Prohibition on social gatherings
6.—(1)  An individual must not arrange to meet, or organise or attend a gathering made up of, any other individual or individuals for a common purpose at any place outside of the firstmentioned individual’s ordinary place of residence, except in a cohort —
(a)that is a solemnization special cohort or a cohort in regulation 7A(2A)(b)(ii), where the purpose of gathering is the solemnization of a marriage;
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(b)that is a wedding special cohort or a cohort in regulation 8(1)(d)(ii), where the purpose of gathering is a wedding;
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(ba)that is a dining-in activity cohort if for the purpose of consuming food and 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;
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(bb)that is a sporting activity cohort if for the purpose of engaging in any sporting activity as follows, in an indoor physical recreational facility where the First Schedule does not prohibit doing so on those premises, 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;
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(bc)that is a personalised service cohort if 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; or
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(c)in any other case, that consists of —
(i)individuals all of whom are from the same household; or
(ii)not more than 5 individuals.
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(1A)  However, paragraph (1) does not prohibit an individual arranging to meet, or organising or attending a gathering made up of, any other individual or individuals for a common purpose at any place outside of the firstmentioned individual’s ordinary place of residence —
(a)to work as a permitted enterprise or permitted enterprise worker of a permitted enterprise, or for or with a permitted enterprise, carrying on business, an undertaking or work in accordance with these Regulations and any other Control Order Regulations;
(b)to provide or receive an authorised service from a permitted enterprise which is operating in accordance with these Regulations and any other Control Order Regulations; or
(c)when visiting another place of residence that the individual may lawfully enter and remain under regulation 4(4).
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(2)  Without limiting the meaning of “reasonable excuse” in section 34(7) of the Act, a reasonable excuse for contravening this regulation includes gathering in the following circumstances:
(a)for a purpose directly connected with receiving education or care from —
(i)the Government or a public body;
(ii)a specified school;
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(iii)an operator of any early childhood development centre licensed under the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017;
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(iv)a permitted enterprise carrying on an education business so long as the gathering in a room or place does not exceed the maximum permissible group size for that gathering; or
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(v)a permitted enterprise the principal business of which is providing after-school care for students (commonly called a student care centre);
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(b)to comply with an order, direction or requirement mentioned in regulation 4(3)(h);
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(c)to seek or render help in an emergency;
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(d)to leave Singapore.
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(e)[Deleted by S 698/2020 wef 19/08/2020]
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