Massage Establishments (Amendment) Rules 2006

No. S 350

Massage Establishments Act

(Chapter 173)

Massage Establishments (Amendment) Rules 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the Massage Establishments Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Massage Establishments (Amendment) Rules 2006 and shall come into operation on 26th June 2006.

Amendment of rule 3

2. Rule 3 of the Massage Establishments Rules (R 1) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “Form A in the Schedule” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “such form as the Licensing Officer may require”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “Form B in the Schedule” in paragraph (3)(a) and substituting the words “such form as the Licensing Officer may determine”.

Amendment of rule 7

3. Rule 7 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (1)(a);

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(c)	who has not undergone and passed a medical health screening if required to do so by the Licensing Officer.”;

(c)

by deleting the words “Form C in the Schedule” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “such form as the Licensing Officer may require”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following paragraphs:

“(3A) Every application under paragraph (3) shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in the Interpretation (Massage Establishments Act — Fee for Application for Approval of Employee) Order 2006 (G.N. No. S 349/2006).

(3B) Any prior written approval granted by the Licensing Officer under paragraph (2) shall be valid for such period as the Licensing Officer may specify and may be renewed upon its expiry subject to such conditions as the Licensing Officer may impose.

(3C) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (3B), any written approval of the Licensing Officer referred to in paragraph (2) that was granted before 26th June 2006 (referred to in this paragraph as the previous approval) in respect of any person who is employed as a masseur, therapist or reflexologist shall continue to be valid for a period of 9 months from that date, and if before the expiry of that period an application for a new approval is made under paragraph (3) in respect of that same person, the previous approval shall continue to be valid until the date on which the new approval is granted under paragraph (3B) or the application for the new approval is refused or withdrawn.”.

Amendment of rule 9

4. Rule 9 (4) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “3 years” and substituting the words “one year”.

Deletion of Schedule

5. The Schedule to the principal Rules is deleted.

Made this 21st day of June 2006.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA (PS) 10/8/01 TF 5; AG/LEG/SL/173/2002/1 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 13(3) of the Massage Establishments Act).

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