COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) (Amendment No. 15) Regulations 2021

No. S 584

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020

(ACT 14 OF 2020)

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures)
(Control Order) (Amendment No. 15)
Regulations 2021

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) (Control Order) (Amendment No. 15) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 10 August 2021.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2(1) of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 254/2020) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “dining‑in activity cohort” in the definition of “activity cohort”, the words “, a personalised service cohort”;

(b)

by deleting the definitions of “child” and “cleared status” and substituting the following definition:

“ “cleared status”, for an individual, has the meaning given by the Infectious Diseases (Mass Gathering Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 273/2021);”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “common property”, the following definition:

“ “community eating place” means any premises or place which is a retail food and drinks establishment that —

(a)

consists of an assembly of 2 or more stalls in, at or on which food or drinks (or both) are prepared for sale predominantly for immediate consumption as a meal within the premises or place, even if other business is carried on where that is ancillary and subsidiary to the provision of such meals;

(b)

is either —

(i)	ordinarily styled or described, or may reasonably be characterised, as a hawker centre; or
(ii)	licensed under the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95) as a coffee shop or canteen, but not as a food court; and

(c)

is substantially without any permanent fence, wall or other vertical barrier to completely or substantially and permanently enclose the premises or place when it is open for business;”;

(d)

by deleting the definition of “dining‑in activity cohort” and substituting the following definition:

“ “dining‑in activity cohort” means a cohort —

(a)

for the purpose of consuming food or drink at a retail food and drinks establishment or a place at which a retail liquor business is for the time being carried on, where the First Schedule does not prohibit consumption of food or drink on those premises; and

(b)

that consists of —

(i)

for a community eating place — 2 individuals whether or not with a cleared status;

(ii)

for any other retail food and drinks establishment —

(A)	5 or fewer individuals each with a cleared status;
(B)	5 or fewer uncleared juniors all from the same household; or
(C)	5 or fewer individuals in total, consisting of one or more uncleared juniors (all from the same household) and other individuals with a cleared status; or

(iii)

for a place at which a retail liquor business is for the time being carried on — 5 or fewer individuals each with a cleared status;”;

(e)

by deleting the definition of “enhanced entry control” and substituting the following definition:

“ “enhanced entry control”, for any room or place where a nuptial event takes place or is to take place, means a requirement to establish and maintain, during the restricted period of the nuptial event (within the meaning of the Infectious Diseases (Mass Gathering Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019) Regulations 2021), all reasonably practicable procedures and protocols that ensure that only the following enter or remain within the room or place during that restricted period:

(a)	a guest with a cleared status;
(b)	a guest who is an uncleared junior, unless there are also present in the room or place during that restricted period, guests who are uncleared juniors and not below the limit in regulation 7A(2A)(ab)(ii) or 8(1)(ha), whichever being applicable;”;

(f)

by deleting the definition of “mixed dining-in activity cohort”;

(g)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “permitted premises”, the following definitions:

“ “personal appearance service” has the meaning given by regulation 13(3);

“personal care service” has the meaning given by regulation 13(3);

“personalised service cohort” means a cohort —

(a)

for the purpose of receiving any personal appearance service or personal care service that requires taking off, or not wearing, one’s mask in order to receive the service; and

(b)

that consists of —

(i)	5 or fewer individuals each with a cleared status;
(ii)	5 or fewer uncleared juniors all from the same household; or
(iii)	5 or fewer individuals in total, consisting of one or more uncleared juniors (all from the same household) and other individuals with a cleared status;”;

(h)

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “solemnization special cohort” and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(a)	includes the parties to the marriage and not more than 2 individuals required by written law to witness or attest the doing of anything by those parties at the solemnization of the marriage;
(b)	may include 5 or fewer uncleared juniors all from the same household, if there are more than 48 guests to the solemnization of the marriage; and
(c)	does not change during the solemnization of the marriage;”;

