THIRD SCHEDULE
Regulations 2(1) and 25(1)
Dictionary of definitions for Part 3 and
First and Second schedules
1.—(1)  In Part 3 of the Regulations and the First and Second Schedules —
“associate”, in relation to any athlete or contestant taking part or competing in any sporting activity, means an individual who, in one or more of the following capacities, works with or treats one or more such athletes or contestants participating in, preparing for or competing in, the sporting activity:
(a)an individual who supervises the training or instruction of an athlete or a contestant or who accompanies an athlete or a contestant into or onto the reserved playing space to give advice or assistance during a sporting competition (called in these Regulations a coach or trainer);
(b)an individual who undertakes to represent the interests of an athlete or a contestant in procuring the engagement of the athlete or contestant as a participant or contestant in a sporting competition, or who directs or controls the sporting activities of any athlete or contestant (called in these Regulations a manager);
(c)an individual who assists an athlete or a contestant as advised by a coach or trainer and who assists a coach or trainer in the preparation of contestants (called in these Regulations a team staff member);
(d)a medical practitioner;
(e)a para‑medical practitioner;
“audience area”, for a live performance, means such area within the live performance venue for a live performance as is designed to be used by audience members to attend or watch the live performance (such as but not limited to spectator stands or patron seating), but excludes the following:
(a)the stage area for the live performance in that live performance venue;
(b)any ticketing area, turnstile or other entry and exit place, washroom or other like facilities for the convenience of audience members;
“audience member”, for a live performance, means an individual who is entitled to be admitted to a live performance venue where the live performance is being or is to be staged for the purpose of attending or watching the live performance or to report on the live performance (such as spectators or patrons who are customers of a person staging the live performance or a live performance hirer) and includes an individual lawfully present in or around a live performance venue who is attending or watching the live performance (such as busking outdoors) but excludes —
(a)any crew for the live performance; and
(b)any individual the principal purpose of his or her being in the live performance venue is to provide services in connection with the live performance;
“bulky retail shop” means a retail shop handling —
(a)household appliances and fittings, furniture, homeware, office equipment, outdoor and recreation equipment or party supplies;
(b)pets and pet supplies, plants, landscaping and gardening supplies and equipment;
(c)building and construction materials, hardware, wall tiles or floor tiles or similar coverings, motor vehicles, boats, or motor vehicle or boat parts and accessories; or
(d)other goods that are of a size, weight or quantity which require a large area for handling, display or storage;
“consumer” means a person —
(a)who buys or takes on hire or lease, or is a potential buyer or hirer or lessor of, or borrows money for the purpose of buying, any goods otherwise than —
(i)for resale or letting for hire or leasing; or
(ii)in the course of or for the purpose of carrying on the person’s business;
(b)who uses, or is a potential user of, or borrows money for the purpose of using, any service rendered for fee or reward, otherwise than in the course of or for the purpose of carrying on the person’s business;
(c)who buys, or is the potential buyer of, or borrows money for the purpose of buying, an estate or interest in land or a building otherwise than —
(i)for the purpose of resale, commercial development, letting or hiring; or
(ii)in the course of or for the purpose of carrying on the person’s business; or
(d)who becomes a tenant or lessee of, or is a potential tenant or lessee of, any land or building otherwise than —
(i)for assignment or sub‑letting; or
(ii)in the course of or for the purpose of carrying on the person’s business;
“countable persons”, for a sporting event, means the following individuals:
(a)any athlete or contestant taking part or competing in a sporting activity at the sporting event;
(b)any associate of an athlete or a contestant mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c)any official officiating at the sporting event;
(d)any umpire or referee umpiring or refereeing the sporting activity;
(e)any individual the principal purpose of his or her being in the sports venue is to provide services in connection with the conduct of the sporting event;
“crew”, in relation to a live performance, means an individual who is employed in connection with the staging of a performance other than as a performer in the live performance, whether under a contract of employment by or a contract for service with, any person staging the live performance;
“customer-facing business event” means a business event that is not a non‑customer facing business event;
“guest”, in relation to a nuptial event, means an individual who is invited to attend the nuptial event but excludes any of the following:
(a)a party to the marriage;
(b)a celebrant by whom the marriage is solemnised;
(c)a person engaged to organise the solemnisation or wedding, or to provide authorised services for or in connection with the holding of the nuptial event;
(d)a permitted enterprise worker of a person mentioned in paragraph (c) who is at work in relation to the nuptial event;
“harbour craft” means any vessel which is used in the port for any purpose but is not a pleasure craft;
“indoor physical recreational facility” means any enclosed premises that is or may be made available in the course of any business for use, or is otherwise operated, predominantly for indoor sport activities and indoor physical recreation, and includes —
