Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 10 Apr 2020

No. S 263

Infectious Diseases Act

(CHAPTER 137)

Infectious Diseases
(COVID‑19 — Stay Orders)
(Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 73 of the Infectious Diseases Act, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 10 April 2020.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 182/2020) is amended by deleting the words “30 April 2020” in the definition of “control period” and substituting the words “4 May 2020”.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 4

3. Regulation 4 of the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) Regulations 2020 is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Measures for individuals under stay orders, etc.

4.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an individual who is subject to a movement control measure requiring the individual to not leave a place of accommodation commits an offence if the individual, without reasonable excuse —

(a)	allows into that place of accommodation any other individual not ordinarily resident in that place of accommodation;
(b)	comes into contact or close proximity with any individual not ordinarily resident in that place of accommodation;
(c)	fails or neglects to wear a surgical or other mask over the individual’s nose and mouth when the individual leaves the place of accommodation for any reason permitted in regulation 3(4);
(d)	fails or neglects to inform the individual’s employer or the principal of the school in which the individual is enrolled as a student or teaches at (as the case may be) that the individual is subject to a movement control measure; or
(e)	does not answer within a reasonable time any call or message sent by or under the authority of the Director or a Health Officer.

(2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply where the other individual is delivering food or other essential goods to the place of accommodation.

(3) Paragraph (1)(a) and (b) does not apply where the other individual —

(a)	is providing services as are necessary for the individuals living in that place of accommodation to avoid any imminent danger or damage to life or property in that place of accommodation;
(b)	is providing medical treatment or other medical therapy or care to an individual who has a physical or mental disability; or
(c)	is a Health Officer or police officer.

(4) An individual who is guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation, an individual is subject to a movement control measure for so long as the individual is required to not leave a place of accommodation because of —

(a)	an order made under regulation 3(1);
(b)	regulation 3(2); or
(c)	an order under section 15 or 17 of the Act.

(6) For the purposes of this regulation, an individual is in close proximity to another individual if there is a distance of less than 2 metres between the 2 individuals.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 184/2020; S 193/2020]

Made on 10 April 2020.

NG HOW YUE

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

[AG/LEGIS/SL/137/2020/7 Vol. 1]

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