PART 1 | 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. [S 357/2020 wef 01/05/2020] [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —| “activity cohort” means a dining-in activity cohort, a personalised service cohort or a sporting activity cohort; [S 508/2021 wef 12/07/2021] [S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] |
| “at work” includes to work, for the time being working, on a break when working, or customarily working; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
“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”; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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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; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
| “business event” and “major business event” have the meanings given by regulation 3(1) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Business Events — Control Order) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 278/2021); [S 621/2021 wef 19/08/2021] |
“celebrant”, in relation to a marriage, means any of the following individuals authorised under written law to solemnize the marriage in Singapore:| (a) | a person issued a licence to solemnize marriages under section 8 of the Women’s Charter (Cap. 353); | | (b) | the Registrar of Marriages or an Assistant Registrar of Marriages, appointed under section 26 of the Women’s Charter; | | (c) | a person specified in section 95(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Cap. 3); [S 329/2021 wef 16/05/2021] |
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| “cleared status”, for an individual, has the meaning given by the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 Access Restrictions and Clearance) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 273/2021); [S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] [S 982/2021 wef 01/01/2022] |
| “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; [S 698/2020 wef 19/08/2020] |
| “common property” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158); |
| [Deleted by S 889/2021 wef 22/11/2021] |
| [Deleted by S 773/2021 wef 13/10/2021] |
| “contractor”, “occupier” and “principal” have the meanings given by section 4(1) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act (Cap. 354A); [S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020] |
“customer” includes a prospective customer and —| (a) | in relation to the operator of a specified dormitory, includes a resident of that dormitory; or | | (b) | in relation to a management corporation constituted for a strata title plan or a managing agent appointed by a management corporation, includes any subsidiary proprietor which makes up the management corporation, any mortgagee in possession, lessee or occupier of a lot comprised in the strata title plan, and any invitee of such a subsidiary proprietor; [S 364/2021 wef 01/06/2021] |
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“defined activity” means an activity for the purpose of —| (a) | consuming food and drinks; | | (b) | receiving any personal appearance service or personal care service that requires taking off, or not wearing, one’s mask in order to receive the service; or | | (c) | engaging in any sporting activity as follows, in an indoor physical recreational facility and in the course of receiving an authorised service consisting of providing lessons or coaching in, or for participation in, that sporting activity:| (i) | any high-intensity physical exercise; | | (ii) | another sporting activity or physical recreational activity without wearing a mask; [S 621/2021 wef 19/08/2021] |
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“dining-in activity cohort” means a cohort for the purpose of consuming food or drink at a retail food and drinks establishment or a place at which a retail liquor business is for the time being carried on (where the First Schedule does not prohibit consumption of food or drink on those premises) and the composition of which is one of the following:| (a) | for any retail food and drinks establishment — 5 or fewer individuals in total who are either —| (i) | all uncleared juniors all from the same household; | | (ii) | all individuals each with a cleared status; or | | (iii) | a mix of uncleared juniors (all from the same household) and other individuals each with a cleared status; [S 889/2021 wef 22/11/2021] |
| | (b) | for a place at which a retail liquor business is for the time being carried on — 5 or fewer individuals in total who are all individuals each with a cleared status; [S 889/2021 wef 22/11/2021] | | (c) | [Deleted by S 889/2021 wef 22/11/2021] |
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| [Deleted by S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
| “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 activity or sporting activity but not a sporting event; [S 275/2021 wef 24/04/2021] | | (aa) | lessons or teaching based wholly on a religious belief, religious opinion or religious affiliation, or a course of instruction or training to become a member of a religious order or in the duties of a minister of religion; [S 379/2021 wef 21/06/2021] | | (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; [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] | | (f) | a post‑secondary education program that leads to the development of knowledge and skills that are not specific to any particular occupation; or [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] | | (g) | services and facilities for the organising and conduct of —| (i) | examinations or assessments for professional or vocational training, testing, certification or accreditation; or | | (ii) | tests, examinations or other methods of assessing the level of proficiency, aptitude, skill, knowledge or understanding of an individual in any subject matter; | | | | Includes appointing of examiners, obtaining question papers and keeping them in safe custody, ensuring the identity of candidates undertaking the test, examination or assessment, timely supply of question or test papers to those candidates, proper invigilation, safe custody of answer papers, tabulation of marks obtained by those candidates from the test, examination or assessment, and publishing the results. |
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[S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] |
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| “elite sportsperson” means an individual who is on a development pathway recognised by a public body promoting sporting activities to prepare sportspersons so that the individual may derive a living from competing in that sporting activity or take part in a national or an international sporting event in Singapore or elsewhere; [S 364/2021 wef 01/06/2021] |
| “employee” and “employer” have the meanings given by section 6 of the Workplace Safety and Health Act; [S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020] |
| “enforcement officer” means a person appointed under section 35(1) of the Act; |
“enhanced entry control” means as follows:| (a) | for any room or place where a nuptial event takes place or is to take place — a requirement to establish and maintain, during the restricted period of the nuptial event (within the meaning of the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 Access Restrictions and Clearance) Regulations 2021), all reasonably practicable procedures and protocols that ensure that only the following enter or remain within the room or place during that restricted period:| (i) | a guest with a cleared status; | | (ii) | a guest who is an uncleared junior; [S 982/2021 wef 01/01/2022] |
[S 982/2021 wef 01/01/2022] | | (b) | for any permitted premises that is a restricted place within the meaning of the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 Access Restrictions and Clearance) Regulations 2021 — a requirement under those Regulations, other Control Order Regulations or these Regulations to establish and maintain, all reasonably practicable procedures and protocols that ensure that an individual who —| (i) | does not have a cleared status; and | | (ii) | is not expressly allowed under regulation 13 of those Regulations to enter and remain in such a restricted place, |
| does not enter or remain within the restricted place during the restricted period applicable to that restricted place under the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 Access Restrictions and Clearance) Regulations 2021; |
[S 773/2021 wef 13/10/2021] [S 982/2021 wef 01/01/2022] |
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| “Enterprise Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for domestic business policies; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
| “event” includes a meeting or gathering of any nature; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
| “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; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
| “foreign employee” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015; [S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020] |
| “funeral event” means a funeral, funeral wake or funeral procession held during or before the burial or cremation of the deceased; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] [S 275/2021 wef 24/04/2021] |
“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 is held after the funeral event for the deceased, [S 275/2021 wef 24/04/2021] |
| but does not include such a ritual, observance or ceremony for a public holiday; |
[S 698/2020 wef 19/08/2020] |
| “gathering” includes an assembly consisting of more than one cohort of individuals; [S 698/2020 wef 19/08/2020] |
“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 or is to be solemnized; [S 329/2021 wef 16/05/2021] | | (c) | a permitted enterprise engaged to organise the nuptial event, or to provide authorised services —| (i) | for the conduct of proceedings in the nuptial event; or [S 536/2021 wef 22/07/2021] | | (ii) | for celebration arrangements made in connection with the nuptial event; [S 536/2021 wef 22/07/2021] [S 508/2021 wef 12/07/2021] [S 536/2021 wef 22/07/2021] |
| | (d) | a permitted enterprise worker of a permitted enterprise in paragraph (c) who is at work in relation to the nuptial event; [S 669/2020 wef 04/08/2020] [S 329/2021 wef 16/05/2021] [S 329/2021 wef 16/05/2021] [S 508/2021 wef 12/07/2021] [S 508/2021 wef 12/07/2021] [S 536/2021 wef 22/07/2021] |
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| “harbour craft” means any vessel which is used in the port for any purpose but is not a pleasure craft; [S 1070/2020 wef 28/12/2020] |
| “high-intensity physical exercise” and “indoor physical recreational facility” have the respective meanings given by regulation 13(3); [S 508/2021 wef 12/07/2021] |
| “in the course of employment” includes in the course of work as a self-employed person, or in the course of undertaking training in a sporting activity as an elite sportsperson; [S 669/2020 wef 04/08/2020] [S 329/2021 wef 16/05/2021] [S 364/2021 wef 01/06/2021] |
| “live performance” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Performances and Other Activities — Control Order) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 927/2020); [S 275/2021 wef 24/04/2021] |
| [Deleted by S 621/2021 wef 19/08/2021] |
| “management corporation” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act; |
| “mask” means any paper, plastic or textile covering solely 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; [S 273/2020 wef 15/04/2020] [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] [S 721/2020 wef 29/08/2020] |
| “maximum permissible group size”, in relation to any organised gathering on any premises and circumstances described in the Third Schedule, means the number of individuals specified in that Schedule opposite the organised gathering in those premises and circumstances; [S 329/2021 wef 16/05/2021] |
| “media conference” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Performances and Other Activities — Control Order) Regulations 2020; [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] |
| [Deleted by S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] |
“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); or [S 50/2022 wef 26/01/2022] | | (b) | [Deleted by S 50/2022 wef 26/01/2022] | | (c) | an order under section 15 or 17 of the Infectious Diseases Act relating to COVID-19; [S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020] [S 982/2021 wef 01/01/2022] |
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“nuptial event” means —| (a) | a solemnization of a marriage; or | | (b) | a wedding; [S 536/2021 wef 22/07/2021] |
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| [Deleted by S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020] |
| “operator”, in relation to a specified dormitory, has the meaning given by regulation 13(3); [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
“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; | | | | (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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“other Control Order Regulations” means any of the following, where applicable:| (a) | the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Foreign Employee Dormitories — Control Order) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 781/2020); | | (b) | the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Performances and Other Activities — Control Order) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 927/2020); | | (c) | the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Sporting Events and Activities — Control Order) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 277/2021); | | (d) | the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Business Events — Control Order) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 278/2021); [S 329/2021 wef 16/05/2021] [S 621/2021 wef 19/08/2021] | | (e) | the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Religious Gatherings — Control Order) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 509/2021); [S 508/2021 wef 12/07/2021] |
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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; [S 698/2020 wef 19/08/2020] |
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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; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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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; |
[S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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| “permitted premises” means any premises (with a unique street name and number or land parcel number), a motor vehicle used as a retail food and drinks establishment, or a vessel, where a permitted enterprise ordinarily carries on any business, undertaking or work connected with providing its authorised service, but excludes any other vehicle or aircraft; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 40/2021 wef 26/01/2021] |
| “personal appearance service” has the meaning given by regulation 13(3); [S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] |
| “personal care service” has the meaning given by regulation 13(3); [S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] |
“personalised service cohort” means a cohort —| (a) | for the purpose of receiving any personal appearance service or personal care service that requires taking off, or not wearing, one’s mask in order to receive the service; and | | (b) | that consists of 5 or fewer individuals in total who are either —| (i) | all uncleared juniors all from the same household; | | (ii) | all individuals each with a cleared status; or | | (iii) | a mix of uncleared juniors (all from the same household) and other individuals each with a cleared status; [S 889/2021 wef 22/11/2021] |
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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; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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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 (Cap. 170A, 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; |
[S 1070/2020 wef 28/12/2020] |
| “port” has the meaning given by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 170A); [S 1070/2020 wef 28/12/2020] |
| “prescribed website” means the Internet website of the Government at https://covid.gobusiness.gov.sg/permittedlist/; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
| “public body” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function; |
| [Deleted by S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020] |
| “public path” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Active Mobility Act 2017 (Act 3 of 2017); |
| “public speaking” means giving or engaging in any talk, address or sermon by an individual in person; [S 858/2021 wef 10/11/2021] |
| “religious gathering” has the meaning given by regulation 3(1) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Religious Gatherings — Control Order) Regulations 2021; [S 508/2021 wef 12/07/2021] |
“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; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
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| “retail food and drinks establishment” has the meaning given by regulation 13(3); [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
| “retail liquor business” has the meaning given by regulation 13(3); [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] |
“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; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
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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; | | | | | | Service station for the sale by retail of fuels and lubricants for motor vehicles. |
| | | Pet shop or pet food and supplies shop. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Hairdresser or beauty therapy shop. |
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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; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
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| “room” means any area within a building that is fully enclosed on all sides; [S 273/2020 wef 15/04/2020] |
“segregation zone” means an area within the place or room where a solemnization or wedding is held —| (a) | the purpose of which is to restrict or deny the opportunity for guests attending the solemnization or wedding and allocated to the segregation zone to associate or interact with guests allocated to any other segregation zone established for the purposes of the same solemnization or wedding; and | | (b) | the perimeter of which comprises, or is demarcated in a substantially unbroken manner by, any or a combination of the following:| (i) | any wall or other non-porous partition or screen that is 1.8 metres or taller measured from the floor of the place or room; | | (ii) | any stanchion with barrier rope or tape, screen or other similar physical barrier, that is at least 2 metres away from the perimeter of another segregation zone; [S 868/2020 wef 03/10/2020] [S 858/2021 wef 10/11/2021] |
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“solemnization of a marriage” means a ceremony at which a single marriage is solemnized according to proceedings prescribed by written law and without virtual participation, 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); |
[S 669/2020 wef 04/08/2020] [S 868/2020 wef 03/10/2020] [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] |
“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; [S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] | | (b) | may include uncleared juniors all from the same household, if there are more than 48 guests to the solemnization of the marriage; and [S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] [S 982/2021 wef 01/01/2022] | | (c) | does not change during the solemnization of the marriage; [S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] |
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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; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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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; [S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020] |
| “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); [S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020] [S 273/2020 wef 15/04/2020] |
“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; |
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| “sporting activity” and “sporting event” have the meanings given by regulation 2(1) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Sporting Events and Activities — Control Order) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 277/2021); [S 275/2021 wef 24/04/2021] |
“sporting activity cohort” means a cohort —| (a) | for the purpose of engaging in —| (i) | any high-intensity physical exercise; or | | (ii) | any other sporting activity or physical recreational activity without wearing a mask, |
| in an indoor physical recreational facility and in the course of receiving an authorised service consisting of providing lessons or coaching in, or for participation in, that exercise or activity; and |
| | (b) | that consists of 5 or fewer individuals in total who are either —| (i) | all uncleared juniors all from the same household; | | (ii) | all individuals each with a cleared status; or | | (iii) | a mix of uncleared juniors (all from the same household) and other individuals each with a cleared status; [S 889/2021 wef 22/11/2021] |
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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; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
| [Deleted by S 621/2021 wef 19/08/2021] |
| “uncleared junior” means a child who is below 13 years of age and without a cleared status; [S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] |
“unmasking concession for public speaking”, for an individual who engages or is to engage in public speaking at an event without wearing a mask, means the following requirements when he or she is engaged in public speaking:| (a) | the individual must either be standing or seated generally in a fixed position; | | (b) | the individual must at all times be at least one metre away from any other individual with whom he or she is undertaking or is to undertake the public speaking jointly at the same event unless the individuals are both members of the solemnization special cohort or the wedding special cohort, as the case may be; | | (c) | the individual must at all times be at least 2 metres away from any other individual attending the same event but is not engaging in public speaking; | | (d) | there are not more than 10 individuals (inclusive of the individual concerned) engaged in public speaking at the same time at the same event without wearing a mask; [S 858/2021 wef 10/11/2021] |
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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; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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“wedding” means an organised gathering of individuals in connection with the celebration of a single marriage, being a marriage in respect of which no organised gathering has earlier taken place in connection with the celebration of that marriage; | | | | A and B had their marriage solemnised in March 2019 and are holding a wedding reception in September 2020 as their wedding reception originally planned for April 2020 was cancelled due to Circuit Breaker restrictions. |
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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; [S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] | | (b) | may include uncleared juniors all from the same household; and [S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] [S 982/2021 wef 01/01/2022] | | (c) | does not change during the wedding; [S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] |
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| “wind musical instrument” includes a brass musical instrument. [S 238/2021 wef 05/04/2021] |
| [Deleted by S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020] |
(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. [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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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. [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
| (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. [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
(5) To avoid doubt, the maximum permissible group size prescribed in these Regulations for any gathering in a room or place —| (a) | 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; or | | (b) | if the room or place is on board or is a vessel, does not authorise a number of individuals on board the vessel that is higher than the carrying capacity of the vessel under any written law. [S 1070/2020 wef 28/12/2020] |
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(6) In these Regulations, a solemnization with virtual participation is a solemnization that involves any individual performing any act, or witnessing or attesting the doing of anything, for the purpose of any of the following provisions through the use of a live video or live television link approved under section 2(1)(a) or 3(1)(a) of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures for Solemnization and Registration of Marriages) Act 2020 (Act 23 of 2020), in lieu of being present or appearing in person:| (a) | section 22(2), 28(2)(b) or 29(1) or (3)(b) of the Women’s Charter; | | (b) | section 95(2)(b), 102(1)(a) or 103(1), (3) or (5) of the Administration of Muslim Law Act. [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] |
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(7) In these Regulations, for an individual who is attending a nuptial event (whether as a guest, a celebrant or a party to the marriage) —| “approved antigen rapid test” means an antigen rapid test performed in Singapore in relation to an individual using any of the test products specified in the Schedule to the Infectious Diseases (Antigen Rapid Test Providers) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 267/2021), the purpose of which is to test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in that individual; |
| “approved supervisor” means the person having the charge, management or control of the room or place where the nuptial event takes place or is to take place, either on the person’s own account or as agent of another person, during that period; |
“enhanced cleared status” means that —| (a) | he or she has a cleared status (general) that is current under the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 Access Restrictions and Clearance) Regulations 2021 and, within the period of 24 hours before the end of the nuptial event —| (i) | he or she undergoes an approved test or approved tests or a supervised self-administered antigen rapid test; and | | (ii) | his or her approved test result is treated under those Regulations either as negative for SARS-CoV-2 or an atypical finding for SARS-CoV-2, or the result from the supervised self-administered antigen rapid test shows no presence of SARS-CoV-2 in that individual; or |
[S 982/2021 wef 01/01/2022] | | (b) | he or she is an uncleared junior and, within the period of 24 hours before the end of the nuptial event —| (i) | he or she undergoes an approved test or approved tests or a supervised self-administered antigen rapid test; and | | (ii) | his or her approved test result is treated under those Regulations either as negative for SARS-CoV-2 or an atypical finding for SARS-CoV-2, or the result from the supervised self-administered antigen rapid test shows no presence of SARS-CoV-2 in that uncleared junior; |
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“supervised self-administered antigen rapid test” means —| (a) | the individual removing a respiratory specimen from the lining of his or her oral or nasal passage under the supervision of an approved supervisor for the purpose of subjecting the respiratory specimen to an approved antigen rapid test under paragraph (b); | | (b) | the individual then subjecting, under the supervision of an approved supervisor, the respiratory specimen removed under paragraph (a) to an approved antigen rapid test for the purpose of testing for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in that individual; and | | (c) | the individual or approved supervisor then ascertaining the results of the approved antigen rapid test and recording the results, even if uncertain or invalid. [S 889/2021 wef 22/11/2021] |
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| (8) For the purposes of paragraph (7), an individual is treated as undergoing or having undergone an approved test in the same manner as under the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 Access Restrictions and Clearance) Regulations 2021. [S 889/2021 wef 22/11/2021] [S 982/2021 wef 01/01/2022] |
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3.—(1) These Regulations do not apply in relation to —| (a) | [Deleted by S 816/2020 wef 28/09/2020] | | (b) | a specified school; or | | (c) | any early childhood development centre licensed under the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017. [S 816/2020 wef 28/09/2020] |
(2) These Regulations do not apply to prevent or restrict —| (a) | the Government or any public body doing or omitting to do anything in the performance of any function, the exercise of any power or the discharge of any duty of the Government or public body (as the case may be) under law; or | | (b) | any individual acting under the authority or direction of the Government or any public body in the performance of any function, the exercise of any power or the discharge of any duty of the Government or public body (as the case may be) under law. [S 816/2020 wef 28/09/2020] |
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(3) Without limiting the meaning of “reasonable excuse” in section 34(7) of the Act, it is a reasonable excuse for a person doing or omitting to do any act in contravention of any provision of these Regulations if the act is done or omitted to be done in good faith and for the purpose of complying with or giving effect to —| (a) | any other written law; or | | (b) | any order or requirement of the Government or a public body, or an individual mentioned in paragraph (2)(b), given in the performance of any function, the exercise of any power or the discharge of any duty of the Government or public body (as the case may be) under law. [S 816/2020 wef 28/09/2020] |
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