13.—(1) In addition to the requirements in this Division, a permitted enterprise —| (a) | [Deleted by S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] | | (b) | that manages and maintains, in the course of a business, a specified hostel or specified accommodation must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in Part 2 of the First Schedule are complied with, in relation to its provision of accommodation and other authorised services at the specified hostel or specified accommodation; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] | | (c) | that carries on, in the course of business, a retail food and drinks business at its permitted premises which is a retail food and drinks establishment, must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in Part 3 of the First Schedule are complied with, in relation to that business; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] | | (d) | that carries on, in the course of business, a business as described in Part 4 of the First Schedule must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in that Part for that type of business are complied with, in relation to that business, unless a live performance or sporting event is involved; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 275/2021 wef 24/04/2021] [S 309/2021 wef 08/05/2021] | | (e) | that carries on an education business must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in Part 5 of the First Schedule are complied with, in relation to that business; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] | | (f) | that provides, in the course of business — | (i) | the organising of events, functions, ceremonies, conferences, exhibitions and the like; or | | (ii) | the provision of rooms or space at a function centre or the supply of facilities for the operation or conduct of events, functions, ceremonies, conferences, exhibitions and the like (such as, spectator facilities, competitor facilities and other facilities), |
| must, whether or not the promoter or a participant at any of the events, functions, ceremonies, conferences, exhibitions and the like or the owner of a function centre, take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in Part 6 of the First Schedule are complied with, in relation to its business, unless the event, function, ceremony, conference, exhibition or the like is a live performance, sporting event or major business event; or |
[S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] [S 275/2021 wef 24/04/2021] | | (g) | that carries on a retail liquor business at its permitted premises must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in Part 7 of the First Schedule are complied with, in relation to that business. [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] |
(2) The responsible person for any funeral event must take all reasonable steps to ensure that —| (a) | the number of individuals attending the funeral event does not exceed the maximum permissible group size; [S 275/2021 wef 24/04/2021] | | (b) | the measures mentioned in regulations 10B(1)(b), (c) and (k) and 12 are implemented in relation to the premises where the funeral event is held, as if —| (i) | the premises (even if a place of residence) were permitted premises; and | | (ii) | every individual attending the funeral event were a customer; and [S 275/2021 wef 24/04/2021] |
| | (c) | none of the following activities are engaged in during the funeral event:| (i) | any variety act, or any singing or dancing in person; | | (ii) | any performance of music in person by playing any wind musical instrument; | | (iii) | any performance of music in person by playing any other musical instrument within the room or place otherwise than in a substantially stationary position; [S 1070/2020 wef 28/12/2020] [S 364/2021 wef 01/06/2021] | | (iv) | food or drink is served for consumption or is consumed at the room or place in connection with the funeral event. [S 364/2021 wef 01/06/2021] [S 364/2021 wef 01/06/2021] |
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(3) In this regulation and the First Schedule —“amusement centre” means a premises or place used principally for playing —| (a) | billiards, pool or other like games; | | (b) | electronic or mechanical amusement devices, such as pinball machines, computer or video games and the like; or | | (c) | organised games or contests such as paintball, axe throwing, dart throwing or other like activities between individuals, |
| whether or not being part of a hotel, club or retail shopping centre, but not any part of the premises or place where a retail food and drinks business is carried out; |
[S 542/2020 wef 04/07/2020] [S 379/2021 wef 21/06/2021] |
“beauty therapy” means a procedure, other than hairdressing, intended to maintain, alter or enhance a person’s appearance, including any of the following: | (a) | facial or body treatments; | | (b) | application of cosmetics; | | (c) | manicure or pedicure; | | (d) | application of, or mending, artificial nails; | | (e) | epilation including by electrolysis or hot or cold wax; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
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| “building” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act (Cap. 29); |
“building elements supply work” means any manual or mechanical work performed in connection with any of the following:| (a) | the prefabrication or testing of building elements at permitted premises that is specially established for prefabrication and that is not a construction site; | | (b) | the preparation of concrete, sand or aggregate at a place specially established for that purpose and that is not a mine, quarry or construction site, |
| and includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with building elements supply work but excludes any special work; |
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| “building elements supply worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform building elements supply work; |
| “construction site” means a work site at which construction work is performed; |
“construction work” means any manual or mechanical work performed in connection with the following:| (a) | the erection, extension, alteration or repair of a building; | | (b) | the demolition of a building; | | (c) | the preparation for, and laying the foundation of, an intended building; | | (d) | the provision, extension or alteration of any air-conditioning service or ventilating system in or in connection with a building; | | (e) | the excavation or site formation works connected with or carried out for the purpose of paragraph (a), (b) or (c); | | (f) | the assembly of prefabricated building elements to form a building, or the disassembly of prefabricated building elements that immediately before the disassembly formed a building; | | (g) | the removal from the construction site of any product or waste resulting from the demolition or any work in paragraphs (a) to (f); | | (h) | the installation, testing, maintenance and repair work or insignificant building works performed in connection with any work in paragraphs (a) to (f), |
