Massage Establishments (Amendment) Rules 2004

No. S 557

Massage Establishments Act

(Chapter 173)

Massage Establishments (Amendment) Rules 2004

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 2004 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 30th August 2004.

Amendment of rule 4

2. Rule 4 of the Massage Establishments Rules 2003 (G.N. No. S 615/2003) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)

by deleting “$540” in paragraph (1) and substituting “$480”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (1), the following paragraph:

“(1A) The fee payable for a copy or replacement of a licence shall be $10.”.

Amendment of rule 10

3. The principal Rules are amended by renumbering rule 10 as paragraph (1) of that rule, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) A fee of $20 shall be payable for a written approval under paragraph (1)(a).”.

Amendment of Schedule

4. Forms A, B and C of the Schedule to the principal Rules are deleted and the following Forms substituted therefor:

“FORM A

Rule 3(1)

MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS ACT
(CHAPTER 173)

MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS RULES

FORM B

Rule 3(3)

MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS ACT
(CHAPTER 173)

MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS RULES

LICENCE TO CARRY ON A MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT

FORM C

Rules 7(3)

MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS ACT
(CHAPTER 173)

MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS RULES

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF EMPLOYEE IN MASSAGE
ESTABLISHMENT

”.

Transitional provisions

5.—(1) Rule 2(a) shall only apply to a licence if the application for the licence is made on or after 30th August 2004, and rule 4(1) of the principal Rules in force immediately before that date shall continue to apply to a licence if the application for the licence was made before that date.

(2) Rule 2(b) shall only apply to a copy or replacement of a licence if the application for the copy or replacement is made on or after 30th August 2004.

(3) Rule 3 shall only apply to a written approval of the Licensing Officer for a change in the name or address of an establishment for massage if the application for the written approval is made on or after 30th August 2004.

Made this 31st day of August 2004.

TAN GUONG CHING

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[LD/A/132.9 (GLU); AG/LEG/SL/173/2002/1 Vol. 1]

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

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