32.—(1) The approving authority may waive (in whole or part) any requirement in regulation 30 or 31 in respect of a particular business event or sporting event only —
(a)
on the application of the person who is responsible (whether fully or substantially) for the organising of the event and the receipt of revenue from the event (if any); and
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(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 are as follows:
(a)
the applicant —
(i)
has 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 waived;
(ii)
has established a plan on how to manage or control those risks; and
(iii)
has the relevant knowledge, competency, experience and suitable compliance record connected with safe management measures for events of the same nature as the particular business event or sporting event, as the case may be;
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(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 waived, besides the Main Control Order and these Regulations;
(c)
there are applicable international obligations or mercantile practice or customs for holding the event in a particular way.
(3) Any waiver by the approving authority of an application under paragraph (1) in respect of a particular business event or sporting event may be accompanied by directions addressed to the applicant containing —
(a)
variations of any requirements in regulations 30 and 31 in relation to that event, which may include more stringent requirements than in those regulations; and
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(b)
other measures in respect of that 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 event (such as whether it is open to consumers or not),
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so as to mitigate the significant risks to the incidence and transmission of COVID-19 in the community in Singapore associated with the matter waived.