No. S 254
COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020
(ACT 14 OF 2020)
COVID-19 (Temporary Measures)
(Control Order) Regulations 2020
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:
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
Citation and period in force
1.—(1)  These Regulations are the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.
(2)  These Regulations are in force starting 7 April 2020.
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Definitions
2.—(1)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“at work” includes to work, for the time being working, on a break when working, or customarily working;
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“authorised service” means —
(a)the provision of any goods or services by the Government or any public body in the exercise of its public functions; or
(b)the provision of any goods or services specified —
(i)on the prescribed website; or
(ii)in a conditional permit mentioned in paragraph (c) of the definition of “permitted enterprise”;
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“boarding premises” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015 (Act 3 of 2015);
“business” includes any business in Singapore, whether or not carried on for profit;
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“cohort” means a group of individuals with a common intention to meet in person for the same purpose or similar purposes, the composition of which does not change in relation to that purpose or those purposes except by way of reduction in numbers;
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“common property” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158);
“contractor”, “occupier” and “principal” have the meanings given by section 4(1) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act (Cap. 354A);
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“customer” includes a prospective customer and, in relation to the operator of a specified dormitory, includes a resident of that dormitory;
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“Director” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137);
“early childhood development centre” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017 (Act 19 of 2017);
“education business” means providing, in the course of any business and whether involving the provision of care or otherwise —
(a)lessons or coaching in, or for participation in, a cultural, recreational or sporting activity;
(b)private tutoring;
(c)full-time education for the purpose of preparing students for any examination that leads to a qualification awarded by any person other than the person which provides the full-time education or that entitles the students to be admitted to an education institution;
(d)a course of instruction, training or teaching leading to the award of a diploma, degree, certificate or other qualification;
(e)post‑secondary education and training which is directed towards the development or upgrading of skills and knowledge in relation to work in commerce or industry; or
(f)a post‑secondary education program that leads to the development of knowledge and skills that are not specific to any particular occupation;
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“employee” and “employer” have the meanings given by section 6 of the Workplace Safety and Health Act;
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“enforcement officer” means a person appointed under section 35(1) of the Act;
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“Enterprise Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for domestic business policies;
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“event” includes a meeting or gathering of any nature;
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“face shield” means any film made from plastic or other transparent material designed or made to be worn like a visor, covering from the wearer’s forehead to below the chin area and wrapping around the sides of the wearer’s face, to provide the wearer protection against smoke, dust or liquid spatter;
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“foreign employee” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015;
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“funeral event” means a funeral, funeral wake or funeral procession;
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“funerary memorial event” means a ritual, observance or ceremony —
(a)the sole purpose of which is to commemorate or honour any deceased according to any religious practice or the tenets of any religion or religious denomination or belief; and
(b)which is held not within a place of residence and after the funeral event for the deceased,
but does not include such a ritual, observance or ceremony for a public holiday;
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“gathering” includes an assembly consisting of more than one cohort of individuals;
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“guest”, in relation to the solemnization of a marriage or a wedding connected with the celebration of a marriage, means an individual who is invited to attend the solemnization or wedding (as the case may be) but excludes any of the following:
(a)a party to the marriage;
(b)a solemnizer of the marriage;
(c)a permitted enterprise engaged to organise the solemnization or wedding, or to provide authorised services —
(i)for the conduct of proceedings in the solemnization of the marriage; or
(ii)for celebration arrangements made in connection with the marriage;
(d)a permitted enterprise worker of a permitted enterprise in paragraph (c) who is at work in relation to the solemnization or wedding;
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“in the course of employment” includes in the course of work as a self-employed person;
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“management corporation” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act;
“mask” includes any paper or textile covering designed or made to be worn over the nose and mouth to provide the wearer protection against infections or air pollution, but excludes a face shield;
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“maximum permissible group size”, for any gathering of individuals, means —
