The Emergency Management (Cross Border Travel Associated No 62) (COVID-19) Direction 2021 has been revoked and replaced by the Emergency Management (Cross Border Travel Associated No 63) (COVID-19) Direction 2021. This Direction came into effect at 4.16pm on Tuesday, 9 November 2021.
Key changes include:
Northern Territory
For Commercial Transport and Freight Workers who have not received a full course of COVID-19 vaccinations, the following applies to enter South Australia:
- Must produce evidence of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 7 days before arrival, or be tested within 12 hours of arrival.
- Commercial Transport and Freight Workers who comply with the 7 day testing regime will not be required to quarantine.
- Commercial Transport and Freight Workers who do not produce evidence of a negative test within 7 days prior to arrival will be directed to submit to a COVID-19 test within 12 hours of arrival. These workers must self-quarantine when not conducting Commercial Transport and Freight Workers duties until receipt of a negative COVID-19 test result.
- Must not enter or remain in a high risk setting for 14 days after arrival (unless permitted to enter in accordance with clause 9 Cross Border Travel – General COVID-19 Direction 2021).
- Must not attend any event with an approved COVID Management Plan or at which more than 1000 people are present for 14 days after arrival. If you have a medical exemption certificate for not receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and can produce it to an authorised officer on request you will be treated as a vaccinated traveller.
Other existing requirements remain. The information above only highlights the key changes made to the Directions and does not reflect all requirements. Members of the public are encouraged to see the full Directions for further information.
All existing directions, frequently asked questions and other information can be found here:
If you require further information you can call the SA COVID-19 Information Line on 1800 253 787 between the hours of 9am to 5pm 7 days per week or go to the SA Health website at or
