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COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020

(ACT 14 OF 2020)

COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures)
(Control Order) (Amendment No. 14)
Regulations 2020

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. 14) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 14 September 2020.

Amendment of regulation 4

2. Regulation 4(3A) 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 by deleting the words “and the First Schedule” and substituting the words “, the First Schedule and the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Foreign Employee Dormitories — Control Order) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 781/2020)”.

Amendment of regulation 13

3. Regulation 13 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting sub‑paragraph (a) of paragraph (1); and
(b)	by deleting the words “that requires the total or substantial shutting down of plant equipment to perform (commonly called complete or partial turnaround maintenance)” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “process maintenance work” in paragraph (3).

Amendment of regulation 13I

4. Regulation 13I of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (2)(a);

(b)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(c)	where directed by the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group, between the specified dormitory the employee is a resident of and the place he or she is allowed to visit on his or her rest day with the permission from the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group.”;

(c)

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

“(2A) Where directed by the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group to do so, a permitted enterprise that is an operator of a specified dormitory must provide or arrange to be provided private transport as described in paragraph (3) to convey any resident of the specified dormitory between the specified dormitory and the place the resident is allowed to visit on his or her rest day with the permission from the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group.”;

(d)

by deleting the words “for an employee” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “or (2A) for a resident of a specified dormitory”;

(e)

by deleting the words “the employee” wherever they appear in paragraph (3)(a)(i) and substituting in each case the words “the passenger”;

(f)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (3)(a)(i);

(g)

by inserting, immediately before the word “between” in paragraph (3)(a)(ii), the words “for private transport required by paragraph (2),”;

(h)

by inserting the word “and” at the end of sub‑paragraph (ii) of paragraph (3)(a), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(iii)

where directed by the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group, between the specified dormitory the passenger is a resident of and the place he or she is allowed to visit on his or her rest day with the permission from the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group;”;

(i)

by deleting the word “employees” in paragraph (3)(b) and substituting the word “passengers”; and

(j)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following paragraph:

“(3A) A direction given under paragraph (2)(c) in relation to any employee who is a resident of a specified dormitory is invalid if a direction had earlier been given under paragraph (2A) to the operator of the same specified dormitory and is in force, and vice versa.”.

Amendment of regulation 13J

5. Regulation 13J of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “Second Schedule,” in paragraph (b), the words “or the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Foreign Employee Dormitories — Control Order) Regulations 2020,”.

Amendment of First Schedule

6. Part 1 of the First Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted.

[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]

Made on 12 September 2020.

NG HOW YUE

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

[AG/LEGIS/SL/65C/2020/2 Vol. 1]

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