(a)if the gathering is other than in a place of residence, and is for a solemnization of a marriage or is a wedding in connection with the celebration of a marriage —
(i)the total number of 48 guests of the solemnization or wedding (as the case may be), the parties to the marriage and any solemnizer of the marriage if proceedings to solemnize are involved; or
(ii)the maximum number of individuals which the room or place where the solemnization or wedding is taking place may accommodate if regulations 10B(1)(k) and 12 are complied with as if the room or place were permitted premises, every guest of the solemnization or wedding were a customer and the organiser were a permitted enterprise,
whichever number is the lower;
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(aa)if the gathering is in a place of residence and is for a solemnization of a marriage — the total number of 8 guests of the solemnization (who may or may not be ordinarily resident in that place), the parties to the marriage and any solemnizer of the marriage;
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(b)if the gathering is for a funeral event in a room or place —
(i)the maximum number allowed under regulation 13(2)(a); or
(ii)the maximum number of individuals which the room or place may accommodate if regulations 10B(1)(k) and 12 are complied with,
whichever number is the lower;
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(ba)if the gathering is for a funerary memorial event held other than by a religious body in a room or place, the lower of the following:
(i)30 participants at any time during the event;
(ii)the maximum number of individuals which the room or place where the event is taking place may accommodate if regulations 10B(1)(k) and 12 are complied with as if the room or place were permitted premises, every participant attending the event were a customer and the organiser were a permitted enterprise;
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(c)if the gathering is a class organised by a permitted enterprise providing an education service in a room or place —
(i)the maximum number specified in Part 5 of the First Schedule; or
(ii)the maximum number of individuals which the room or place may accommodate if regulations 10B(1)(k) and 12 are complied with,
whichever number is the lower;
(d)if the gathering is in a place of residence other than for the purpose of solemnizing a marriage — the maximum number allowed under regulation 4(4) for individuals not ordinarily resident in that place of residence plus those individuals so resident, whether or not the place of residence is also a permitted premises;
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(e)if the gathering (which may be a funerary memorial event) held or allowed by a permitted enterprise is permissible under regulation 13F — the maximum number allowed under that regulation; or
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(f)5 individuals, in any other case;
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“movement control measure”, in relation to an individual, means a requirement for the individual not to leave a place of accommodation because of —
(a)an order made under regulation 3(1) of the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 — Stay Orders) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 182/2020);
(b)regulation 3(2) of the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) Regulations 2020; or
(c)an order under section 15 or 17 of the Infectious Diseases Act;
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“operator”, in relation to a specified dormitory, has the meaning given by regulation 13(3);
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“organiser” includes —
(a)for a solemnization of a marriage — any person (whether or not for reward and whether jointly or otherwise) who procures for, or supplies to, any party to the marriage, the premises and any goods and services for the arrangements in connection with the holding of the solemnization of the marriage;
(b)for a wedding relating to a marriage — any person (whether or not for reward and whether jointly or otherwise) who procures for, or supplies to, any party to the marriage, the premises and any goods and services for the celebration arrangements in connection with the holding of the wedding; or
(c)for a funerary memorial event — any individual who has charge over the conduct of any ritual, observance, rite, worship or ceremony at the event, and any person (whether or not for reward and whether jointly or otherwise) who procures or supplies —
(i)the premises where the event is held; and
(ii)any religious furnishings, religious items or goods, and other services or arrangements, required for the conduct of any ritual, observance, rite, worship or ceremony in connection with the holding of the event;
Illustrations
(a)  A function room in a condominium is hired by the groom for the purpose of a wedding reception. He engages a wedding planner to organise the wedding reception and plan the reception programme. With the authorisation of the groom, the wedding planner collects the keys to the function room and liaises with the managing agent of the condominium to ensure the room is cleaned and provisioned with the necessary utilities and furniture to hold the reception, and coordinates with the caterer, florists and photographers to secure their entry into the condominium and the timely set up and arrival of the food, furniture and decorations for the reception. The wedding planner is an organiser of the wedding for the purposes of this definition.
(b)  A hotel proprietor provides the ballroom, food and decorations for the solemnization of a marriage followed immediately by a wedding reception to be held on the hotel grounds. The hotel proprietor, and the bride and groom who contracted with the hotel for their solemnization and reception, are each an organiser of the wedding for the purposes of this definition.
(c)  A merchant association makes arrangements for priests to perform prayer services to commemorate deceased persons in a void deck. The association books the void deck and engages the services of 2 priests to conduct the rites, and a supplier of the religious furniture and items for the ceremony. The merchant association and the priests are each an organiser of the funerary memorial event for the purposes of this definition.
