Dear Paul
I am writing in response to the email you submitted on 25 August 2021. Your request has
been considered pursuant to the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Specifically, you
requested:
“We request documentation and operational guidelines provided to front line officers related
to enforcement of wearing Face Coverings/Masks at Essential services under Covid
Lockdown.”
I have provided the following guide for you: Face Covering Guidelines - AL4 Exempt Businesses or Services - 24 August 2021. This guidance has been provided for frontline
staff interacting with businesses in relation to the face covering requirements.
I trust that you are satisfied with my response to your request. If not, you have the right
under section 28(3) of the Act to ask the Ombudsman to seek an investigation and review
of my decision.
Yours sincerely,
Superintendent Barry Taylor Director: Major Events
Police National Headquarters 180 Molesworth Street. PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
Telephone: 04 474 9499. Fax: 04 498 7400. www.police.govt.nz
