COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Performances and Other Activities — Control Order) (Amendment No. 14) Regulations 2021

No. S 859

COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020

(ACT 14 OF 2020)

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures)
(Performances and Other Activities —
Control Order) (Amendment No. 14)
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) (Performances and Other Activities — Control Order) (Amendment No. 14) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 10 November 2021.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2(1) of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Performances and Other Activities — Control Order) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 927/2020) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Part 2 of” in the definition of “business event”;

(b)

by deleting the word “applies” in the definition of “business event” and substituting the word “apply”;

(c)

by deleting the definition of “public speaking”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “segregation zone”, the following definition:

“ “sporting event” has the meaning given by the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Sporting Events and Activities — Control Order) Regulations 2021;”; and

(e)

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

“ “unmasking concession for public speaking” has the meaning given by the Main Control Order;”.

Amendment of regulation 8

3. Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraphs (1) and (1A) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(1) A person staging a live performance must take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that —

(a)

every performer in the live performance is —

(i)	performing alone; or
(ii)	allocated into and remains part of a cohort not exceeding 2 performers (called in this regulation a performing activity cohort), all the members of which must either be standing or seated generally in a fixed position throughout the period of the live performance; and

(b)

at all times during the period of the live performance there is a distance of at least one metre between every member of every such performing activity cohort from any of the following:

(i)	any other lone performer who is not part of any performing activity cohort in the live performance;
(ii)	any other performer who is a member of another performing activity cohort in the live performance.

(1A) However, and without limiting regulation 7A, where any performer in a live performance does any of the following during the period of the live performance:

(a)	play a wind musical instrument;
(b)	sing,

a person staging the live performance must take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that at all times during the period of the live performance —

(c)

where the firstmentioned performer is performing alone — there is a distance of at least 2 metres between the firstmentioned performer from any of the following:

(i)	any other lone performer who is not part of any performing activity cohort in the live performance;
(ii)	any other performer who is a member of another performing activity cohort in the live performance; or

(d)

where the firstmentioned performer is a member of a performing activity cohort — there is a distance of at least 2 metres between every member of that performing activity cohort from any of the following:

(i)	any other lone performer who is not part of any performing activity cohort in the live performance;
(ii)	any other performer who is a member of another performing activity cohort in the live performance.”.

Amendment of regulation 15

4. Regulation 15(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting “50” in sub‑paragraph (a) and substituting “100”.

Deletion and substitution of regulations 29, 30 and 31

5. Regulations 29, 30 and 31 of the principal Regulations are deleted and the following regulations substituted therefor:

“Public speaking arrangements

29. A permitted enterprise who is responsible (whether fully or substantially) for the organising of a business event or a sporting event and the receipt of revenue from the event (if any), must take, or cause to be taken, all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that every individual engaged in public speaking during the event is, at all times when so engaged, in compliance with the unmasking concession for public speaking.

Maximum number of unmasked public speakers

30. A permitted enterprise who is responsible (whether fully or substantially) for the organising of a business event or a sporting event and the receipt of revenue from the event (if any), must take, or cause to be taken, all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that there are, at any time during the event, not more than 10 unmasked individuals engaged in public speaking.

Mask wearing

31. Any individual who is unmasked when engaged in public speaking during a business event or a sporting event must be in compliance with the unmasking concession for public speaking.”.

Amendment of regulation 32

6. Regulation 32 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the words “a particular business event” in paragraphs (1) and (3), the words “or sporting event”;
(b)	by deleting the words “a business event” in paragraph (1)(a) and substituting the words “the event”;
(c)	by deleting the words “the business event” in paragraph (1)(a) and substituting the words “the event”;
(d)	by deleting the words “business events of the same nature as the particular business event” in paragraph (2)(a)(iii) and substituting the words “events of the same nature as the particular business event or sporting event, as the case may be”;
(e)	by deleting the words “that particular business event” in paragraph (3)(a) and substituting the words “that event”; and
(f)	by deleting the words “business event” wherever they appear in paragraph (3)(b) and substituting in each case the word “event”.

Miscellaneous amendment

7. The principal Regulations are amended by deleting “3” in the following provisions and substituting in each case “2”:

Paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition of “segregation zone” in regulation 2(1);

Regulation 7(1)

Regulation 14(1)(c)

Regulation 18(1)

Regulation 23(b)

Regulation 28(c).

[G.N. Nos. S 984/2020; S 1071/2020; S 41/2021; S 239/2021; S 276/2021; S 306/2021; S 327/2021; S 370/2021; S 378/2021; S 510/2021; S 525/2021; S 538/2021; S 585/2021; S 617/2021; S 717/2021]

Made on 8 November 2021.

NG HOW YUE

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

[AG/LEGIS/SL/65C/2020/18 Vol. 3]

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

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