COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) (Amendment No. 20) Regulations 2021

No. S 858

COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020

(ACT 14 OF 2020)

COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures)
(Control Order) (Amendment No. 20)
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. 20) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 10 November 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 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;”;

(b)

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

“ “dining-in activity cohort” means a cohort 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 the composition of which is one of the following:

(a)

for a community eating place —

(i)	2 individuals in total each with a cleared status;
(ii)	2 individuals in total, consisting of one uncleared junior and one other individual with a cleared status; or
(iii)	2 uncleared juniors all from the same household;

(b)

for any other retail food and drinks establishment —

(i)

2 individuals in total each with a cleared status;

(ii)

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

(iii)

5 or fewer individuals in total, all of whom are from the same household and consisting of —

(A)	uncleared juniors only;
(B)	individuals each with a cleared status; or
(C)	a mix of uncleared juniors and other individuals each with a cleared status;

(c)

for a place at which a retail liquor business is for the time being carried on — 2 individuals each with a cleared status;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “public path”, the following definition:

“ “public speaking” means giving or engaging in any talk, address or sermon by an individual in person;”;

(d)

by deleting “3” in paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition of “segregation zone” and substituting “2”; and

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “uncleared junior”, the following definition:

“ “unmasking concession for public speaking”, for an individual who engages or is to engage in public speaking at an event without wearing a mask, means the following requirements when he or she is engaged in public speaking:

(a)	the individual must either be standing or seated generally in a fixed position;
(b)	the individual must at all times be at least one metre away from any other individual with whom he or she is undertaking or is to undertake the public speaking jointly at the same event unless the individuals are both members of the solemnization special cohort or the wedding special cohort, as the case may be;
(c)	the individual must at all times be at least 2 metres away from any other individual attending the same event but is not engaging in public speaking;
(d)	there are not more than 10 individuals (inclusive of the individual concerned) engaged in public speaking at the same time at the same event without wearing a mask;”.

Amendment of regulation 3A

3. Regulation 3A(2) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub‑paragraph (h); and

(b)

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

“(j)

when the individual is engaged in public speaking in connection with a marriage —

(i)	during a wedding taking place anywhere or a solemnization of the marriage taking place outside of a place of residence; and
(ii)	in compliance with the unmasking concession for public speaking.”.

Amendment of regulation 7A

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

(a)

by deleting “50” in sub-paragraph (ab)(iii) and substituting “100”;

(b)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub‑paragraph (ga)(iv); and

(c)

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

“(i)	to ensure that there are, at any time during the solemnization of the marriage, not more than 10 individuals not wearing a mask engaged in public speaking in connection with the marriage; and
(j)	to ensure that every individual engaged in public speaking in connection with the marriage during the solemnization is, at all times when so engaged, in compliance with the unmasking concession for public speaking.”.

Amendment of regulation 8

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

(a)

by deleting “50” in sub-paragraph (c)(i) and (ii) and substituting in each case “100”;

(b)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub‑paragraph (m); and

(c)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (n) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(o)	to ensure that there are, at any time during the wedding, not more than 10 individuals not wearing a mask engaged in public speaking during the wedding; and
(p)	to ensure that every individual engaged in public speaking in connection with the marriage during the wedding is, at all times when so engaged, in compliance with the unmasking concession for public speaking.”.

Amendment of First Schedule

6.—(1) Part 3 of the First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “content (whether or not pre‑recorded)” in paragraph 6(c) and substituting the words “sound which is not pre-recorded and”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “content (whether or not pre‑recorded)” in paragraph 7(2)(j) and substituting the word “sound”.

(2) Part 4 of the First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by deleting “3” in paragraph 1(1)(c)(ii) and (2)(a)(ii) and substituting in each case “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; S 715/2021; S 773/2021]

Made on 8 November 2021.

NG HOW YUE

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

[AG/LEGIS/SL/65C/2020/2 Vol. 9]

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

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