(i)

by deleting the definition of “sporting activity cohort” and substituting the following definition:

“ “sporting activity cohort” means a cohort —

(a)

for the purpose of engaging in —

(i)	any high‑intensity physical exercise; or
(ii)	any other sporting activity or physical recreational activity without wearing a mask,

in an indoor physical recreational facility and in the course of receiving an authorised service consisting of providing lessons or coaching in, or for participation in, that exercise or activity; and

(b)

that consists of —

(i)	5 or fewer individuals each with a cleared status;
(ii)	5 or fewer uncleared juniors all from the same household; or
(iii)	5 or fewer individuals in total, consisting of one or more uncleared juniors (all from the same household) and other individuals with a cleared status;”;

(j)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “symptomatic case”, the following definition:

“ “uncleared junior” means a child who is below 13 years of age and without a cleared status;”; and

(k)

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “wedding special cohort” and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(a)	includes the bride and groom of the marriage to which the wedding relates;
(b)	may include 5 or fewer uncleared juniors all from the same household; and
(c)	does not change during the wedding;”.

Amendment of regulation 3A

3. Regulation 3A(2) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “outdoors, but not physical exercise indoors, strenuous or otherwise” in sub‑paragraph (a).

Miscellaneous amendments on cohort size

4. The principal Regulations are amended by deleting “2” in the following provisions and substituting in each case “5”:

Regulation 4(4)(a)

Regulation 10AA(1)(f)(ii) and (iii)

Regulation 10B(1)(k)(i)

Regulation 12(1)(a)(ii)(A) and (B)

Regulation 13F(3)(f).

Amendment of regulation 6

5. Regulation 6(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub‑paragraph (bb), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(bc)

that is a personalised service cohort if for the purpose of receiving any personal appearance service or personal care service that requires taking off, or not wearing, one’s mask in order to receive the service; or”; and

(b)

by deleting “2” in sub‑paragraph (c)(ii) and substituting “5”.

Amendment of regulation 7A

6. Regulation 7A(2A) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (ab) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(ab)

where more than 48 guests are invited to attend the solemnization of the marriage —

(i)	to comply with the enhanced entry controls;
(ii)	to not permit to be present in the room or place a number of uncleared juniors which is more than 20% of the number of guests invited (rounded down to the nearest whole number); and
(iii)	to establish one or more segregation zones in the room or place, with each zone providing for not more than 50 individuals (if they are guests or parties to the marriage) to be seated within the segregation zone;”;

(b)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (ii) of sub‑paragraph (b) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(ii)

a cohort of —

(A)	5 or fewer guests as if each were a dining‑in activity cohort for a retail food and drinks establishment that is not a community eating place, where there are more than 48 guests attending the solemnization of the marriage; and
(B)	5 or fewer guests in any other case;”;

(c)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (ca); and

(d)

by deleting “2” in sub‑paragraph (f)(ii) and (iii) and substituting in each case “5”.

Amendment of regulation 8

7. Regulation 8(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (ii) of sub‑paragraph (d) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(ii)

a cohort of 5 or fewer guests as if each were a dining‑in activity cohort for a retail food and drinks establishment that is not a community eating place;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (h), the following sub‑paragraph:

“(ha)

to not permit to be present in the room or place a number of uncleared juniors which is more than 20% of the number of guests invited (rounded down to the nearest whole number);”; and

(c)

by deleting “2” in sub‑paragraph (k)(ii) and (iii) and substituting in each case “5”.

Amendment of regulation 13

8. Regulation 13(3) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (a) of the definition of “high-intensity physical exercise”.

Amendment of First Schedule

9.—(1) Paragraph 2 of Part 2 of the First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by deleting “2” wherever it appears in sub‑paragraphs (1) and (2)(a) and substituting in each case “5”.

