COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Foreign Employee Dormitories — Control Order) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

No. S 54

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures)
(Foreign Employee Dormitories —
Control Order) (Amendment)
Regulations 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(1) of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Foreign Employee Dormitories — Control Order) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into operation on 13 February 2023.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. In the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Foreign Employee Dormitories — Control Order) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 781/2020) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), in regulation 2, delete paragraph (2).

Amendment of regulation 3

3. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 3 —

(a)	in paragraph (1), replace “A permitted enterprise that is an” with “An”;
(b)	in paragraph (1), replace “, in addition to the requirements in regulation 14 of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Reopening — Control Order) Regulations 2022” with “so as to assist in preventing safety and health risks from COVID‑19 to residents of the specified dormitory concerned and the public”; and
(c)	delete paragraph (2).

Amendment of regulation 6

4. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 6 —

(a)	in the regulation heading, delete “of permitted enterprise workers”;
(b)	in paragraph (1), replace “A permitted enterprise with any employee who is both a permitted enterprise worker and” with “An employer of an employee who is”; and
(c)	in paragraph (2), delete “a permitted enterprise that is”.

Amendment of regulation 8

5. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 8 —

(a)

in the regulation heading, delete “ordinarily disallowed”;

(b)

before paragraph (2), insert —

“(1) This regulation applies only to a specified dormitory that —

(a)	provides 300 beds or higher for use by residents who are foreign employees; or
(b)	provides accommodation to 300 residents who are foreign employees, or higher.”;

(c)

in paragraph (2), replace “The operator” with “When directed by the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group as necessary to assist in preventing safety and health risks from COVID‑19 to residents of the specified dormitory concerned and the public, the operator”; and

(d)

delete paragraph (3).

Amendment of regulation 14

6. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 14 —

(a)

in the regulation heading, delete “and reception areas”; and

(b)

replace paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) with —

“(a)	a sick bay that is fully enclosed for the isolation of residents who are unwell, and is provided with a number of beds that is not less than 1% of the total number of beds provided at the specified dormitory for its residents (rounded up to the nearest whole number);
(b)	such other facility for the isolation of residents who are unwell as is directed by the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group to address any peculiar circumstances within the specified dormitory.”.

Deletion of regulations 10, 18, 19 and 20

7. In the principal Regulations, delete regulations 10, 18, 19 and 20.

[G.N. Nos. S 274/2021; S 328/2021; S 512/2021; S 537/2021; S 588/2021; S 616/2021; S 987/2021; S 178/2022; S 224/2022; S 324/2022; S 700/2022]

Made on 10 February 2023.

NG HOW YUE

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

[AG/LEGIS/SL/65C/2020/19 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 34(4) of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020).

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