| and includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with construction work, but does not include — |
| (i) | work consisting only of insignificant building works; | | (j) | minor testing or maintenance work in connection with a building; | | (k) | assembly or disassembly of fixed plant not requiring building plans approval or a permit to carry out structural works to be granted under the Building Control Act before starting; | | (l) | related work; or | | (m) | special work; |
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| “construction worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform construction work; |
| “function centre” means a premises or place used for the operation or conduct of events, functions, ceremonies, conferences, exhibitions and the like, and includes a function room, convention centre, exhibition centre and reception centre, but does not include an entertainment facility; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
“high-intensity physical exercise” means engaging in or playing a game involving —| (a) | [Deleted by S 584/2021 wef 10/08/2021] | | (b) | any exercise, fitness activity or fitness‑related activity —| (i) | that involves primarily the exercise of physical prowess or dexterity, physical strength or physical stamina; and | | (ii) | that the wearing of a mask when undertaking that activity is unsafe, or is not reasonably practicable, for an ordinarily fit individual; [S 309/2021 wef 08/05/2021] |
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| “hostessing service” means a service consisting of providing companionship to one or more customers, through conversation with or without consumption of liquor, but does not include conversation solely for the purpose of taking orders, serving of food or drinks or arranging for, making or accepting payment; [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] |
“indoor physical recreational facility” means any enclosed premises that is or may be made available in the course of any business for use, or is otherwise operated, predominantly for indoor sport activities and indoor physical recreation, and includes —| (a) | an indoor gymnasium; | | (b) | an indoor fitness training facility; | | (c) | a yoga studio or pilates studio; | | (d) | a dance studio or barre or spin facility; | | (e) | a martial art or combat sport training space; | | (f) | a climbing wall; | | (g) | an indoor sports hall or court, such as for indoor playing of basketball, badminton, table tennis or squash; | | (h) | an indoor rifle range; or | | (i) | an indoor trampolining centre; [S 329/2021 wef 16/05/2021] |
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“insignificant building works” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act; | | Examples of insignificant building works |
| | | Constructing a raised floor or topping up of balconies, and the like, with lightweight materials. |
| | | Replacing existing floor and wall finishes. |
| | | Replacing or changing windows and doors. |
| | | Creating an opening in a non-load bearing wall. |
| | | Sealing up a wall opening. |
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| “liquor” has the meaning given by the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015 (Act 5 of 2015); [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
| “managerial or administrative work” means any managerial, clerical, secretarial or administrative work that is wholly performed within enclosed premises; |
| “marine and offshore manufacturing worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform work connected with marine and offshore manufacturing at a shipyard; |
“operator”, in relation to a specified dormitory — | (a) | means a person who is managing and maintaining, in the course of a business, the specified dormitory (whether self-owned or under lease or otherwise) to provide board and lodging for residents of the dormitory who may or may not be employees of that person; and | | (b) | includes a lessor of a flat or house that is leased wholly as a specified dormitory; |
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“outdoor physical recreational facility” means any enclosed premises that is or may be made available in the course of any business for use, or is otherwise operated, predominantly for outdoor sporting activities and outdoor physical recreation, and includes —| (a) | a golf course and an outdoor golf driving range; | | (b) | a water-ski centre; | | (c) | an equestrian centre; | | (d) | a skate-board ramp or go-kart track; | | (e) | a lawn bowling green; | | (f) | an outdoor climbing wall; | | (g) | an outdoor track, exercise park or hardcourt, such as for playing of basketball or tennis outdoors; | | (h) | an outdoor rifle range; and | | (i) | an outdoor swimming pool; [S 329/2021 wef 16/05/2021] |
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“permitted enterprise worker”, without limiting regulation 2(1), includes —| (a) | the sole proprietor and every partner of a partnership that is a permitted enterprise, whether or not he or she is also a visitor; | | (b) | every director, partner, chief executive, manager, secretary and other similar officer of a corporation that is a permitted enterprise, whether or not he or she is also a visitor or is otherwise a permitted enterprise worker; or | | (c) | every president, secretary, and member of the committee of an unincorporated association that is a permitted enterprise, whether or not he or she is also a visitor or is otherwise a permitted enterprise worker; [S 238/2021 wef 05/04/2021] |
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“personal appearance service” means —| (a) | a beauty therapy; | | (b) | hairdressing, which is a procedure intended to maintain, alter or enhance an individual’s appearance involving facial or scalp hair, and includes cutting, trimming, styling, colouring, treating or shaving the hair; | | (c) | body piercing, which is the process of penetrating an individual’s skin or mucous membrane with a sharp instrument for the purpose of implanting jewellery or other foreign material through or into the skin or mucous membrane; | | (d) | tattooing, which is the process of penetrating an individual’s skin and inserting into it colour pigments to make a permanent mark, pattern or design on the skin, or a semi-permanent mark, pattern or design on the skin such as cosmetic tattooing or applying semi-permanent make-up; or | | (e) | skin penetration that is provided as part of a business transaction intended to alter or enhance an individual’s appearance, that involves the piercing, cutting, scarring, scraping, puncturing, or tearing of an individual’s skin or mucous membrane with an instrument; [S 536/2021 wef 22/07/2021] |
