Albury-Wodonga Football Association president Mark Leman welcomed the exemption allowing Victorian border residents more access to NSW but added it was "about time".

"We've been in lockdown before, we've had the border bubble set up before, why did it take this long to apply common sense," he said.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard signed the amendment to the public health order at 11pm Sunday after a weekend where border Victorians could only cross the river for four essential reasons.

From noon Monday, they became exempt from this rule provided they hadn't been outside the border bubble in their own state in the past fortnight and did not travel beyond that region in NSW.

Member for Albury Justin Clancy said he appreciated people's frustrations when the NSW restrictions were confirmed on Friday and had raised the issue with Mr Hazzard the next morning.

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Mr Clancy said the changing circumstances around lockdowns, for example Victoria's five-day February shutdown was eased statewide at once, affected how the NSW government responded.

"We would like to see more consistency, we'd have liked the Border to be considered from the outset ... but then there was the prompt response when the issue was identified," he said.

Albury Business Connect chairman Barry Young said it was "just disappointing" Albury-Wodonga had been effectively split again.

"There was a lot of confusion over the weekend, across all businesses," he said.

"A lot of hospitality providers were getting visitors from Victoria, there was confusion about the existence of the bubble.

"I think (the exemption) has clarified it a little bit more."

Mr Young said losing the Victorian market, especially Melbourne visitors over the Queen's Birthday long weekend, was "just another blow" for Albury operators.

Mr Leman said Victorian border spectators hadn't been permitted at weekend games, yet NSW border residents didn't have special restrictions south of the river.

"There was no logical sense in that," he said.

"Albury-Wodonga is one very large community, we share facilities, we share work, we share entertainment, restaurants and coffee shops."

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