(2) Part 3 of the First Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following Part substituted therefor:

“Part 3

RETAIL FOOD AND DRINKS ESTABLISHMENT

1.—(1) A permitted enterprise carrying on a retail food and drinks business —

(a)	must not sell or supply, or cause or allow to be sold or supplied, at its permitted premises that is a retail food and drinks establishment any food or drink for immediate consumption on those premises; and
(b)	must not allow any customer or visitor to consume any food or drink on those premises,

if the retail food and drinks establishment is not a community eating place and the customer or visitor does not have a cleared status and is not an uncleared junior.

(2) To avoid doubt, this paragraph does not prohibit the entry into, and the sale or supply of any food or drink at, a retail food and drinks establishment which is not a community eating place, by a customer or visitor who does not have a cleared status if he or she —

(a)	collects food or drink from the retail food and drinks establishment, being food or drink that has been pre‑ordered by telephone (including orders by text message), through a website, or otherwise by online communication; or
(b)	collects the food or drink in a vehicle, and to whom the food or drink is passed without the purchaser or any other individual leaving the vehicle.

2. Despite regulation 10B(1)(k)(i) and (n), but subject to regulation 6, the permitted enterprise carrying on a retail food and drinks business must take, or cause to be taken, all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that, in respect of its permitted premises which is a retail food and drinks establishment —

(a)

any customer or visitor without a cleared status does not enter or remain within the permitted premises to consume any food or drink in those premises unless —

(i)	the retail food and drinks establishment is a community eating place; or
(ii)	in the case of any other retail food and drinks establishment, the customer or visitor is an uncleared junior;

(b)

every customer or visitor who consumes or intends to consume within those premises any food or drink supplied or provided at those premises, is doing so alone, or is allocated into and remains part of a dining‑in activity cohort applicable to the retail food and drinks establishment; and

(c)

there is a distance of at least one metre between every member of every such dining‑in activity cohort within those permitted premises from any of the following who consume or intend to consume, within those premises, any food or drink supplied or provided at those premises:

(i)	any other lone customer or visitor who is not part of any dining‑in activity cohort applicable to the retail food and drinks establishment;
(ii)	any other customer or visitor who is a member of another dining‑in activity cohort applicable to the retail food and drinks establishment.

3. The permitted enterprise must not provide on its permitted premises that is a retail food and drinks establishment any food or drinks (or both) for consumption by way of a self-service buffet.

4.—(1) The permitted enterprise must, in respect of its permitted premises that is a retail food and drinks establishment, cordon off and prevent the use of any part of the retail food and drinks establishment which is a part designed for the principal purpose of serving liquor for immediate consumption there (commonly called a bar), unless drinks (which may include liquor) and cooked food are served, or allowed to be served, to any customer for consumption at the bar.

(2) In sub‑paragraph (1), “cooked food” does not include pre‑packed or ready‑to‑eat food that —

(a)	does not necessarily require any further preparation or handling before consumption; and
(b)	can be stored at room or ambient temperature before its packaging is opened and, after the packaging is opened, may not require refrigeration.

5. Immediately after 10.30 p.m. every day a retail food and drinks establishment is open for business, the permitted enterprise of that retail food and drinks establishment must stop —

(a)	the sale and serving of liquor for consumption on the retail food and drinks establishment; and
(b)	the consumption of liquor on the retail food and drinks establishment,

regardless of the trading hours specified in any licence granted under the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015 or authorised under that Act in relation to that retail food and drinks establishment.

6. Subject to paragraph 7, the permitted enterprise must not provide, or allow, any of the following to occur within its permitted premises that is a retail food and drinks establishment when it is open for business:

(a)

any live performance, exhibition or display of gymnastics or acrobatics, lecture, talk or address, whether by the customers or otherwise;

(b)

any display or exhibition (whether on a television or other screen) to customers in or around the retail food and drinks establishment of —

(i)	any film or video recording;
(ii)	any television programme received from a free‑to‑air broadcasting service (such as live sports events or news) or a subscription nationwide television service; or
(iii)	any live performance, exhibition or display of gymnastics or acrobatics, lecture, talk or address happening elsewhere (whether in or outside Singapore and whether in a public or private place), using real-time transmission of the live performance, exhibition or display, lecture, talk or address;