(a)an indoor gymnasium;
(b)an indoor fitness training facility;
(c)a yoga studio or pilates studio;
(d)a dance studio or barre and spin facility;
(e)a martial art or combat sport training space;
(f)a climbing wall;
(g)an indoor sports hall or court, such as for indoor playing of basketball, badminton, table tennis or squash;
(h)an indoor rifle range; or
(i)an indoor trampolining centre;
“interviewer” means an individual who is conducting or is to conduct an interview of, or is asking or is to ask questions of, an interviewee at a media conference;
“non-customer facing business event” means a business event that is —
(a)for any occasion or purpose as follows:
(i)to comply with an order of a court, a direction given by or on behalf of a public officer or a public body in exercise of a power under any written law, or a requirement under or a statutory duty appearing in an Act (including any alternative arrangements for meetings provided under section 27 of the Act);
(ii)to promote or facilitate employment by or contracts for service with the permitted enterprise; or
(b)attended by participants consisting wholly or mainly of permitted enterprise workers of the permitted enterprise and for any occasion or purpose as follows:
(i)to conduct professional or vocational training, or testing, certification or accreditation of a permitted enterprise worker of the permitted enterprise, or of his or her proficiency in a skill used in an authorised service provided by the permitted enterprise;
(ii)to promote or facilitate activities directed at maintaining worker welfare and productivity in the course of conducting a business or an undertaking;
“official”, in relation to any sporting activity engaged in or played at a sporting event, means an individual who, in one or more of the following capacities, works with one or more athletes or contestants participating or competing in the sporting activity at the sporting event:
(a)an individual who determines the points scored by each athlete or contestant in the sporting event (called in these Regulations a judge);
(b)an individual who regulates the number and length of rounds, and the interval between rounds, of each round of competition or contests between particular athletes or contestants or particular teams of athletes or contestants (called in these Regulations a timekeeper);
“other sporting event facilities” means any of the following areas within a sports venue for a sporting event:
(a)a merchandise or souvenir shop or stall, or a commercial, franchise or entertainment facility, because of any sponsorship‑like arrangement with the sporting event;
(b)a broadcasting or media facility;
(c)a storage area for sporting equipment or devices;
(d)a ticketing area, turnstile or other entry and exit place, washroom or other like amenity for the convenience of spectators;
(e)a timing facility or other facility for officiating or the administration of a sporting event;
“participant” means any of the following:
(a)for a nuptial event — any guest of the nuptial event;
(b)for a funeral event or funerary memorial event — any 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;
(c)for a media conference — any recognised reporter;
(d)for a live performance — any audience member;
(e)for a business event — an individual who is entitled to be admitted to a place where the business event takes place, or is to take place, for any of the following purposes:
(i)to attend, watch, vote or take part in any other way, in the meetings, exhibitions or displays staged or conducted, or to be staged or conducted, in the venue;
(ii)to preside at, speak or otherwise take charge of proceedings in, or to regulate the number and length of, meetings, exhibition or displays staged or conducted, or to be staged or conducted, at the business event;
(iii)to work in one or more of the following capacities with any individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii) during the business event:
(A)an individual who accompanies an individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii) to promote or give protection, advice or assistance to the latter individual during any meeting, exhibition or display at the business event;
(B)an individual who undertakes to represent the interests of an individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii) in procuring the engagement of the latter individual as a speaker, presenter or person presiding at any meeting or discussion at the business event (called a manager);
(C)an individual who assists an individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii) as advised by a manager, or who assists the manager in representing the interests of the individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii);
(iv)to report on the business event;
(f)for a spectator sporting event — a spectator attending the spectator sporting event;
(g)for a participation sporting event — an athlete attending the participation sporting event;
(h)for a religious gathering — a worshipper attending the religious gathering;
“participants’ area”, for a business event, means an area (sheltered or otherwise) within the venue for a business event that is —
(a)for a business event that is a trade show — where the exhibition or display is or is to be held; or
(b)for a business event that is not a trade show — where participants of a business event are admitted to attend, watch, vote or take part in any other way, in the event,
but excludes any ticketing area, turnstile or other entry and exit place, washroom or other like facilities for the convenience of participants of a business event;
“participation sporting event”, subject to sub‑paragraph (2), means any of the following arranged or held in the course of business and that is not a spectator sporting event:
(a)a type of match, game, competition, display or exhibition of any sporting activity;
(b)a series of matches, games, competitions, displays or exhibitions of any sporting activity,
