2. Regulation 29 of the Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations (Rg 16) is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:29.—(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (5), no person shall —| (a) | bring any live animal into, or cause or permit any live animal to be brought into or kept in, any licensed premises; or | | (b) | cause or permit any live animal to be kept in any place which is abutting, or which opens directly into, any licensed premises. |
| (2) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (6), where any premises are licensed as a food establishment or private market, the licensee shall, if so directed by the Director-General or any authorised officer, cause to be displayed in a conspicuous place at the licensed premises a sufficient number of suitable notices to the effect that live animals are prohibited within the licensed premises. |
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the licensee of a food establishment or private market may permit any guide dog accompanying a blind or visually impaired person to be brought into the dining or refreshment area or any toilet of the licensed premises if the guide dog is —| (a) | kept under proper control; | | (b) | restrained from straying or causing annoyance or nuisance to any person or animal, or damage to any property; and | | (c) | held in a leash. |
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| (4) Where the licensee of a food establishment or private market permits guide dogs accompanying blind or visually impaired persons to be brought into his licensed premises under paragraph (3), the notice referred to in paragraph (2) shall specify that guide dogs are permitted within the licensed premises. |
(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where any premises are licensed as a food establishment where pets are allowed, any person may bring into, or cause or permit to be brought into, the dining or refreshment area or any toilet of the licensed premises any animal which is kept as a pet if the animal is —| (a) | kept under proper control; | | (b) | restrained from straying or causing annoyance or nuisance to any person or animal, or damage to any property; and | | (c) | where the animal is a dog, held in a leash. |
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| (6) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to any licensed premises referred to in paragraph (5). |
| (7) Subject to paragraph (8), no person shall feed any guide dog or cause or permit any guide dog to be fed in any licensed premises. |
| (8) Where any animal is brought into any licensed premises where pets are allowed, no person shall feed the animal or cause the animal to be fed using any crockery, utensil, container, receptacle, appliance or implement which is or will be used for the consumption of any food by a human being. |
(9) Where —| (a) | there is an outbreak of an infectious or animal-borne disease; or | | (b) | it is necessary in the interest of public health that any licensed premises should not be used as —| (i) | a food establishment or private market where guide dogs are permitted; or | | (ii) | a food establishment where pets are allowed, |
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| then, notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (5), the Director-General or an authorised officer may, by notice in writing, direct any licensee not to allow in his licensed premises any guide dog or animal kept as a pet. |
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| (10) Where the licensee of any licensed premises referred to in paragraph (3) or (5) has breached any restriction or condition subject to which the licence was granted, the Director-General or an authorised officer may, by notice in writing, direct the licensee not to allow in his licensed premises any guide dog or animal kept as a pet. |
| (11) Where a notice referred to in paragraph (9) or (10) has been issued in respect of any licensed premises, the provisions of paragraph (1) (without the exception) and paragraph (2) shall apply in relation to the licensed premises from the date of the notice for such period as the Director-General shall determine. |
| (12) Where any notice referred to in paragraph (9) or (10) has been issued in respect of any licensed premises, the Director-General shall, as soon as practicable, cause to be published in the Gazette a notification that the provisions of paragraph (1) (without the exception) and paragraph (2) shall apply in relation to the licensed premises from the date of the notice for the period referred to in paragraph (11). |
(13) In this regulation —“animal-borne disease” includes any disease that —| (a) | afflicts any animal; or | | (b) | is or can be transmitted by any animal, whether to a human being or another animal; |
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| “guide dog” means a dog that is specially trained to aid a particular blind or visually impaired person.”. |
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[G.N. Nos. S 222/2000; S 622/2004] |
