Infectious Diseases (Mass Gathering Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2021

No. S 324

Infectious Diseases Act

(CHAPTER 137)

Infectious Diseases
(Mass Gathering Testing for
Coronavirus Disease 2019)
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 73(1) of the Infectious Diseases Act, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Infectious Diseases (Mass Gathering Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 16 May 2021.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2(1) of the Infectious Diseases (Mass Gathering Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 273/2021) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “guest” and substituting the following definition:

“ “nuptial event” means a ceremony at which a single marriage is solemnized according to proceedings prescribed by written law and without virtual participation (called in these Regulations a solemnization);”;

(b)

by deleting the semi‑colon at the end of the definition of “vaccinated” and substituting a full‑stop; and

(c)

by deleting the definition of “wedding”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3(3) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the word “wedding” wherever it appears and substituting in each case the words “nuptial event”.

Amendment of regulation 9

4. Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting paragraphs (2A) and (2B); and
(b)	by deleting the words “, (2) or (2A)” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “or (2)”.

Amendment of regulation 13

5. Regulation 13 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “wedding” wherever it appears in paragraph (1)(a)(iii) and (iv) and in the “Examples of entrants not excused from cleared status requirement” in paragraph (2) and substituting in each case the words “nuptial event”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(2A) In addition to paragraph (1), where the restricted place is used for a nuptial event connected with a marriage in item 9 of Part 1 of the Second Schedule, regulations 9 and 10 do not apply to or in relation to an entrant to the restricted place during a restricted period of the restricted place if the entrant enters or remains in the restricted place as the celebrant by whom the marriage is or is to be solemnized.”.

Amendment of Part 1 of Second Schedule

6. Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting item 1;

(b)

by deleting “100” in the first column (titled “Restricted Place”) of items 2, 3(a), 4, 5(a), 6(a), 7 and 8(a) and substituting in each case “50”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after item 8, the following item:

“

9.	A place, building or other premises (other than a place of residence or on board a vessel) at which a solemnization of a marriage is or is to take place, being a solemnization to whom more than 48 but not more than 98 guests are invited to attend.

The time —

(a)	starting 60 minutes before the time the solemnization is stated will begin in any invitation relating to the solemnization; and

(b)	ending 60 minutes after the time that the solemnization is stated will end on any invitation relating to the solemnization.

”.

Amendment of Part 2 of Second Schedule

7. Paragraph 1 of Part 2 of the Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “celebrant” and substituting the following definition:

“ “celebrant”, in relation to a marriage, means any of the following individuals authorised under written law to solemnize the marriage in Singapore:

(a)	a person issued a licence to solemnize marriages under section 8 of the Women’s Charter;
(b)	the Registrar of Marriages or an Assistant Registrar of Marriages, appointed under section 26 of the Women’s Charter;
(c)	a person specified in section 95(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Cap. 3);”;

(b)

by deleting the definition of “guest” and substituting the following definition:

“ “guest”, in relation to a nuptial event, means an individual who is invited to attend the event but excludes any of the following:

(a)	a party to the marriage;
(b)	a celebrant of the marriage;
(c)	a permitted enterprise engaged to organise the nuptial event, or to provide authorised services for the conduct of proceedings in the nuptial event, or for celebration arrangements made in connection with the nuptial event;
(d)	a permitted enterprise worker of a permitted enterprise in paragraph (c) who is at work in relation to the nuptial event;”; and

(c)

by deleting the word “wedding” in the definition of “ticket” and substituting the words “nuptial event”.

[G.N. No. S 310/2021]

Made on 14 May 2021.

NG HOW YUE

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

[AG/LEGIS/SL/137/2020/13 Vol. 1]

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