involving the engaging in or playing of one or more sporting activities (whether or not for competition) at a sports venue to which mainly athletes or contestants (but no spectators) are admitted to take part in the sporting activity at the sports venue; and in the case of a sporting event that consists of matches, games, competitions, displays or exhibitions of any sporting activity (such as a tournament), includes any opening ceremony, closing ceremony, procession, parade or like activity connected with that series;
“physical recreational facility” means any place (whether indoor or outdoor) that is intended, constructed or adapted predominantly for use for any sporting activity or similar physical recreation, and includes —
(a)a gymnasium;
(b)a fitness training facility;
(c)a yoga studio or pilates studio;
(d)a dance studio or barre and spin facility;
(e)a climbing wall;
(f)a court, such as for playing of basketball, badminton, table tennis or squash;
(g)a swimming pool;
(h)a golf driving range;
(i)a children’s playground or trampolining facility; and
(j)communal exercise equipment that is affixed to or installed on the ground;
“place of worship” means any place —
(a)that is consecrated or dedicated generally or specifically, or is associated with or regularly used, for the conduct of a ceremony or rite, an observance or a worship, sermon or service based wholly on a religious belief, opinion or affiliation (such as a mosque, surau, temple, church, cathedral, chapel, sanctuary or synagogue); and
(b)the use of which as a place of worship is not a “breach of planning control” under the Planning Act 1998,
but excludes any place that is the ordinary place of residence of any individual or is part of the common property of any subdivided building used (in whole or part) for residential purposes;
“pleasure craft” means any vessel that —
(a)is intended for use within the port exclusively for sport or pleasure purposes; and
(b)is licensed under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Pleasure Craft) Regulations (Rg 6) for private use,
but does not include any craft which is used to carry passengers on sightseeing tours within the port for which each such passenger is charged a separate and distinct fare;
“promoter”, of a media conference, means a person (whether or not a permitted enterprise and whether jointly or otherwise) who has charge and control of the organisation of and other arrangements necessary for the media conference to be held, and includes any person on whose behalf a media conference is or is being held;
“publicity material”, for a religious gathering, means an advertisement (online or otherwise) or any other publicity material promoting the religious gathering;
“recognised reporter”, in relation to a media conference, means an individual who —
(a)is authorised by a provider of radio, television, newspaper or other mass media services; and
(b)is invited by a promoter of the media conference,
to be an interviewer during or to otherwise attend the media conference;
“relevant retail mall” means —
(a)a retail shopping centre which has more than 930 square metres of total floor area attributable to retail shops; or
(b)a bulky retail shop or other retail shop that —
(i)is the sole or predominant occupier of a single building, or of 2 or more buildings that are either adjoining or separated only by common areas or other areas owned by the same owner; and
(ii)has more than 930 square metres of total floor area attributable to retail shops;
“religious worker” means any of the following individuals:
(a)a minister of religion, such as an imam or asatizah, a mufti, pastor, bishop, rabbi, priest or reverend;
(b)a full-time member of a religious order, such as a monk or nun;
(c)a full-time employee who is assisting any individual mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) in connection with the conduct of any ceremony or rite or an observance or a worship, sermon or service at a religious gathering, including by preparing food or offerings or playing any musical instrument;
“reserved playing space”, for any sporting activity, means a part of a sports venue set apart or reserved for the playing or conduct of the sporting activity at that sports venue (whether or not a sporting competition), or any building or place set apart or reserved for the playing or conduct of the sporting activity, and includes —
(a)a playing field;
(b)a track;
(c)an arena;
(d)a court or a rink;
(e)a swimming pool or diving pool;
(f)a road which is being used for a major sporting event;
(g)an area of open water which is being used for a major sporting event;
(h)any area delineated as sporting competition space for a major sporting event;
(i)any area reserved for the official use of any of the following:
(i)athletes participating or contestants competing in the sporting activity;
(ii)associates of an athlete or a contestant mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i);
(iii)officials officiating at, or umpires and referees umpiring or refereeing the sporting activity; and
(j)for a combat sport contest, any area between the reserved playing space in which the combat sport contest takes place and any structure or other barrier between the contestants and spectators;
“retail business” means a business the principal purpose of which is —
(a)selling goods by retail;
(b)providing retail services; or
(c)hiring by retail, or displaying goods for the purpose of selling them by retail or hiring them out;
“retail common areas”, for any relevant retail mall, means such areas in the permitted premises that are used, or intended for use —
(a)by the public; or
(b)in common by the owners or lessees of retail shops in the premises in relation to the conduct of their retail businesses in their retail shops in the premises,
but excludes any area designed and available for use, or used or leased, for carrying on the business that is, or will be, carried on at a retail shop that is a unit, or a lot within a strata plan under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;
Examples of retail common areas
Stairways, escalators and lifts.
