No. S 268
Environmental Public Health Act 1987
Environmental Public Health
(Designation of Specified Premises)
(Amendment) Order 2022
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 62A(2) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987, the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order is the Environmental Public Health (Designation of Specified Premises) (Amendment) Order 2022 and comes into operation on 1 April 2022.
Amendment of paragraph 2
2.  Paragraph 2 of the Environmental Public Health (Designation of Specified Premises) Order 2021 (G.N. No. S 532/2021) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately before the definition of “adult disability home”, the following definition:
“ “active ageing and senior activity centre” means any premises that —
(a)have regular operating hours; and
(b)are used or intended to be used primarily for the provision of social or recreational activities for persons who are 60 years of age or older;”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “adult disability home”, the following definitions:
“ “assisted training and employment centre” means any premises that are used or intended to be used primarily for the provision of employment, or assisted vocational training, or both, for persons who —
(a)have autism or any intellectual, physical or sensory disability or any combination of any such disabilities; and
(b)are 18 years of age or older;
“canteen” means any food establishment licensed as a canteen under section 32 of the Act;”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “coffeeshop”, the following definitions:
“ “crisis shelter” means any premises that —
(a)are used or intended to be used primarily for the provision of temporary accommodation for victims of family violence; and
(b)are operated by a person who is fully or partially funded by the Government to operate the premises;
“day activity centre” means any premises that are used or intended to be used primarily for the provision of non-residential care for persons who —
(a)have autism or any intellectual, physical or sensory disability or any combination of any such disabilities;
(b)require care or assistance with respect to their personal needs or safety; and
(c)are 18 years of age or older;”;
(d)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “early childhood development centre”, the following definitions:
“ “early intervention centre” and “early intervention programme” have the meanings given by regulation 2 of the Child Development Co‑Savings Regulations (Rg 2);
“EIPIC/PPIP early intervention centre” means any early intervention centre that —
(a)provides an early intervention programme known as “Early Intervention Programme for Infants and Children (EIPIC)” or “Pilot for Private Intervention Providers (PPIP) programme”; and
(b)is operated by a person who is fully or partially funded by the Government to provide any early intervention programme mentioned in paragraph (a);”;
(e)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “eldercare and social‑communal facility”, the following definition:
“ “family violence” has the meaning given by section 64 of the Women’s Charter 1961;”;
(f)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “food centre or market”, the following definition:
“ “food court” means any food establishment licensed as a food court under section 32 of the Act;”; and
(g)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “language centre”, the following definitions:
“ “madrasah” means a school specified in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Compulsory Education (Exemption) Order (O 1);
“mental disorder” and “psychiatric institution” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008;
“pre-university education” means education —
(a)normally for a child who is 17 years of age or older but below 19 years of age; and
(b)for the purpose of preparing the child for university education,
but does not include any education leading to the award of a diploma other than the diploma known as “International Baccalaureate Diploma”;
“primary or secondary education” means education normally for a child who is 7 years of age or older but below 17 years of age;
“private education institution” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Private Education Act 2009;
“private education institution for children and young persons” means a private education institution that provides, or offers to provide —
(a)full-time education at a standard that is preschool, or full‑time care, or both, to children below 7 years of age;
(b)full-time primary or secondary education;
(c)full-time pre-university education; or
(d)full-time special education for persons with any physical or intellectual disability, or both;
“privately-funded school” means a school specified in the Private Education (Excluded Private Education Institutions) Notification 2010 (G.N. No. S 249/2010);
“psychiatric facility” means any premises (other than a psychiatric institution) that are used or intended to be used primarily for the provision of custodial, psychiatric or rehabilitative care for persons who are suffering from mental disorder;
“special education school” means a school specified in Part II of the Schedule to the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations (Rg 1);
“specified educational institution” means an educational institution specified in Part III of the Schedule to the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations;
“student care centre” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Children and Young Persons Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 512/2020);”.
Amendment of Schedule
3.  The Schedule to the Environmental Public Health (Designation of Specified Premises) Order 2021 is amended by inserting, immediately after item 12, the following items:
“13. Any active ageing and senior activity centre
1 April 2022
14. Any EIPIC/PPIP early intervention centre
1 April 2022
15. Any independent school
1 April 2022
16. Any privately-funded school
1 April 2022
17. Any psychiatric facility
1 April 2022
18. Any special education school
1 April 2022
19. Any specified educational institution
1 April 2022
20. The home for children and young persons called the Singapore Boys’ Home
1 April 2022
21. The home for children and young persons called the Singapore Girls’ Home
1 April 2022
22. Any canteen
1 May 2022
23. Any food court
1 May 2022
24. Any assisted training and employment centre
1 July 2022
25. Any crisis shelter
1 July 2022
26. Any day activity centre
1 July 2022
27. Any madrasah
1 October 2022
28. Any private education institution for children and young persons
1 October 2022
29. Any student care centre
1 October 2022”.
Made on 29 March 2022.
LEE CHUAN SENG
Chairperson,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.
[C030/01/101; NEA/LD/176; AG/LEGIS/SL/95/2020/10 Vol. 1]
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