COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2021

No. S 88

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020

(ACT 14 OF 2020)

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures)
(Control Order) (Amendment No. 3)
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. 3) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 10 February 2021.

Amendment of regulation 8

2. Regulation 8(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 by deleting “5” in sub‑paragraph (g)(ii) and (iii) and substituting in each case “8”.

Amendment of regulation 13K

3. Regulation 13K(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after item 6 in the table, the following item:

“

7.	A permitted enterprise that manages and maintains, in the course of a business, a specified accommodation or specified hostel.

The specified accommodation or specified hostel.

Permitted enterprise worker who may interact with or serve guests and visitors.

”.

Amendment of First Schedule

4.—(1) Part 2 of the First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph 11, the following paragraph:

“12.—(1) Where the specified accommodation or specified hostel is or contains the place of accommodation that any isolation subject is ordered to go to and not leave under the terms of the isolation subject’s movement control measure, the person that manages and maintains, in the course of a business, the specified accommodation or specified hostel must comply with the following in relation to every isolation subject allocated a place of accommodation in the specified accommodation or specified hostel:

(a)

take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that the isolation subject —

(i)	undertakes the supervised isolation in that place of accommodation in accordance with the terms of the isolation subject’s movement control measure;
(ii)	undergoes every medical examination specified in any order given to the isolation subject under section 8 or 45A(1) of the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137), or that is part of the surveillance the isolation subject is ordered under section 16 of that Act to undergo; and
(iii)	submits to a medical examination, have his or her blood or other body sample taken for examination or undergoes any treatment that is specified in any written notice given to the isolation subject under section 55(1)(f) of the Infectious Diseases Act;

(b)

as far as is reasonably practicable cooperate with, and must not intentionally or negligently prevent, any isolation subject carrying out his or her obligations under the isolation subject’s movement control measure and any order or written notice mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a)(ii) or (iii);

(c)

despite paragraph 15(a), keep and maintain daily records, for at least 28 days after the day the record is made, containing the following information about every guest of and every visitor to the specified accommodation or specified hostel who physically meet in the specified accommodation or specified hostel with any such isolation subject:

(i)	the particulars of identity, and the mobile telephone number or other contact detail, of each such guest or visitor;
(ii)	the respective times of each such guest or visitor (as the case may be) entering the specified accommodation or specified hostel to meet the isolation subject, and then leaving the specified accommodation or specified hostel;
(iii)	the purpose for, and the room in, which the guest or visitor meets or is to meet the isolation subject;
(iv)	the body temperatures of each such guest or visitor taken when entering the specified accommodation or specified hostel.

(2) In this paragraph, “isolation subject” means an individual who is subject to a movement control measure.”.

(2) Part 7 of the First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by deleting “5” in paragraph 3(b) and substituting “8”.

Amendment of Second Schedule

5. The Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “worn” in paragraph 3(c) of Part 2 and substituting the words “properly used (including worn)”;

(b)

by deleting the word “wear” in paragraph 1 of Part 3 and substituting the words “properly wear”;

(c)

by deleting the word “wears” in paragraph 1 of Part 3 and substituting the words “properly wears”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after Part 3, the following Part:

“Part 4

SPECIFIED ACCOMMODATION
AND HOSTELS

1.—(1) Where a specified accommodation or specified hostel is or contains the place of accommodation that any isolation subject is ordered to go to and not leave under the terms of the isolation subject’s movement control measure, the person that manages and maintains, in the course of a business, the specified accommodation or specified hostel must —

(a)	provide to each of its permitted enterprise workers; and
(b)	take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that each of its permitted enterprise workers properly use (including wear),

an appropriate level of personal protection equipment or other suitable protective gear to prevent transmission of COVID‑19, when the permitted enterprise worker is carrying out duties which require physical interaction by the worker with —

(c)	any isolation subject; or
(d)	any utensil, appliance, furnishing, equipment or attire used or likely to be used or have been used by any isolation subject.

(2) In this paragraph, “isolation subject” means an individual who is subject to a movement control measure.”.

[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]

Made on 8 February 2021.

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).

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