Walkways.
Car parking areas.
Thoroughfares or access ways for the use of service vehicles or the delivery of goods.
Toilets and rest rooms.
Gardens and fountains.
Information or entertainment facilities;
“retail food and drinks business” means a business or an undertaking or activity that involves, in whole or part, the preparation of food or drinks (or both) intended for sale predominantly for immediate consumption;
“retail food and drinks establishment” means any place the principal purpose of which is to carry on a retail food and drinks business, whether or not the place is part of a hotel, club, retail shopping centre, food court or market;
“retail liquor business” means a business the principal purpose of which is to supply at any place any liquor for immediate consumption on that place, and that —
(a)is not part of a retail food and drinks establishment;
(b)is not the subject of a licence issued under section 32 of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987 that is stated to be a Foodshop (Restaurant) or Foodshop (Snack Counter) licence; and
(c)is or may reasonably be characterised as a pub or bar, but not a nightclub or hostessing club;
“retail shopping centre” means a cluster of units in premises (not being the stalls in a market) that has all of the following characteristics:
(a)at least 5 of the units in the premises are used wholly or predominantly for the carrying on of one or more listed businesses as retail shops;
(b)the units —
(i)are all owned by the same person;
(ii)have (or would if leased have) the same lessor or the same head lessor; or
(iii)comprise lots within a single strata plan under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;
(c)the units are located —
(i)in one building; or
(ii)in 2 or more buildings that are either adjoining or separated only by common areas or other areas owned by the person in paragraph (b)(i) or (ii);
(d)the cluster of units is promoted as, or generally regarded as constituting, a shopping centre, shopping mall, shopping court or shopping arcade;
“routine business event” means a business event that is for a routine supply or provision of goods or services to a consumer or otherwise in or using any place where the business, undertaking or work connected with the supply or provision of those goods or services is ordinarily carried out;
“sale”, in relation to food or drinks for human consumption, includes supplying food or drinks or both (whether or not for consideration) in the course of providing other services;
“spectator”, for a sporting event, means an individual who is entitled to be admitted to a sports venue where the sporting event is being or is to be conducted, for the purpose of attending or watching any game or sporting activity played or conducted, or to be played or conducted, in the reserved playing area of that sports venue or to report on the sporting event, and includes such an individual who is about to enter the sports venue or is in the spectators’ area but excludes any of the following:
(a)any athlete or contestant taking part or competing in the sporting activity at the spectator sporting event;
(b)any associate of an athlete or a contestant mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c)any official of the spectator sporting event;
(d)any individual the principal purpose of his or her being in the sports venue is to provide services in connection with the conduct of the spectator sporting event;
“spectator sporting event” means any of the following arranged or held in the course of business:
(a)a type of match, game, competition, display or exhibition of any sporting activity;
(b)a series of matches, games, competitions, displays or exhibitions of any sporting activity,
involving engaging in or playing of one or more sporting activities (whether or not for competition) at a sports venue to which spectators are admitted on payment of a fee or charge or after making a donation, or admitted free of charge, to view the playing of the sporting activity at the sports venue or to enter or remain at the sports venue and, in the case of a sporting event that consists of matches, games, competitions, displays or exhibitions of any sporting activity (such as a tournament), includes any opening ceremony, closing ceremony, procession, parade or like activity connected with that series;
“spectators’ area”, for a spectator sporting event, means an area (sheltered or otherwise) within the sports venue where the spectator sporting event is being or is to be conducted to which a spectator is admitted (whether or not by payment or otherwise) to view a game or sporting activity played or conducted in the reserved playing space of that sports venue, but excludes the following:
(a)the reserved playing space in that sports venue;
(b)any ticketing area, turnstile or other entry and exit place, washroom or other like facilities for the convenience of spectators;
“sponsorship‑like arrangement”, for a business event or sporting event, means —
