Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) (Amendment No. 8) Regulations 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 03 Aug 2020

No. S 668

Infectious Diseases Act

(CHAPTER 137)

Infectious Diseases
(COVID‑19 — Stay Orders)
(Amendment No. 8) 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. 8) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 10 August 2020.

Amendment of regulation 3

2. Regulation 3 of the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 182/2020) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (1), the following paragraphs:

“(1A) A specified person may further order any at‑risk individual who is issued an order under paragraph (1) to do one or more of the following, during the period that the order under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) (as the case may be) applies to the at‑risk individual, to enable the electronic monitoring of the at‑risk individual’s whereabouts at any time during that period:

(a)	to wear in the specified manner, and keep activated, at all times the electronic wristband provided by the specified person;
(b)	to use a mobile application in the manner specified in the order;
(c)	to ensure that the electronic gateway device provided by the specified person is at all times activated at the at-risk individual’s place of accommodation;
(d)	to do such other thing as may be specified in the order that is incidental to sub‑paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

(1B) Any person who unlawfully destroys, damages or tampers with the electronic wristband or electronic gateway device mentioned in paragraph (1A)(a) or (c) shall be guilty of an offence and 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.”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “paragraph (1)” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “paragraph (1) or (1A)”.

[G.N. Nos. S 184/2020; S 193/2020; S 263/2020; S 358/2020; S 396/2020; S 472/2020; S 535/2020]

Made on 28 July 2020.

NG HOW YUE

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

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

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