(c)

any playing of music, singing, lecture, talk or address or any other content (whether or not pre-recorded) which is likely to be audible to customers in or around the retail food and drinks establishment;

(d)

any playing of billiards, pool or other like games, or electronic or mechanical amusement devices, such as pinball machines, computer or video games and the like, for customers to play;

(e)

any conduct of an organised competition of games of skill or chance;

(f)

any verbal exhortation of goodwill or honour or about any other matter (whether or not auspicious or propitious) carried out by a customer or otherwise, accompanied by a ritual (like toasting) in which a drink or any food is offered, taken or handled.

Examples

A toast in acclamation to an individual at a dinner celebrating the individual’s birthday.

Emphatic uttering of auspicious sayings during the traditional Chinese ritual known as Lo‑Hei is not allowed.

7.—(1) However, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 do not apply where a wedding connected with the celebration of a marriage takes place in any permitted premises that is a retail food and drinks establishment.

(2) Where a wedding connected with the celebration of a marriage takes place in any permitted premises that is a retail food and drinks establishment, the permitted enterprise occupying the food and drinks establishment must take (or cause to be taken) all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that during the wedding —

(a)

regulation 8 is complied with;

(b)

any part of the retail food and drinks establishment which is a part designed for the principal purpose of serving liquor for immediate consumption there (commonly called a bar) is cordoned off and prevented from use unless drinks (which may include liquor) and cooked food are served, or allowed to be served, to any customer for consumption at the bar;

(c)

the following stop immediately after 10.30 p.m., regardless of the trading hours specified in any licence granted under the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015 or authorised under that Act in relation to that retail food and drinks establishment:

(i)	the sale and serving of liquor for consumption on the retail food and drinks establishment;
(ii)	the consumption of liquor on the retail food and drinks establishment;

(d)

any food or drinks (or both) for consumption on the retail food and drinks establishment are not provided by way of a buffet;

(e)

no organised competition of games of skill or chance is conducted on the retail food and drinks establishment;

(f)

the playing of billiards, pool or other like games, or of electronic or mechanical amusement devices (such as pinball machines, computer or video games and the like) does not take place on the retail food and drinks establishment;

(g)

(h)

no live performance, exhibition or display of gymnastics or acrobatics, lecture, talk or address (whether by the customers or otherwise) takes place on the retail food and drinks establishment except a speech by any of the following who are within the retail food and drinks establishment:

(i)	a guest of the wedding;
(ii)	a party to the marriage;
(iii)	a celebrant or other person at work in relation to the wedding;

(i)

any display or exhibition (whether on a television or other screen) to customers in or around the retail food and drinks establishment is limited to —

(i)	a display or an exhibition (whether on a television or other screen) of any film or video recording that is about or relating to the marriage or any party to the marriage; or
(ii)	a speech using real‑time transmission that is about or relating to the marriage or any party to the marriage,

so long as it is only visible and audible mainly by guests of the wedding who are within the retail food and drinks establishment; and

(j)

any playing of music, singing, lecture, talk or address or any other content (whether or not pre‑recorded) is limited to the playing of pre‑recorded music, pre‑recorded singing, a pre‑recorded lecture, talk or address or any other pre‑recorded content that —

(i)	is about or relating to the marriage or any party to the marriage; and
(ii)	is only audible mainly by guests of the wedding who are within the retail food and drinks establishment.

(3) In sub‑paragraph (2)(b), “cooked food” does not include pre‑packed or ready‑to‑eat food that —

(a)	does not necessarily require any further preparation or handling before consumption; and
(b)	can be stored at room or ambient temperature before its packaging is opened and, after the packaging is opened, may not require refrigeration.