(a)a right to associate a person or a person’s goods or services with —
(i)a business event or sporting event;
(ii)an organiser of a business event or a sporting event organiser of a sporting event; or
(iii)any activity associated with a business event or sporting event; or
(b)an affiliation or association (whether commercial or non‑commercial) with —
(i)a business event or sporting event;
(ii)an organiser of a business event or a sporting event organiser of a sporting event; or
(iii)any activity associated with a business event or sporting event;
“sporting event organiser” means a person who is responsible (whether fully or substantially) for —
(a)the organisation and holding of a sporting event; and
(b)the receipt of revenue from the sporting event, if any,
but does not include a person by reason only of being a party to a sponsorship‑like arrangement connected with the sporting event;
“sports venue”, for any sporting activity, means any purpose‑built sports facility, or any other building or place (but not an amusement centre) where —
(a)the sporting activity is or is to be played or conducted; or
(b)a sporting event involving that sporting activity is taking or is to take place,
and includes any reserved playing space, the grandstand (if any) and any other spectators’ area and any other sporting event facilities;
“venue”  —
(a)for a business event, means an enclosed space or unenclosed space where the business event takes place or is to take place in; and
Examples
An exhibition hall.
A function room in a hotel or convention centre.
An open space (whether or not tented) for the display of aircraft at an aviation industry business event.
(b)for a religious gathering, means an enclosed space or unenclosed space where the religious gathering takes place or is to take place, whether or not the space is or is within a place of worship;
“volunteer”, in relation to a religious gathering, means an individual at the religious gathering in person —
(a)who —
(i)volunteers to assist any religious worker conducting any part of a religious service, the conduct of which is the purpose of the religious gathering; or
(ii)is otherwise providing voluntary services in connection with the religious gathering, such as singing or playing of musical instruments; and
(b)who is not a worshipper at the same religious gathering;
“worshipper”, in relation to a religious gathering, means —
(a)an individual who attends in person to engage in an act of worship at a religious service, the conduct of which is the purpose of the religious gathering; or
(b)an individual who has a lawful reason to enter or remain in the place where the religious gathering is held but is not any of the following:
(i)an individual in paragraph (a);
(ii)a non‑worshipper;
(iii)a volunteer at the religious gathering;
(iv)a religious worker in pursuit of his or her vocation as a religious worker at the religious gathering, whether or not as an employee of any person;
“worshippers’ area” means an area (sheltered or otherwise) within the venue where a religious gathering takes place or is to take place, that is where worshippers are admitted to attend and pray, worship or otherwise take part in any other way in the religious gathering, but excludes any entry and exit place.
(2)  For the purposes of the definition of “participation sporting event”, any type of match, game, competition, display or exhibition of any sporting activity (or a series thereof) arranged or held in the course of business must not be treated as a participation sporting event if the individuals who engage in or play one or more of those sporting activities do so —
(a)during the conduct of any lesson, coaching or instruction of the sporting activity provided by a person carrying on an education business; and
(b)under the supervision of an instructor authorised by the person carrying on the education business.
2.  Where the place is a relevant retail mall, the relevant occupier thereof is as follows:
(a)where the place is a retail shopping centre, each of the following:
(i)the permitted enterprise that is the person in paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) of the definition of “retail shopping centre” in paragraph 1(1), or a management corporation, having the management and control of the common property of that place;
(ii)a person managing or controlling, or apparently managing or controlling, the common property of that place;
(iii)an individual who is, or appears to be, the employer or agent of any person in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii) and at work managing and maintaining the common property of those premises;
(b)in any other case, each of the following:
(i)the permitted enterprise entitled to occupy those premises;
(ii)a person managing or controlling, or apparently managing or controlling, a business, an undertaking or work carried on in those premises;
(iii)a person who is, or appears to be, the employer of any individual at work in the business carried on in those premises.