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Check­ing in to gyms, cin­e­mas and hos­pi­tal­i­ty busi­ness­es with a QR code has become manda­to­ry in today. 

Pre­mier Mark McGowan said more than 260,000 peo­ple had already down­loaded the new Safe­WA app with QR code reg­is­ter­ing to become manda­to­ry from Saturday.

Hos­pi­tal­i­ty venues, gyms, cin­e­mas and oth­er busi­ness­es will be required to keep track of patrons or risk fines of up to $250,000.

The app is for busi­ness­es to access the free QR code for patrons to scan, rather than cre­at­ing one them­selves or being forced to keep paper records. 

Those who already have QR codes in place are not required to down­load the Safe­WA app.