8. To avoid doubt, a permitted enterprise carrying on a retail food and drinks business is not prohibited from allowing a solemnization of a marriage to be held on its permitted premises that is a retail food and drinks establishment where held in accordance with regulation 7A.”.

(3) Part 4 of the First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (a) of paragraph 1(1) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(a)

ensure that any customer, visitor or permitted enterprise worker who —

(i)	does not have a cleared status; and
(ii)	is not an uncleared junior,

does not enter or remain within the indoor physical recreational facility to receive an authorised service consisting of engaging in any high‑intensity physical exercise or any other sporting activity or physical recreational activity without wearing a mask;

(aa)

ensure that any customer, visitor or permitted enterprise worker present within the indoor physical recreational facility to receive, or receiving, the authorised service is doing so alone, or is allocated into and remains part of —

(i)	a sporting activity cohort each, if engaging in any high‑intensity physical exercise or any other sporting activity or physical recreational activity without wearing a mask; or
(ii)	a cohort consisting of 5 or fewer individuals each,

despite regulation 10B(1)(n);”;

(b)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (i) of paragraph 1(1)(b);

(c)

by inserting the word “and” at the end of paragraph 1(1)(c)(ii);

(d)

by deleting the semi‑colon at the end of paragraph 1(1)(d) and substituting a full‑stop;

(e)

by deleting sub‑paragraphs (e) and (f) of paragraph 1(1);

(f)

by deleting the words “2 individuals” in paragraph 1(2)(b) and substituting the words “5 individuals”;

(g)

by inserting, immediately after the words “personal appearance service” in paragraph 4 (except sub‑paragraph (a)), the words “or personal care service”; and

(h)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (a) of paragraph 4 and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(a)

must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that any customer or visitor who —

(i)	does not have a cleared status; and
(ii)	is not an uncleared junior,

does not enter or remain within the permitted premises to receive a personal appearance service or personal care service that requires taking off, or not wearing, one’s mask in order to receive the service;

(aa)

must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that any customer or visitor within the permitted premises to receive, or receiving, a personal appearance service or personal care service is doing so alone, or is allocated into and remains part of —

(i)	a personalised service cohort if receiving a personal appearance service or personal care service that requires taking off, or not wearing, one’s mask in order to receive the service; or
(ii)	a cohort consisting of not more than 5 or fewer individuals each,

despite regulation 10B(1)(n);”.

(4) Paragraph 2 of Part 5 of the First Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following paragraphs substituted therefor:

“2.—(1) This paragraph applies to a permitted enterprise that carries on an education business providing, in the course of any business, lessons or coaching, in any room or place in its permitted premises, any lessons or coaching in any of the following, whether alone or in combination with any other activities:

(a)	singing;
(b)	playing of any wind musical instrument;
(c)	a combination of the activities in sub‑paragraph (a) or (b),

but not a person who carries on an education business at the LASALLE College of the Arts or the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.

(2) Despite paragraph 1, a permitted enterprise to which this paragraph applies must not provide, or cause or allow to be provided, in any room or place in its permitted premises, any lessons or coaching in any of the activities mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1), whether alone or in combination with any other activities unless —

(a)	every customer of the permitted enterprise and every visitor to the permitted premises, at any time; and
(b)	every permitted enterprise worker of the permitted enterprise who is or may be at work at any time at the permitted premises,

has a cleared status or is an uncleared junior.

(3) Despite paragraph 1, a permitted enterprise to which this paragraph applies must take (or cause to be taken) all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that, for every class, or for each class in a course consisting of more than one class, of its customers taking any lessons or coaching, in any room or place in its permitted premises, in any of the activities mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1), there are present in the room or place individuals not more than the maximum permissible group size for that class.