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“participant”, in relation to a funerary memorial event, means an 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, but excludes any of the following:
(a)a permitted enterprise engaged to organise the funerary memorial event, or to provide authorised services —
(i)for the conduct of religious rituals, observances, rites, worship or ceremony during the event; or
(ii)for religious furnishings, religious items or goods, and other services or arrangements, required for the conduct of the event;
(b)a permitted enterprise worker of a permitted enterprise in paragraph (a) who is at work in relation to the event;
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“permitted enterprise” means —
(a)the Government or any public body;
(b)a person who provides any goods or services specified on the prescribed website, in the course of business; or
(c)a person who has a conditional permit from the Enterprise Minister authorising the person to provide goods or services in the course of business;
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“permitted enterprise worker”, in relation to a permitted enterprise —
(a)means an employee of the permitted enterprise designated by his or her employer as a permitted enterprise worker; and
(b)where the permitted enterprise is a principal, includes any individual as follows who is designated by the principal as a permitted enterprise worker:
(i)an individual who is a contractor or a subcontractor of the permitted enterprise;
(ii)an employee of a contractor or subcontractor in sub-paragraph (i),
where the contractor or subcontractor or employee (as the case may be) works under the direction of the permitted enterprise as to the manner in which the work is carried out;
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“permitted premises” means any premises (with a unique street name and number or land parcel number), or a vessel, where a permitted enterprise ordinarily carries on any business, undertaking or work connected with providing its authorised service, but excludes any vehicle or aircraft;
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“personal appearance service” has the meaning given by regulation 13(3);
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“place of residence” means —
(a)in relation to a subdivided building, an apartment or unit or a flat or lot in that building that is used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of habitation or business;
(b)in relation to a boarding premises in Singapore, a room comprised in the boarding premises for the accommodation of one or more boarders or lodgers at those premises, but not a room with shared facilities such as a communal living room, bathroom, laundry or kitchen; and
(c)in relation to a building in Singapore used as specified accommodation or a specified hostel, a room in the building for the accommodation of one or more guests or residents of the specified accommodation or the specified hostel;
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“prescribed website” means the Internet website of the Government at https://covid.gobusiness.gov.sg/permittedlist/;
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“public body” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function;
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“public path” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Active Mobility Act 2017 (Act 3 of 2017);
“retail business” means a business the principal purpose of which is —
(a)selling goods by retail;
(b)providing retail services; or
(c)hiring by retail, or displaying goods for the purpose of selling them by retail or hiring them out;
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“retail food and drinks establishment” has the meaning given by regulation 13(3);
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“retail market” is an assemblage of stalls, styled or described as a market or court, that —
(a)is predominantly used for retail businesses; and
(b)operate in a building or other permanent structure the sole or dominant use of which (or of the part in which the market operates) is the operation of the market or court;
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“retail shop” means any premises or place used for retail business, and includes a supermarket, department store, retail food and drinks establishment and retail market, but does not include —
(a)a vending machine; and
(b)a medical clinic, a dental clinic or other healthcare establishment;
Examples of retail shop
Laundry or dry cleaner.
Service station for the sale by retail of fuels and lubricants for motor vehicles.
Pet shop or pet food and supplies shop.
Stall in a food court.
Cake shop.
Motor vehicle showroom.
Gardening centre.
Betting outlet.
Hairdresser or beauty therapy shop.
Post office.
