COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Reopening — Control Order) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations 2022

No. S 795

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures)
(Reopening — Control Order)
(Amendment No. 7) Regulations 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(1) of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Reopening — Control Order) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 10 October 2022.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. In regulation 2 of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Reopening — Control Order) Regulations 2022 (G.N. No. S 179/2022) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) —

(a)

in paragraph (1), delete the definitions of “ARC Regulations”, “crowd management period”, “enhanced entry control”, “restricted period”, “restricted place” and “restricted place simpliciter”;

(b)

in paragraph (1) (definition of “cleared status”), replace “ARC Regulations 2021” with “COVID‑19 Clearance Regulations”;

(c)

in paragraph (1), after the definition of “contestant”, insert —

“ “COVID-19 Clearance Regulations” means the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 Clearance) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 273/2021);”; and

(d)

in paragraphs (1) (definitions of “enhanced cleared status” and “supervised self‑administered antigen rapid test”) and (5), replace “ARC Regulations” (wherever it appears) with “COVID‑19 Clearance Regulations”.

Amendment of regulation 4

3. In regulation 4(1)(j) of the principal Regulations, delete “the crowd management period of”.

Deletion of regulation 12

4. Delete regulation 12 of the principal Regulations.

Amendment of regulation 14

5. In regulation 14 of the principal Regulations —

(a)

in paragraph (2), replace “and during the crowd management period for the authorised service, Part 3 private social event or defined event” with “where the provision of an authorised service, or a Part 3 private social event or a defined event is conducted”;

(b)

in paragraph (3), replace sub‑paragraph (b) with —

“(b)	to comply with the entry control requirement, where applicable.”; and

(c)

in paragraph (3), delete sub‑paragraph (d).

Amendment of regulation 17

6. In regulation 17 of the principal Regulations —

(a)	in paragraph (1), delete “, during the crowd management period of the Part 3 private social event or defined event”; and
(b)	in paragraph (2), delete “, during the crowd management period for the authorised service,”.

Amendment of regulation 21

7. In regulation 21 of the principal Regulations —

(a)	delete paragraph (a); and
(b)	in paragraph (b), delete sub‑paragraph (i).

Amendment of First Schedule

8. In the First Schedule to the principal Regulations —

(a)

in the Schedule reference, delete “12(1),”;

(b)

in Part 13, replace paragraph 1 with —

“1. Where the venue of a business event is not the place where the organiser of the business event ordinarily carries out its business, undertaking or work, the organiser must take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that the participants of the business event cooperate with the occupier of that venue to enable the occupier to comply with the requirements imposed on the occupier under these Regulations in relation to the business event taking place in that venue.”; and

(c)

in Part 13, delete paragraphs 3 and 5.

Amendment of Third Schedule

9. In the Third Schedule to the principal Regulations, in paragraph 1(1) —

(a)	replace “First and Second Schedules” with “First Schedule”; and
(b)	delete the definitions of “bar”, “countable persons”, “customer‑facing business event”, “non‑customer facing business event”, “retail business”, “retail food and drinks business”, “retail food and drinks establishment”, “retail liquor business” and “routine business event”.

[G.N. Nos. S 225/2022; S 316/2022; S 325/2022; S 347/2022; S 457/2022; S 699/2022]

Made on 7 October 2022.

NG HOW YUE

Permanent Secretary
(Health Development),
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[AG/LEGIS/SL/65C/2020/23 Vol. 4]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 34(4) of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020).

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