Alternative arrangements
19.—(1)  The approving authority may specify a higher number for any requirement in regulation 5(2)(a), (3) or (4), or for any requirement in regulation 7(2)(b) so far as it relates to a participation sporting event, or waive (in whole or part) any requirement in regulation 14(1)(b), (d), (e) or (f), 15(1)(c) or (2), 17 or 18, in respect of a particular major sporting event only —
(a)on the application of the person who is the organiser of the major sporting event or the occupier of the sports venue where the major sporting event is taking place or both; and
(b)if the approving authority is personally satisfied that all of the matters in paragraph (2) apply.
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(2)  The matters the approving authority must be satisfied about are as follows:
(a)the person who is the organiser of the major sporting event or the occupier of the sports venue where the major sporting event is taking place or both —
(i)have adequately identified the significant risks to the incidence and transmission of COVID‑19 in the community in Singapore associated with the matter applied to be specified or waived;
(ii)have established a plan on how to manage or control those risks; and
(iii)each has the relevant knowledge, competency, experience and suitable compliance record connected with safe management measures for sporting events of the same nature as the particular sporting event;
(b)there are requirements in other written law or there are other means that help minimise the public health risks associated with the matter to be specified or waived, besides the Main Control Order and these Regulations;
(c)the granting of the application is necessary or desirable to facilitate resumption of business or to avoid unnecessary restrictions on commerce having regard to the incidence and transmission of COVID‑19 in the community in Singapore when the application is made;
(d)there are applicable international practice or customs for holding the sporting event in a particular way.
(3)  Any number specified or any waiver by the approving authority of an application under paragraph (1) in respect of a particular major sporting event may be accompanied by directions addressed to the person who is the organiser of the major sporting event or the occupier of the sports venue where the major sporting event is taking place or both, containing —
(a)variations of any requirements in these Regulations in relation to that particular sporting event, which may include more stringent requirements than in these Regulations;
(b)a requirement for enhanced entry controls to be established and maintained at the sports venue, during the crowd management period of the major sporting event; or
(c)other measures in respect of that major sporting event that satisfy the objectives and performance requirements in the Main Control Order and these Regulations for preventing, protecting against, delaying or otherwise controlling the incidence or transmission of COVID‑19 in Singapore, having regard to the nature of the sporting event,
so as to mitigate the significant risks to the incidence and transmission of COVID‑19 in the community in Singapore associated with the matter specified or waived.