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Public Order
(Additional Temporary Measures) Act 2014

(ACT 12 OF 2014)

Public Order
(Additional Temporary Measures) (Class
Permit) Notification 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(2) of the Public Order (Additional Temporary Measures) Act 2014, the Commissioner of Police hereby makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification may be cited as the Public Order (Additional Temporary Measures) (Class Permit) Notification 2014 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2014.

Definitions

2. In this Notification, unless the context otherwise requires —

“beer” has the same meaning as in the Customs Act (Cap. 70);

“beer house licence” means a liquor licence referred to in section 74(1)(b) of the Customs Act for the sale by retail of beer for consumption on the premises or at the place where it is sold, and includes an outdoor beer stall licence;

“extended hour of sale”, in relation to any licensed premises, means such later time for the sale of intoxicating liquor on those premises as the Liquors Licensing Board approves under the Customs (Liquors Licensing) Regulations (Cap. 70, Rg 3) for those premises;

“intoxicating liquor” has the same meaning as in the Customs Act;

“licensed premises” means any premises in the special zone that is the subject of and specified in a liquor licence;

“liquor licence” means a beer house licence, a public house licence, a retail beer shop licence, a retail liquor shop licence, a wholesale beer shop licence or a wholesale liquor shop licence relating to any premises, and includes any such licence for a specified period of not more than 30 days;

“public holiday period” means the period starting from 6 a.m. on the eve of a public holiday (other than Sunday) and ending immediately before 6 a.m. on the day after the public holiday;

“public house licence” means a liquor licence referred to in section 74(1)(a) of the Customs Act (whether first or second class) for the sale by retail of intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises or at the place where they are sold;

“public place” excludes a public place outside of any special zone;

“retail beer shop licence” means a liquor licence referred to in section 74(1)(f) of the Customs Act for the sale by retail of beer for consumption elsewhere than on the premises or at the place where it is sold;

“retail liquor shop licence” means a liquor licence referred to in section 74(1)(d) of the Customs Act for the sale by retail of intoxicating liquor for consumption elsewhere than on the premises or at the place where they are sold;

“sale by retail”, in relation to alcohol that is a liquid, means a sale, in opened or unopened containers, other than sale of such alcohol by wholesale;

“sale by wholesale”, in relation to alcohol that is a liquid, means a sale, in unopened containers —

(a)	to any holder of a beer house licence, public house licence, retail beer shop licence or retail liquor shop licence; or
(b)	to any other person of more than 30 litres of alcohol in a single day;

“special zone” means the part of Singapore which is more particularly described in the Schedule to the Act;

“weekend” means the period starting from 6 a.m. on a Saturday and ending immediately before 6 a.m. of the next Monday;

“wholesale beer shop licence” means a liquor licence referred to in section 74(1)(g) of the Customs Act for the sale by wholesale of beer;

“wholesale liquor shop licence” means a liquor licence referred to in section 74(1)(e) of the Customs Act for the sale by wholesale of intoxicating liquor.

Consumption of alcohol on licensed premises

3.—(1) The consumption of alcohol by a patron or customer of a holder of a beer house licence or public house licence within any licensed premises for which the beer house licence or public house licence is held is authorised by this Notification where the consumption takes place between the following times, whether or not within any weekend or public holiday period:

(a)	for premises subject to an outdoor beer stall licence — between the hours specified in the licence;
(b)	for premises subject to a first class public house licence or a beer house licence not referred to in sub‑paragraph (a) — between the hours of 6 a.m. and midnight of the same day (both times inclusive) or such later time on the next day that is the extended hour of sale approved before 1st April 2014 in respect of those premises;
(c)	for premises subject to a second class public house licence — between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. of the same day (both times inclusive) or such later time on the next day that is the extended hour of sale approved before 1st April 2014 in respect of those premises.

(2) The authorisation under sub‑paragraph (1) for the consumption of alcohol on any licensed premises for which a beer house licence or public house licence is held applies only to —

(a)	alcohol sold or supplied by the holder of that beer house licence or public house licence for consumption on those premises (whether or not with, or ancillary to, another product or service that is sold, supplied or provided to people on the licensed premises); or
(b)	alcohol brought into those premises in unopened containers by the patron or customer with the permission (express or implied) of the holder of that beer house licence or public house licence.