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| “personal care service” means a business or an undertaking or activity at a premises or place that involves, in whole or part, or is or may reasonably be characterised as, a wellness centre, day spa and massage establishment or sauna; [S 536/2021 wef 22/07/2021] |
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“process construction work” —| (a) | means work in connection with the construction of plant equipment in the petroleum, petrochemicals or specialty chemicals sector; and | | (b) | includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with the construction of such plant equipment, |
| but excludes construction work, building elements supply work, related work and renovation work; |
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| “process construction worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform process construction work; |
“process maintenance work” —| (a) | means work in connection with the preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance of plant equipment in the petroleum, petrochemicals or specialty chemicals sector; and [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] | | (b) | includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with that sort of preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance of plant equipment, |
| but excludes construction work, building elements supply work, related work and renovation work; |
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| “process maintenance worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform process maintenance work; |
“related work” includes any of the following work and any managerial or administrative work in connection with related work:| (a) | dredging and land reclamation works, marine piling and the construction of marine structures such as jetties, wharves, sea and river wall; | | (b) | landscaping; | | (c) | road works; | | (d) | laying underground cable or pipes for telecommunication systems or installations; | | (e) | testing or maintenance work in connection with a building; | | (f) | assembly or disassembly of fixed plant not requiring building plans approval or a permit to carry out structural works to be granted under the Building Control Act before starting; | | (g) | specialised installation activities, such as installation of integrated signposting systems, cold rooms and ventilation systems, fire alarms, fire prevention and fire protection systems, and installation of mechanical plant, machinery, power generators and turbines systems; | | (h) | corrosion protection works; | | (i) | wiring work within a building for telecommunication purposes; | | (j) | insignificant building works that are not performed together with construction work or renovation work, |
| but excludes any construction work, building elements supply work, special work and renovation work; |
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| “related worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged under a work pass for the Construction Sector, to perform related work; |
“renovation work” means —| (a) | joinery and other woodworks (including carpentry, laminated or parquet flooring); | | (b) | painting of a building; | | (c) | glass and glazing works (including mirror or shower screen installation); | | (d) | laying and installation of a new floor, wall tiles, doors, windows, false ceilings or sanitary fittings; or | | (e) | any insignificant building work except those mentioned in paragraph 1(a), (b), (fc), (fd), (g), (h), (j), (k), (l), (m) or (t) or 12 of the First Schedule to the Building Control Regulations 2003 (G.N. No. S 666/2003), |
| and includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with renovation work, but excludes any special work; |
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| “renovation worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform renovation work; |
| “resident”, in relation to a specified dormitory, means any individual, who occupies or enjoys a right to occupy one or more beds or rooms, or spaces within a room, in the specified dormitory as the individual’s main or only residence in Singapore; |
“responsible person”, in relation to a funeral event, means —| (a) | the funeral director or any other person who is engaged to organise the funeral event; or | | (b) | where a person mentioned in paragraph (a) has not been engaged for the funeral event, the owner or occupier of the premises in which the funeral event is held; |
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| “retail food and drinks business” means a business or an undertaking or activity at a premises or place that involves, in whole or part, the preparation of food or drinks (or both) intended for sale predominantly for immediate consumption; [S 329/2021 wef 16/05/2021] |
“retail food and drinks establishment” means premises or a place the principal purpose of which is to carry on a retail food and drinks business, whether or not the premises or place are part of a hotel, club, retail shopping centre, food court or market;| Examples of food and drinks establishment |
| | Restaurant, café or cut fruit shop. |
| | Food court or food stall in a market. |
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“retail liquor business” means a business the principal purpose of which is to supply at a place or premises liquor for immediate consumption on the place or premises, and that —| (a) | is not part of a retail food and drinks establishment, and is not the subject of a licence issued under section 32 of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95) that is stated to be a Foodshop (Restaurant) or Foodshop (Snack Counter) licence; and | | (b) | is or may reasonably be characterised as a pub or bar, but not a nightclub or hostessing club; [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] |
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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; [S 542/2020 wef 04/07/2020] |
“special work” means —| (a) | process construction work; | | (b) | process maintenance work; or | | (c) | work connected with marine and offshore manufacturing, |
| and includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with the special work; |
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| “work pass” and “work site” have the respective meanings given by regulation 13K(2). [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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