purpose of visit | Report info |
| 11 August 2020 | Health and Safely Inspectorate | A proactive visit forming part of a targeted campaign aimed at pubs and bars to raise awareness of the requirements to collect customer details for the purposes of contact tracing. | No report prepared |
| 8 September 2020 | Health and Safely Inspectorate | To follow up formal complaint regarding the steam room, Jacuzzi and sauna being open to the public in breach of the legal requirements. | Report exempt from release, however, the judgement arising from the prosecution of the hotel is available to the public on www.jerseylaw.je This can be accessed using the following link. AG v The Royal Yacht Hotel Limited 30-Apr-2021 (jerseylaw.je) |
| 28 September 2020 | Environmental Health | As part of standard Covid-19 response to businesses to provide advice in relation to hygiene related matters such as cleaning schedules, use of hand sanitiser, hand washing and so on. | A number of public and business areas were inspected. However, a specific list of areas inspected was not recorded, and no formal report was produced. |
| 13 October 2020 | Health and Safely Inspectorate | Review of collection of customer details for the purposes of contact tracing. | No report prepared |
The report prepared following the inspection on 8 September 2020 is exempt from release under Article 24 (Court Information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 because it is a legally privileged summary of evidence to establish whether to pursue a criminal prosecution.
Article applied
Article 24 - Court information
(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is held by a scheduled public authority only by virtue of being contained in a document –
(a) filed with, or otherwise placed in the custody of, a court; or
(b) served upon, or by, the scheduled public authority,
in proceedings in a particular cause or matter.
(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is held by a scheduled public authority only by virtue of being contained in a document created by –
(a) a court; or
(b) a member of the administrative staff of a court,
in proceedings in a particular cause or matter.
(3) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is held by a scheduled public authority only by virtue of being contained in a document –
(a) placed in the custody of; or
(b) created by,
a person conducting an inquiry or arbitration, for the purposes of the inquiry or arbitration.
(4) In this Article –
“arbitration” means arbitration to which Part 2 of the Arbitration (Jersey) Law 1998[6] applies;
“court” includes any tribunal in which legal proceedings may be brought;
“inquiry” means an inquiry or a hearing held under an enactment;
“proceedings in a particular cause or matter” includes an inquest or post-mortem examination.
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