(4) In addition to sub‑paragraphs (2) and (3), a permitted enterprise to which this paragraph applies must take (or cause to be taken) all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that for every class, or for each class in a course consisting of more than one class, of its customers taking such lessons or coaching, in any room or place in its permitted premises —

(a)

where none of the individuals in the room or place during the class (whether or not as a student, teacher, supervisor or an instructor of the class) is an uncleared junior —

(i)

there are present in the room or place —

(A)	not more than 10 individuals who do not wear a mask; and
(B)	within the individuals mentioned in sub‑paragraph (A), not more than 10 individuals who are singing or playing a wind musical instrument;

(ii)

the individuals mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) remain the same throughout the conduct of the class; and

(iii)

no other individuals in the room or place sing or play a wind musical instrument throughout the conduct of that class; or

(b)

where any of the individuals in the room or place during the class (whether or not as a student, teacher, supervisor or an instructor of the class) is an uncleared junior —

(i)

there are present in the room or place, not more than 5 individuals who do not wear a mask to either sing or play a wind musical instrument;

(ii)

the individuals mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) remain the same throughout the conduct of the class; and

(iii)

the uncleared juniors must all be from the same household, if more than one.

Illustration

In a classroom of 26 adult students for musical drama lessons with an instructor and accompanists on keyboard, guitar and saxophone, it is permissible for up to 10 fixed adults in the classroom to not wear a mask. Among that 10, there must not be more than ordinarily 10 fixed adults singing or playing wind musical instruments if everyone in the room has a cleared status. All other individuals in the classroom must not sing or play a wind musical instrument, even if wearing a mask.

(5) Despite regulations 10B and 13E, a permitted enterprise to which this paragraph applies must take (or cause to be taken) all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that —

(a)

every individual who is present in a room or place in its permitted premises in connection with taking any lessons or coaching, in any of the activities mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1), those lessons or that coaching or instruction, maintains the following distance from any other individual in that room or place, as follows:

(i)	at least one metre when wearing a mask;
(ii)	at least 2 metres when not wearing a mask;

(b)

any microphone, musical instrument or other like article on the premises used in the conduct of those lessons, coaching or instruction is not shared among or used by more than one customer, visitor or permitted enterprise worker (or any of them in combination) in those premises; and

(c)

not more than one class of customers taking lessons, coaching or instruction is allowed to occupy the same room on its permitted premises.

2A.—(1) A permitted enterprise that carries on an education business providing, in the course of any business, lessons or coaching, in any room or place in its permitted premises, any lessons or coaching in voice training or speech and drama, whether alone or in combination with any other activities except those mentioned in paragraph 2(1), must take (or cause to be taken) all reasonably practicable steps to ensure, for every class, or for each class in a course consisting of more than one class, of its customers taking such lessons or coaching, in any room or place in its permitted premises, that —

(a)

there are present in the room or place individuals not more than the maximum permissible group size for that class;

(b)

there are present in the room or place not more than 10 individuals who do not wear a mask;

(c)

every individual who is present in a room or place in its permitted premises in connection with taking any such lessons or coaching, maintains the following distance from any other individual in that room or place, as follows:

(i)	at least one metre when wearing a mask;
(ii)	at least 2 metres when not wearing a mask;

(d)

any microphone, musical instrument or other like article on the premises used in the conduct of those lessons or coaching is not shared among or used by more than one customer, visitor or permitted enterprise worker (or any of them in combination) in those premises; and

(e)

not more than one class of customers taking lessons or coaching is allowed to occupy the same room on its permitted premises.

(2) Sub‑paragraph (1) does not apply to the person who carries on an education business at the LASALLE College of the Arts or the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.”.

