COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) (Amendment No. 18) Regulations 2021

No. S 715

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020

(ACT 14 OF 2020)

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures)
(Control Order) (Amendment No. 18)
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. 18) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 27 September 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 deleting the words “5 or fewer” in paragraph (b)(ii)(A) and (B) and (iii) of the definition of “dining‑in activity cohort” and substituting in each case “2”;

(b)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (C) of paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition of “dining‑in activity cohort” and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(C)	2 individuals in total, consisting of one uncleared junior and at least one other individual with a cleared status; or”;

(c)

by deleting the words “5 or fewer” in paragraph (b)(i) and (ii) of the definition of “personalised service cohort” and substituting in each case “2”;

(d)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of the definition of “personalised service cohort” and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(iii)

2 individuals in total, consisting of one uncleared junior and another individual with a cleared status;”;

(e)

by deleting the words “5 or fewer” in paragraph (b)(i) and (ii) of the definition of “sporting activity cohort” and substituting in each case “2”; and

(f)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of the definition of “sporting activity cohort” and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(iii)

2 individuals in total, consisting of one uncleared junior and another individual with a cleared status;”.

Miscellaneous amendments on cohort size

3.—(1) The principal Regulations are amended by deleting “5” in the following provisions and substituting in each case “2”:

Regulation 4(4)(a)

Regulation 7A(2A)(f)(iii)

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

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

(2) The principal Regulations are amended by deleting the words “5 or fewer” in the following provisions and substituting in each case “2”:

Regulation 7A(2A)(b)(ii)(A) and (B) and (f)(ii)

Regulation 10AA(1)(f)(ii).

Amendment of regulation 6

4. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “gather with any other individual, outside of the individual’s ordinary place of residence for a purpose that is not performing work as, for or with a permitted enterprise and outside of a place of residence to which regulation 4(4) applies” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “arrange to meet, or organise or attend a gathering made up of, any other individual or individuals for a common purpose at any place outside of the firstmentioned individual’s ordinary place of residence”;

(b)

by deleting “5” in paragraph (1)(c)(ii) and substituting “2”; and

(c)

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

“(1A) However, paragraph (1) does not prohibit an individual arranging to meet, or organising or attending a gathering made up of, any other individual or individuals for a common purpose at any place outside of the firstmentioned individual’s ordinary place of residence —

(a)	to work as a permitted enterprise or permitted enterprise worker of a permitted enterprise, or for or with a permitted enterprise, carrying on business, an undertaking or work in accordance with these Regulations and any other Control Order Regulations;
(b)	to provide or receive an authorised service from a permitted enterprise which is operating in accordance with these Regulations and any other Control Order Regulations; or
(c)	when visiting another place of residence that the individual may lawfully enter and remain under regulation 4(4).”.

Amendment of regulation 8

5. 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 consisting of —

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

(b)

by deleting the words “5 or fewer” in sub‑paragraph (k)(ii) and substituting “2”; and

(c)

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

Amendment of regulation 10B

6. Regulation 10B(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “no” in sub‑paragraph (i)(ii); and
(b)	by deleting the words “5 or fewer” in sub‑paragraph (k)(i) and substituting “2”.

Amendment of regulation 13D

7. Regulation 13D(2) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “more than 50%” and substituting the word “any”.

Amendment of First Schedule

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

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

(a)	by deleting the words “5 or fewer” in paragraphs 1(1)(aa)(ii) and 4(aa)(ii) and substituting in each case “2”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “not more than 5” in paragraph 1(2)(b) and substituting the words “only 2”.

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

(a)

by deleting “5” in paragraph 2(4)(b)(i) and substituting “2”; and

(b)

by deleting paragraph 5 and substituting the following paragraph:

“5. A permitted enterprise providing lessons or teaching based wholly on a religious belief, religious opinion or religious affiliation must, if providing such lessons or teaching in a place of worship, do so as if the place of worship were the permitted premises of a permitted enterprise carrying on an education business.”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

9. 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 2 and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)	8 guests of the solemnization (who may or may not be ordinarily resident in that place of residence) and the parties to the marriage;”;

(b)

by deleting “5” in paragraph (a)(iii) in the second column (titled “Maximum number of individuals”) of item 9 and substituting “2”;

(c)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) in the second column (titled “Maximum number of individuals”) of item 10 and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(ii)

2 individuals, consisting of one uncleared junior and another individual with a cleared status;”;

(d)

by deleting “5” in paragraph (b) in the second column (titled “Maximum number of individuals”) of item 12 and substituting “2”; and

(e)

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

[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; S 584/2021; S 621/2021; S 680/2021]

Made on 25 September 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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