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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;
(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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“room” means any area within a building that is fully enclosed on all sides;
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“solemnization of a marriage” means a ceremony at which a marriage is solemnized according to proceedings prescribed by written law, except that where —
(a)those proceedings take place concurrently with or in a manner indistinguishable from an organised gathering made in connection with the celebration of a marriage; or
(b)those proceedings at any premises are followed immediately or without a break by an organised gathering made in connection with the celebration of the marriage at the same premises (whether or not in the same room or place),
the gathering of individuals at the proceedings in paragraph (a) or (b) must be treated instead as a wedding for the purposes of these Regulations except regulation 7A(1);
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“solemnization special cohort”, for a solemnization of a marriage, means a gathering not exceeding 20 individuals attending the solemnization, the composition of which —
(a)includes the parties to the marriage and not more than 2 individuals required by written law to witness or attest the doing of anything by those parties at the solemnization of the marriage; and
(b)does not change during the solemnization of the marriage;
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“solemnizer” has the meaning given by regulation 7A(3);
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“solemnizer of a marriage” means a solemnizer who is effecting that marriage in accordance with —
(a)the Muslim law and the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Cap. 3); or
(b)the Women’s Charter (Cap. 353);
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“specified accommodation” means a hotel and any other similar building or boarding premises, not being a specified dormitory, specified hostel or a public institution —
(a)in which persons are lodged for hire or reward of any kind (whether or not the cost of such hire or reward is paid for by such persons); and
(b)where domestic service is provided by the owner, lessee, tenant, occupier or manager for the person so lodged;
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“specified dormitory” means any boarding premises that provides accommodation to 7 or more foreign employees and that is not a specified hostel;
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“specified hostel” means any premises providing accommodation for guests, on land approved for use as a backpackers’ hostel, boarding house or guest house under the Planning Act (Cap. 232);
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“specified school” means —
(a)a school in receipt of grant-in-aid under the Education (Grant‑in‑Aid) Regulations (Cap. 87, Rg 3);
(b)a school specified in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Compulsory Education (Exemption) Order (Cap. 51, O 1);
(c)a school specified in Part II of the Schedule to the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations (Cap. 87A, Rg 1); or
(d)any of the following universities:
(i)National University of Singapore;
(ii)Nanyang Technological University;
(iii)Singapore Institute of Technology;
(iv)Singapore Management University;
(v)Singapore University of Social Sciences;
(vi)Singapore University of Technology and Design;
“specified symptom” means any of the following symptoms:
(a)coughing;
(b)sneezing;
(c)breathlessness;
(d)a runny nose;
(e)loss of sense of smell or anosmia;
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“subdivided building” means a multi-storey building consisting of 2 or more premises that is used or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of habitation or business or for any other purpose;
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“symptomatic case” means an individual who is febrile or shows, or declares that he or she has, any specified symptom;
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“visitor”, in relation to the permitted premises of a permitted enterprise, means an individual who has a lawful reason to enter or remain in those premises but is —
(a)not a permitted enterprise worker of that permitted enterprise;
(b)not a customer of the permitted enterprise; and
(c)not a resident of the permitted premises that is a specified dormitory or a guest of the permitted premises that is specified accommodation or a specified hostel;
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“wear”, in relation to any provision in these Regulations requiring a mask to be worn, means to wear a mask over and covering the wearer’s nose and mouth, with the mask touching the wearer’s nose and cheeks;
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“wedding” means an organised gathering of individuals in connection with the celebration of a marriage, being a marriage —
(a)entered into not more than 12 months before the date of the gathering, or the start of it if the gathering is on more than one day; and
(b)in respect of which no organised gathering has earlier taken place in connection with the celebration of that marriage;
Examples
Wedding reception or wedding dinner.
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“wedding special cohort”, for a wedding, means a gathering not exceeding 20 individuals attending the wedding, the composition of which —
(a)includes the bride and groom of the marriage to which the wedding relates; and
(b)does not change during the wedding.
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(2)  In these Regulations, an individual may be regarded as a member of the same household of another individual if the firstmentioned individual is any of the following ordinarily living in the same place of residence as the other individual:
(a)a spouse of that other individual;
(b)a parent, a child or a sibling of that other individual;
(c)an individual with whom that other individual has an agreement or arrangement, whether oral or in writing and whether express or implied, to live in the same place of residence.
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(3)  In these Regulations, a reference to a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or sibling in relation to an individual includes a reference to a step-parent, stepgrandparent, stepchild, stepgrandchild or stepsibling or a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or sibling, by adoption, of that individual.
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(4)  In these Regulations, a green or an open space (or any part thereof) is treated as not accessible to the general public if around it or part of it, there is placed any tape, barrier or other cordon, or any sign, indicating that that green or open space or that part of it is closed or not open for use.
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(5)  To avoid doubt, the maximum permissible group size prescribed in these Regulations for any gathering in a room or place does not affect the right of the owner or lessor of the room or place to grant or withhold permission to enter or remain in the room or place.
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Application
3.  These Regulations do not apply in relation to —
(a)the Government or any public body, save where provided expressly;
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(b)a specified school; or
(c)any early childhood development centre licensed under the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017.
Made on 7 April 2020.
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).