Love Island Australia still going ahead with filming in Byron Bay despite local mayor's objection after a crew member working on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! tested positive to Covid By Jesse Hyland For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:50 BST, 28 September 2021 | Updated: 03:52 BST, 28 September 2021 Viewcomments Love Island Australia is still going ahead with filming in the Byron hinterland village of Federal after Mayor of the region, Michael Lyon, and the Byron Shire council officially withdrew their support of the production. Mayor Lyon expressed his concerns over the number of reality shows shooting in and around Byron Bay last week, after a crew member on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! tested positive to Covid, sending the entire area into a seven-day lockdown. Nine Network program director Hamish Turner has since publicly acknowledged the local council’s issues with the project, but said production would be going ahead as planned. Full steam ahead for reality TV: Love Island Australia is still going ahead with filming in Byron Bay despite Mayor Michael Lyon's objection 'We acknowledge the mayor’s comments and although disappointing, we are planning to ensure Love Island production, which has not commenced filming, is completed within existing regulations to ensure the show is ready for our audiences,' he told The Daily Telegraph. 'All productions are conducted in accordance with the strictest health and safety regulations, testing, and isolation,' Turner added. Production is still scheduled to go ahead as current exempt development regulations allow for filming for up to 30 days on a private property. The rules: Production is still scheduled to go ahead as current exempt development regulations allow for filming for up to 30 days on a private property. Pictured: Love Island host Sophie Monk Last week, Mayor Lyon said he wanted to ban all reality TV shows from filming in the region after a crew member on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! tested positive to Covid and sent the entire area into a seven-day lockdown. He claimed that TV production companies cannot be trusted to do the right thing, so the most sensible option is to ban them altogether. 'It is so devastating to be in lockdown again and it is clear the "honour" system relied on by the state government is deeply flawed,' he said in a searing Facebook post. Furious: Mayor of Byron Shire Michael Lyon (pictured) wants to ban all reality shows from the region after an I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! crew member tested positive to Covid, causing a snap lockdown 'It is worth noting people coming here for work don't actually have to show a negative Covid test, this was thankfully part of the filming protocol that allowed this early detection.' The Mayor accused production company ITV Studios - which produces both Love Island and I'm a Celebrity - of bringing 'Covid to the region'. 'I am looking into our options this morning to rescind council approval for the Love Island production, from the same studios that brought I'm a Celebrity - and Covid - to the region,' he wrote. 'As part of that approval issued recently, which allows them to film for longer than 30 days in Federal, I insisted on a 14-day isolation period whereby any cast or crew coming from an area with cases would not come into contact with people from our region.' Blistering statement: He said: 'I am looking into our options this morning to rescind council approval for the Love Island production, from the same studios that brought I'm a Celebrity - and Covid - to the region' The Byron and Tweed shires were forced into a snap lockdown last Tuesday after a case was detected in the area. The case was later identified as a female makeup artist on Channel 10's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. The crew member is now facing criminal charges for breaching conditions of her work permit and for failing to check into venues using QR codes. The crew member had a work permit to travel but police have claimed that she breached the conditions of her permit by visiting shops and pubs in Byron Bay. Lockdown: The Byron and Tweed shires were forced into a snap lockdown last Tuesday after a case was detected in the area. The case was later identified as a female makeup artist on Channel 10's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility