1.—(1) In Part 3 of the Regulations and the First Schedule —“associate”, in relation to any athlete or contestant taking part or competing in any sporting activity, means an individual who, in one or more of the following capacities, works with or treats one or more such athletes or contestants participating in, preparing for or competing in, the sporting activity:| (a) | an individual who supervises the training or instruction of an athlete or a contestant or who accompanies an athlete or a contestant into or onto the reserved playing space to give advice or assistance during a sporting competition (called in these Regulations a coach or trainer); | | (b) | an individual who undertakes to represent the interests of an athlete or a contestant in procuring the engagement of the athlete or contestant as a participant or contestant in a sporting competition, or who directs or controls the sporting activities of any athlete or contestant (called in these Regulations a manager); | | (c) | an individual who assists an athlete or a contestant as advised by a coach or trainer and who assists a coach or trainer in the preparation of contestants (called in these Regulations a team staff member); | | (d) | a medical practitioner; | | (e) | a para‑medical practitioner; |
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“audience member”, for a live performance, means an individual who is entitled to be admitted to a live performance venue where the live performance is being or is to be staged for the purpose of attending or watching the live performance or to report on the live performance (such as spectators or patrons who are customers of a person staging the live performance or a live performance hirer) and includes an individual lawfully present in or around a live performance venue who is attending or watching the live performance (such as busking outdoors) but excludes —| (a) | any crew for the live performance; and | | (b) | any individual the principal purpose of his or her being in the live performance venue is to provide services in connection with the live performance; |
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“consumer” means a person —| (a) | who buys or takes on hire or lease, or is a potential buyer or hirer or lessor of, or borrows money for the purpose of buying, any goods otherwise than —| (i) | for resale or letting for hire or leasing; or | | (ii) | in the course of or for the purpose of carrying on the person’s business; |
| | (b) | who uses, or is a potential user of, or borrows money for the purpose of using, any service rendered for fee or reward, otherwise than in the course of or for the purpose of carrying on the person’s business; | | (c) | who buys, or is the potential buyer of, or borrows money for the purpose of buying, an estate or interest in land or a building otherwise than —| (i) | for the purpose of resale, commercial development, letting or hiring; or | | (ii) | in the course of or for the purpose of carrying on the person’s business; or |
| | (d) | who becomes a tenant or lessee of, or is a potential tenant or lessee of, any land or building otherwise than —| (i) | for assignment or sub‑letting; or | | (ii) | in the course of or for the purpose of carrying on the person’s business; |
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| “crew”, in relation to a live performance, means an individual who is employed in connection with the staging of a performance other than as a performer in the live performance, whether under a contract of employment by or a contract for service with, any person staging the live performance; |
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“guest”, in relation to a nuptial event, means an individual who is invited to attend the nuptial event but excludes any of the following:| (a) | a party to the marriage; | | (b) | a celebrant by whom the marriage is solemnised; | | (c) | a person engaged to organise the solemnisation or wedding, or to provide authorised services for or in connection with the holding of the nuptial event; | | (d) | a permitted enterprise worker of a person mentioned in paragraph (c) who is at work in relation to the nuptial event; |
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| “interviewer” means an individual who is conducting or is to conduct an interview of, or is asking or is to ask questions of, an interviewee at a media conference; |
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“official”, in relation to any sporting activity engaged in or played at a sporting event, means an individual who, in one or more of the following capacities, works with one or more athletes or contestants participating or competing in the sporting activity at the sporting event:| (a) | an individual who determines the points scored by each athlete or contestant in the sporting event (called in these Regulations a judge); | | (b) | an individual who regulates the number and length of rounds, and the interval between rounds, of each round of competition or contests between particular athletes or contestants or particular teams of athletes or contestants (called in these Regulations a timekeeper); |
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“other sporting event facilities” means any of the following areas within a sports venue for a sporting event:| (a) | a merchandise or souvenir shop or stall, or a commercial, franchise or entertainment facility, because of any sponsorship‑like arrangement with the sporting event; | | (b) | a broadcasting or media facility; | | (c) | a storage area for sporting equipment or devices; | | (d) | a ticketing area, turnstile or other entry and exit place, washroom or other like amenity for the convenience of spectators; | | (e) | a timing facility or other facility for officiating or the administration of a sporting event; |
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“participant” includes any of the following:| (a) | for a nuptial event — any guest of the nuptial event; | | (b) | for a funeral event — any individual who attends the event for the purpose of taking part in any ritual, observance, rite, worship or ceremony commemorating or honouring any deceased, whether or not expressly invited to attend the event; [S 225/2022 wef 29/03/2022] | | (c) | for a media conference — any recognised reporter; | | (d) | for a live performance — any audience member; | | (e) | for a business event — an individual who is entitled to be admitted to a place where the business event takes place, or is to take place, for any of the following purposes:| (i) | to attend, watch, vote or take part in any other way, in the meetings, exhibitions or displays staged or conducted, or to be staged or conducted, in the venue; | | (ii) | to preside at, speak or otherwise take charge of proceedings in, or to regulate the number and length of, meetings, exhibition or displays staged or conducted, or to be staged or conducted, at the business event; | | (iii) | to work in one or more of the following capacities with any individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii) during the business event:| (A) | an individual who accompanies an individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii) to promote or give protection, advice or assistance to the latter individual during any meeting, exhibition or display at the business event; | | (B) | an individual who undertakes to represent the interests of an individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii) in procuring the engagement of the latter individual as a speaker, presenter or person presiding at any meeting or discussion at the business event (called a manager); | | (C) | an individual who assists an individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii) as advised by a manager, or who assists the manager in representing the interests of the individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii); |
| | (iv) | to report on the business event; |
| | (f) | for a spectator sporting event — a spectator attending the spectator sporting event; | | (g) | for a participation sporting event — an athlete attending the participation sporting event; | | (h) | for a religious gathering — a worshipper attending the religious gathering; [S 225/2022 wef 29/03/2022] |
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“participation sporting event”, subject to sub‑paragraph (2), means any of the following arranged or held in the course of business and that is not a spectator sporting event:| (a) | a type of match, game, competition, display or exhibition of any sporting activity; | | (b) | a series of matches, games, competitions, displays or exhibitions of any sporting activity, |
| involving the engaging in or playing of one or more sporting activities (whether or not for competition) at a sports venue to which mainly athletes or contestants (but no spectators) are admitted to take part in the sporting activity at the sports venue; and in the case of a sporting event that consists of matches, games, competitions, displays or exhibitions of any sporting activity (such as a tournament), includes any opening ceremony, closing ceremony, procession, parade or like activity connected with that series; |
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“pleasure craft” means any vessel that —| (a) | is intended for use within the port exclusively for sport or pleasure purposes; and | | (b) | is licensed under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Pleasure Craft) Regulations (Rg 6) for private use, |
| but does not include any craft which is used to carry passengers on sightseeing tours within the port for which each such passenger is charged a separate and distinct fare; |
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| “promoter”, of a media conference, means a person (whether or not a permitted enterprise and whether jointly or otherwise) who has charge and control of the organisation of and other arrangements necessary for the media conference to be held, and includes any person on whose behalf a media conference is or is being held; |
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“recognised reporter”, in relation to a media conference, means an individual who —| (a) | is authorised by a provider of radio, television, newspaper or other mass media services; and | | (b) | is invited by a promoter of the media conference, |
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“relevant retail mall” means —| (a) | a retail shopping centre which has more than 930 square metres of total floor area attributable to retail shops; or | | (b) | a bulky retail shop or other retail shop that —| (i) | is the sole or predominant occupier of a single building, or of 2 or more buildings that are either adjoining or separated only by common areas or other areas owned by the same owner; and | | (ii) | has more than 930 square metres of total floor area attributable to retail shops; |
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“reserved playing space”, for any sporting activity, means a part of a sports venue set apart or reserved for the playing or conduct of the sporting activity at that sports venue (whether or not a sporting competition), or any building or place set apart or reserved for the playing or conduct of the sporting activity, and includes —| (a) | a playing field; | | (b) | a track; | | (c) | an arena; | | (d) | a court or a rink; | | (e) | a swimming pool or diving pool; | | (f) | a road which is being used for a major sporting event; | | (g) | an area of open water which is being used for a major sporting event; | | (h) | any area delineated as sporting competition space for a major sporting event; | | (i) | any area reserved for the official use of any of the following:| (i) | athletes participating or contestants competing in the sporting activity; | | (ii) | associates of an athlete or a contestant mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i); | | (iii) | officials officiating at, or umpires and referees umpiring or refereeing the sporting activity; and |
| | (j) | for a combat sport contest, any area between the reserved playing space in which the combat sport contest takes place and any structure or other barrier between the contestants and spectators; |
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“retail shopping centre” means a cluster of units in premises (not being the stalls in a market) that has all of the following characteristics:| (a) | at least 5 of the units in the premises are used wholly or predominantly for the carrying on of one or more listed businesses as retail shops; | | (b) | the units —| (i) | are all owned by the same person; | | (ii) | have (or would if leased have) the same lessor or the same head lessor; or | | (iii) | comprise lots within a single strata plan under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967; |
| | (c) | the units are located —| (i) | in one building; or | | (ii) | in 2 or more buildings that are either adjoining or separated only by common areas or other areas owned by the person in paragraph (b)(i) or (ii); |
| | (d) | the cluster of units is promoted as, or generally regarded as constituting, a shopping centre, shopping mall, shopping court or shopping arcade; |
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| “sale”, in relation to food or drinks for human consumption, includes supplying food or drinks or both (whether or not for consideration) in the course of providing other services; |
“spectator”, for a sporting event, means an individual who is entitled to be admitted to a sports venue where the sporting event is being or is to be conducted, for the purpose of attending or watching any game or sporting activity played or conducted, or to be played or conducted, in the reserved playing area of that sports venue or to report on the sporting event, and includes such an individual who is about to enter the sports venue or is in the spectators’ area but excludes any of the following:| (a) | any athlete or contestant taking part or competing in the sporting activity at the spectator sporting event; | | (b) | any associate of an athlete or a contestant mentioned in paragraph (a); | | (c) | any official of the spectator sporting event; | | (d) | any individual the principal purpose of his or her being in the sports venue is to provide services in connection with the conduct of the spectator sporting event; |
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“spectator sporting event” means any of the following arranged or held in the course of business:| (a) | a type of match, game, competition, display or exhibition of any sporting activity; | | (b) | a series of matches, games, competitions, displays or exhibitions of any sporting activity, |
| involving engaging in or playing of one or more sporting activities (whether or not for competition) at a sports venue to which spectators are admitted on payment of a fee or charge or after making a donation, or admitted free of charge, to view the playing of the sporting activity at the sports venue or to enter or remain at the sports venue and, in the case of a sporting event that consists of matches, games, competitions, displays or exhibitions of any sporting activity (such as a tournament), includes any opening ceremony, closing ceremony, procession, parade or like activity connected with that series; |
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“spectators’ area”, for a spectator sporting event, means an area (sheltered or otherwise) within the sports venue where the spectator sporting event is being or is to be conducted to which a spectator is admitted (whether or not by payment or otherwise) to view a game or sporting activity played or conducted in the reserved playing space of that sports venue, but excludes the following:| (a) | the reserved playing space in that sports venue; | | (b) | any ticketing area, turnstile or other entry and exit place, washroom or other like facilities for the convenience of spectators; |
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“sponsorship‑like arrangement”, for a business event or sporting event, means —| (a) | a right to associate a person or a person’s goods or services with — | | (b) | an affiliation or association (whether commercial or non‑commercial) with — |
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“sporting event organiser” means a person who is responsible (whether fully or substantially) for —| (a) | the organisation and holding of a sporting event; and | | (b) | the receipt of revenue from the sporting event, if any, |
| but does not include a person by reason only of being a party to a sponsorship‑like arrangement connected with the sporting event; |
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“sports venue”, for any sporting activity, means any purpose‑built sports facility, or any other building or place (but not an amusement centre) where —| (a) | the sporting activity is or is to be played or conducted; or | | (b) | a sporting event involving that sporting activity is taking or is to take place, |
| and includes any reserved playing space, the grandstand (if any) and any other spectators’ area and any other sporting event facilities; |
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“venue” —| (a) | for a business event, means an enclosed space or unenclosed space where the business event takes place or is to take place in; and | | | A function room in a hotel or convention centre. |
| | An open space (whether or not tented) for the display of aircraft at an aviation industry business event. |
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“worshipper”, in relation to a religious gathering, means —| (a) | an individual who attends in person to engage in an act of worship at a religious service, the conduct of which is the purpose of the religious gathering; or | | (b) | an individual who has a lawful reason to enter or remain in the place where the religious gathering is held but is not any of the following:| (i) | an individual in paragraph (a); | | (ii) | a non‑worshipper; | | (iii) | a volunteer at the religious gathering; | | (iv) | a religious worker in pursuit of his or her vocation as a religious worker at the religious gathering, whether or not as an employee of any person; |
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[S 795/2022 wef 10/10/2022] (2) For the purposes of the definition of “participation sporting event”, any type of match, game, competition, display or exhibition of any sporting activity (or a series thereof) arranged or held in the course of business must not be treated as a participation sporting event if the individuals who engage in or play one or more of those sporting activities do so —| (a) | during the conduct of any lesson, coaching or instruction of the sporting activity provided by a person carrying on an education business; and | | (b) | under the supervision of an instructor authorised by the person carrying on the education business. |
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