(5) Part 7 of the First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “paragraph 1” in paragraph 1 and substituting the words “paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “2 individuals” in paragraph 3(b) and substituting the words “the highest number allowed for a dining‑in activity cohort”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

10. The Third Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (a) in the second column (titled “Maximum number of individuals”) of item 1 and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)

the total of —

(i)	498 guests and the parties to the marriage each with a cleared status, and any celebrant by whom the marriage is or is to be solemnized; or
(ii)	48 guests and the parties to the marriage if any of them is without a cleared status, and any celebrant by whom the marriage is or is to be solemnized;”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (a) in the second column (titled “Maximum number of individuals”) of item 2 and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)

the higher of the following:

(i)	8 guests of the solemnization (who may or may not be ordinarily resident in that place of residence) and the parties to the marriage;
(ii)	5 individuals who are not ordinarily resident in that place of residence (who may include any party to the marriage) and any other individuals ordinarily resident in that place;”;

(c)

by deleting “98” in paragraph (a) in the second column (titled “Maximum number of individuals”) of item 3A and substituting “248”;

(d)

by deleting the words “not within a place of residence” in the first column (titled “Premises and circumstances of gathering”) of item 4;

(e)

by deleting “20” wherever it appears in paragraph (a) in the second column (titled “Maximum number of individuals”) of items 4, 5 and 6 and substituting in each case “30”;

(f)

by deleting the words “item 9” in the first column (titled “Premises and circumstances of gathering”) of item 8 and substituting the words “items 9, 10 and 10A”;

(g)

by deleting paragraph (a) in the second column (titled “Maximum number of individuals”) of item 9 and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)

either —

(i)	50 individuals unless sub‑paragraph (ii) or (iii) applies;
(ii)	30 individuals each with a cleared status if the class is engaging in any high‑intensity physical exercise, or any other sporting activity or physical recreational activity without wearing a mask, within an indoor physical recreational facility; or
(iii)	5 individuals making up a sporting activity cohort if the class has any uncleared junior engaging in any high‑intensity physical exercise, or any other sporting activity or physical recreational activity without wearing a mask, within an indoor physical recreational facility;”;

(h)

by inserting, immediately after item 9, the following items:

“

10.	A class of students taking lessons, coaching or instruction in —

(a)

singing;

(b)	playing of any wind musical instrument; or

(c)	a combination of the activities in paragraph (a), or (b),

in a room or place within the permitted premises of a permitted enterprise that carries on an education business providing, in the course of any business, such lessons, coaching or instruction, whether alone or in combination with any other activities.

The lower of the following at any time during the class, whether or not as a student, teacher, supervisor or an instructor of the class:

(a)

either —

(i)	30 individuals each with a cleared status; or

(ii)	5 individuals, consisting of one or more uncleared juniors (all from the same household) and other individuals with a cleared status;

(b)	the maximum number of individuals which the room or place may accommodate if regulations 10B(1)(k) and 12 and paragraph 1 of Part 5 of the First Schedule are complied with.

10A.

A class of students taking lessons, coaching or instruction in voice training or speech and drama, whether alone or in combination with any other activities except those mentioned in item 10, in a room or place within the permitted premises of a permitted enterprise that carries on an education business.

The lower of the following at any time during the class, whether or not as a student, teacher, supervisor or an instructor of the class:

(a)	30 individuals;

(b)	the maximum number of individuals which the room or place may accommodate if regulations 10B(1)(k) and 12 and paragraph 1 of Part 5 of the First Schedule are complied with.

(i)

by deleting “2” in the second column (titled “Maximum number of individuals”) of items 12 and 13 and substituting in each case “5”.

[G.N. Nos. S 261/2020; S 262/2020; S 273/2020; S 274/2020; S 319/2020; S 357/2020; S 359/2020; S 428/2020; S 473/2020; S 542/2020; S 669/2020; S 698/2020; S 721/2020; S 782/2020; S 816/2020; S 868/2020; S 900/2020; S 928/2020; S 983/2020; S 1070/2020; S 16/2021; S 40/2021; S 88/2021; S 238/2021; S 275/2021; S 299/2021; S 309/2021; S 329/2021; S 364/2021; S 371/2021; S 379/2021; S 508/2021; S 524/2021; S 536/2021]

Made on 9 August 2021.

NG HOW YUE

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

[AG/LEGIS/SL/65C/2020/2 Vol. 8]

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

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