COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Foreign Employee Dormitories — Control Order) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 29 Dec 2021

No. S 987

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020

(ACT 14 OF 2020)

COVID-19 (Temporary Measures)
(Foreign Employee Dormitories —
Control Order) (Amendment No. 7)
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) (Foreign Employee Dormitories — Control Order) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 1 January 2022.

New regulation 6

2. The COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Foreign Employee Dormitories — Control Order) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 781/2020) are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 5, the following regulation:

“Transport of permitted enterprise workers

6.—(1) A permitted enterprise with any employee who is both a permitted enterprise worker and a resident in a specified dormitory, must provide or arrange to be provided private transport as described in paragraph (3) to convey the employee —

(a)	between the specified dormitory the employee is a resident of and the permitted premises where the employee is at work or to be at work;
(b)	between the permitted premises where the employee is at work; and
(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.

(2) 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.

(3) The private transport required by paragraph (1) or (2) for a resident of a specified dormitory must be a passenger transport service by any motor vehicle —

(a)

on roads for journeys wholly within Singapore, with no stopping points —

(i)	between the specified dormitory the passenger is a resident of and the permitted premises where the passenger is at work or to be at work;
(ii)	for private transport required by paragraph (1), between the permitted premises where the employee is at work; and
(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;

(b)

carrying passengers who are residents in the same specified dormitory and are permitted enterprise workers, and no other passengers; and

(c)

requiring all passengers on board to each wear a mask when the motor vehicle is used for that service.

(4) A direction given under paragraph (1)(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 (2) to the operator of the same specified dormitory and is in force, and vice versa.”.

Amendment of regulation 8

3. Regulation 8(2) of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Foreign Employee Dormitories — Control Order) Regulations 2020 is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (ii) of sub‑paragraph (e) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(ii)

the maximum number of individuals which the room or place where the gathering is taking place may accommodate if all the following are complied with, where applicable:

(A)	regulations 10B(1)(k) and 12 of, and the First Schedule to, the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020;
(B)	regulation 19 of the Workplace Safety and Health (COVID‑19 Safe Workplace) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 992/2021).”.

[G.N. Nos. S 274/2021; S 328/2021; S 512/2021; S 537/2021; S 588/2021; S 616/2021]

Made on 28 December 2021.

NG HOW YUE

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

[AG/LEGIS/SL/65C/2020/13 Vol. 2]

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

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