2. Regulation 2 of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 254/2020) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended —(a) | by inserting, immediately after the definition of “business” in paragraph (1), the following definition:“ “cohort” means a group of individuals with a common intention to meet in person for the same purpose or similar purposes, the composition of which does not change in relation to that purpose or those purposes except by way of reduction in numbers;”; |
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| (b) | by inserting, immediately after the definition of “funeral event” in paragraph (1), the following definitions:“ “funerary memorial event” means a ritual, observance or ceremony —(a) | the sole purpose of which is to commemorate or honour any deceased according to any religious practice or the tenets of any religion or religious denomination or belief; and | (b) | which is held not within a place of residence and after the funeral event for the deceased, |
but does not include such a ritual, observance or ceremony for a public holiday; |
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“gathering” includes an assembly consisting of more than one cohort of individuals;”; |
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| (c) | by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b) of the definition of “maximum permissible group size” in paragraph (1), the following paragraph:“(ba) | if the gathering is for a funerary memorial event held other than by a religious body in a room or place, the lower of the following:(i) | 30 participants at any time during the event; | (ii) | the maximum number of individuals which the room or place where the event is taking place may accommodate if regulations 10B(1)(k) and 12 are complied with as if the room or place were permitted premises, every participant attending the event were a customer and the organiser were a permitted enterprise;”; |
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| (d) | by inserting, immediately after the words “if the gathering” in paragraph (e) of the definition of “maximum permissible group size” in paragraph (1), the words “(which may be a funerary memorial event) held or allowed by a permitted enterprise”; | (e) | by inserting, immediately after the definition of “operator” in paragraph (1), the following definitions:“ “organiser” includes —(a) | for a solemnization of a marriage — any person (whether or not for reward and whether jointly or otherwise) who procures for, or supplies to, any party to the marriage, the premises and any goods and services for the arrangements in connection with the holding of the solemnization of the marriage; | (b) | for a wedding relating to a marriage — any person (whether or not for reward and whether jointly or otherwise) who procures for, or supplies to, any party to the marriage, the premises and any goods and services for the celebration arrangements in connection with the holding of the wedding; or | (c) | for a funerary memorial event — any individual who has charge over the conduct of any ritual, observance, rite, worship or ceremony at the event, and any person (whether or not for reward and whether jointly or otherwise) who procures or supplies —(i) | the premises where the event is held; and | (ii) | any religious furnishings, religious items or goods, and other services or arrangements, required for the conduct of any ritual, observance, rite, worship or ceremony in connection with the holding of the event; | | | (a) A function room in a condominium is hired by the groom for the purpose of a wedding reception. He engages a wedding planner to organise the wedding reception and plan the reception programme. With the authorisation of the groom, the wedding planner collects the keys to the function room and liaises with the managing agent of the condominium to ensure the room is cleaned and provisioned with the necessary utilities and furniture to hold the reception, and coordinates with the caterer, florists and photographers to secure their entry into the condominium and the timely set up and arrival of the food, furniture and decorations for the reception. The wedding planner is an organiser of the wedding for the purposes of this definition. |
| | (b) A hotel proprietor provides the ballroom, food and decorations for the solemnization of a marriage followed immediately by a wedding reception to be held on the hotel grounds. The hotel proprietor, and the bride and groom who contracted with the hotel for their solemnization and reception, are each an organiser of the wedding for the purposes of this definition. |
| | (c) A merchant association makes arrangements for priests to perform prayer services to commemorate deceased persons in a void deck. The association books the void deck and engages the services of 2 priests to conduct the rites, and a supplier of the religious furniture and items for the ceremony. The merchant association and the priests are each an organiser of the funerary memorial event for the purposes of this definition. |
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“participant”, in relation to a funerary memorial event, means an individual who attends the event for the purpose of taking part in any ritual, observance, rite, worship or ceremony commemorating or honouring any deceased, whether or not expressly invited to attend the event, but excludes any of the following:(a) | a permitted enterprise engaged to organise the funerary memorial event, or to provide authorised services —(i) | for the conduct of religious rituals, observances, rites, worship or ceremony during the event; or | (ii) | for religious furnishings, religious items or goods, and other services or arrangements, required for the conduct of the event; |
| (b) | a permitted enterprise worker of a permitted enterprise in paragraph (a) who is at work in relation to the event;”; and |
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| (f) | by inserting, immediately after paragraph (4), the following paragraph:“(5) To avoid doubt, the maximum permissible group size prescribed in these Regulations for any gathering in a room or place does not affect the right of the owner or lessor of the room or place to grant or withhold permission to enter or remain in the room or place.”. |
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