Consumption of alcohol elsewhere other than weekends

4. The consumption of alcohol in a public place that is not licensed premises by any individual during any time not within any weekend or public holiday period is authorised by this Notification.

Consumption of alcohol elsewhere on weekends, etc.

5. The consumption of alcohol by an individual (whether or not a resident in a special zone) in a public place that is not licensed premises during any weekend or public holiday period is authorised by this Notification only where —

(a)	the public place is owned, occupied or hired by the individual for or in connection with a wedding ceremony or reception, a birthday celebration or any other family event organised by the individual; and
(b)	the consumption is in connection with that wedding ceremony or reception, birthday celebration or other family event.

Sale and supply of alcohol by liquor licensees

6.—(1) Any sale by retail, sale by wholesale or supply of alcohol during the following times by a liquor licensee on any licensed premises for which a liquor licence issued to that liquor licensee is held is authorised by this Notification:

(a)

during the following times not within any weekend or public holiday period:

(i)	for premises subject to a second class public house licence — between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. of the same day (both times inclusive) or such later time on the next day that is the extended hour of sale approved before 1st April 2014 in respect of those premises;
(ii)	for premises subject to an outdoor beer stall licence — between the hours specified in the licence; or
(iii)	for premises subject to any other liquor licence not referred to in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii) — between the hours of 6 a.m. and midnight of the same day (both times inclusive) or such later time on the next day that is the extended hour of sale approved before 1st April 2014 in respect of those premises; and

(b)

during the following hours within a weekend or public holiday period:

(i)	for premises subject to a retail beer licence, retail liquor licence, wholesale beer licence or wholesale liquor licence — between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. of the same day (both times inclusive);
(ii)	for premises subject to a second class public house licence — between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. of the same day (both times inclusive) or such later time on the next day that is the extended hour of sale approved before 1st April 2014 in respect of those premises;
(iii)	for premises subject to an outdoor beer stall licence — between the hours specified in the licence; or
(iv)	for premises subject to a first class public house licence or a beer house licence not referred to in sub‑paragraph (ii) — between the hours of 6 a.m. and midnight of the same day (both times inclusive) or such later time on the next day that is the extended hour of sale approved before 1st April 2014 in respect of those premises.

(2) The authorisation under sub‑paragraph (1) for the sale by retail or wholesale, or the supply, of alcohol by any liquor licensee on any licensed premises for which a liquor licence issued to that liquor licensee is held is subject to the condition that —

(a)	the sale or supply is not inconsistent with the Act and such of the provisions of the Customs (Liquors Licensing) Regulations (Cap. 70, Rg 3) as are applicable to the liquor licensee, and with any conditions specified in its liquor licence; and
(b)	the liquor licensee shall display in a prominent manner within the licensed premises a notice, in the 4 official languages, stating that the consumption of alcohol in any public place is an offence unless authorised by a permit under the Act.

Supply of alcohol by guest of permit holder

7. The supply of any alcohol in a special zone is authorised by this Notification where the alcohol is supplied, whether or not within any weekend or public holiday period, as a gift to a holder of a permit by a guest of the holder of the permit on or at premises which are owned, occupied or hired by that holder of the permit.

Bringing of prohibited item into special zone, etc.

8. The bringing into a special zone of any prohibited item, and the possession or control of any prohibited item in a special zone, by any of the following persons is authorised by this Notification:

(a)	any member of the Singapore Armed Forces, or of any visiting forces lawfully present in Singapore, while on duty;
(b)	any member of the Singapore Police Force while on duty;
(c)	any member of the Special Constabulary or any Auxiliary Police Force created under the Police Force Act (Cap. 235) while on duty;
(d)	any person holding a valid licence issued under the Arms and Explosives Act (Cap. 13) and acting within the terms of the authorisation of that licence;
(e)	a person bringing, at the request of the holder of a permit in respect of any prohibited item, the prohibited item which is owned by, or ordered under a contract of purchase by, that holder of the permit for the purpose only of delivering the prohibited item to that holder of the permit;
(f)	a person having possession or control of any prohibited item while in the course of transporting the prohibited item in any vehicle without stopping anywhere in the special zone to load or unload the vehicle.

Saving

9. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Notification derogates from sections 4(3) and 6 of the Act.

Made this 31st day of March 2014.

NG JOO HEE

Commissioner of Police,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/0108; AG/LLRD/SL/257B/2013/1 Vol. 1]