COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Religious Gatherings — Control Order) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 Jan 2022

No. S 68

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures)
(Religious Gatherings — Control Order)
(Amendment) Regulations 2022

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) (Religious Gatherings — Control Order) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 1 February 2022.

Amendment of regulation 28A

2. Regulation 28A of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Religious Gatherings — Control Order) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 509/2021) is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(b)

every performer playing a wind musical instrument or singing (whether or not when wearing a mask) has a cleared status (general) or cleared status (special) that is current under the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 Access Restrictions and Clearance) Regulations 2021 and, within the period of 24 hours before the end of the period of the live performance —

(i)	he or she undergoes an approved test or approved tests or a supervised self‑administered antigen rapid test; and
(ii)	his or her approved test result is treated under those Regulations either as negative for SARS‑CoV‑2 or an atypical finding for SARS‑CoV‑2, or the result from the supervised self-administered antigen rapid test shows no presence of SARS‑CoV‑2 in that individual; and”; and

(b)

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

“(3) For the purposes of this regulation —

“approved antigen rapid test” means an antigen rapid test performed in Singapore in relation to an individual using any of the test products specified in the Schedule to the Infectious Diseases (Antigen Rapid Test Providers) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 267/2021), the purpose of which is to test for the presence of SARS‑CoV‑2 in that individual;

“approved supervisor” means the person having the charge, management or control of the room or place where the religious gathering involving a live performance takes place or is to take place, either on the person’s own account or as agent of another person, during that period;

“supervised self-administered antigen rapid test” means —

(a)	the individual removing a respiratory specimen from the lining of his or her oral or nasal passage under the supervision of an approved supervisor for the purpose of subjecting the respiratory specimen to an approved antigen rapid test under paragraph (b);
(b)	the individual then subjecting, under the supervision of an approved supervisor, the respiratory specimen removed under paragraph (a) to an approved antigen rapid test for the purpose of testing for the presence of SARS‑CoV‑2 in that individual; and
(c)	the individual or approved supervisor then ascertaining the results of the approved antigen rapid test and recording the results, even if uncertain or invalid.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 526/2021; S 541/2021; S 589/2021; S 619/2021; S 718/2021; S 862/2021; S 893/2021; S 910/2021; S 986/2021]

Made on 30 January 2022.

NG HOW YUE

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

[AG/LEGIS/SL/65C/2020/24 Vol. 3]

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

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