Closing sports facilities in the first lockdown was illegal
The Austrian Constitutional Court has come to the conclusion that the closure of the sports facilities in the first lockdown was not in accordance with the law.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Mar 19, 2021, 03:49 pm
The starting point for dealing with the subject was a complaint from the owner of a fish pond who was punished for not preventing access to his pond. Literally it says in the grounds of the Constitutional Court: "The entry ban for sports establishments and the obligation to provide information for restaurateurs were illegal." However, this only applies to the period from March 16 to April 30, 2020.
The Constitutional Court did not consider the closure of the sports facilities for this period to be sufficiently justified. The question is to what extent the last closings can be justified. Especially in tennis, where the risk of infection is known to be extremely low. That helps neither the tennis players nor the hall owners nor the many, many tennis coaches who have been locked up for a long time or have not been able to go about their work. Especially since tennis clubs in particular have and still have meticulously thought-out concepts for the safe practice of sport. And this practically since the beginning of the pandemic.
It remains to be seen whether the Constitutional Court will also deal with the second lockdown. Winter 2020/21 is definitely lost for all tennis enthusiasts.