Division 1 — Person staging live performance
4A.  [Deleted by S 370/2021 wef 14/06/2021]
Permissible venues
5.—(1)  A person staging a live performance must not cause or allow to be staged the live performance anywhere except within —
(a)any premises specified in the Schedule; or
(b)any permitted premises of a live performance hirer engaging or contracting the person staging the live performance for the purpose of that live performance, so long as the permitted premises are not a place where a retail liquor business is for the time being carried on.
[S 984/2020 wef 03/12/2020]
(2)  In addition, a person staging a live performance must not cause or allow the live performance to be staged in any of the following places, indoor or outdoor, except with the prior approval of the approving authority in relation to the particular live performance:
(a)an open space which is not roofed or is not enclosed by at least 2 walls;
(b)a green or other open space provided for the growing of grass or other vegetation;
(c)a retail common area (within the meaning given by regulation 10A of the Main Control Order) if the premises are a retail shopping centre;
(d)if the premises are the subject of a strata title plan, any part of the common property comprised in that strata title plan;
(e)any common area within the premises which is used by customers or individuals at work (or any of them in combination) in those premises to move through the premises;
[S 41/2021 wef 26/01/2021]
(f)a room that is a shared facility and adapted or designed for the conduct of events, functions, ceremonies and the like (such as a communal living room, function room or hall).
[S 41/2021 wef 26/01/2021]
[S 1071/2020 wef 28/12/2020]
[S 41/2021 wef 26/01/2021]
Audience participation and interaction disallowed
6.—(1)  A person staging a live performance must take all reasonably practicable measures —
(a)to ensure no audience participation during the period of the live performance; and
(b)to minimise any other physical interaction between any crew or any performer of the live performance, and any audience member during the period of the live performance.
(2)  This regulation does not apply in relation to a rehearsal of a live performance.
Distance between performers and audience
7.—(1)  A person staging a live performance must ensure that any audience member attending that live performance is at least 3 metres away from any edge of the stage area when the live performance is taking place.
(2)  This regulation does not apply in relation to a rehearsal of a live performance.
Live performance requiring cleared crew and performers
7A.—(1)  A person staging a live performance which is not a rehearsal must not stage a live performance that has playing a wind musical instrument or singing as an element of the performance (whether alone or in combination with any other performance elements) unless —
(a)every audience member —
(i)has a cleared status at all times during the period of the live performance; or
(ii)is an uncleared junior;
(b)every performer playing a wind musical instrument or singing (whether or not when wearing a mask) meets one of the following conditions:
(i)he or she has at all times during the period of the live performance, a cleared status (limited) that is current under the Infectious Diseases (Mass Gathering Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019) Regulations 2021;
(ii)he or she has a cleared status (general) that is current under the Infectious Diseases (Mass Gathering Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019) Regulations 2021 and, within the period of 24 hours before the end of the period of the live performance —
(A)he or she undergoes an approved test or approved tests; and
(B)the individual’s test result is treated under those Regulations either as negative for SARS-CoV-2 or an atypical finding for SARS-CoV-2; and
(c)every other performer, and every crew, has a cleared status at all times during the period of the live performance.
(2)  A person staging a live performance must not stage a live performance which is a rehearsal that has playing a wind musical instrument or singing as an element of the performance (whether alone or in combination with any other performance elements) unless every crew, and every performer (whether or not playing a wind musical instrument or singing and whether or not when wearing a mask), has a cleared status at all times during the period of the rehearsal.
[S 585/2021 wef 10/08/2021]
Distance between performers
8.—(1)  A person staging a live performance must take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that every performer in the live performance is at all times during the period of the live performance at least one metre away from any other performer in the live performance.
[S 327/2021 wef 16/05/2021]
(1A)  However, and without limiting regulation 7A, where any performer in a live performance does any of the following during the period of the live performance:
(a)play a wind musical instrument;
(b)sing,
a person staging the live performance must take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that the firstmentioned performer is at all times during the period of the live performance at least 2 metres away from any other performer in the live performance.
[S 585/2021 wef 10/08/2021]
(2)  Paragraph (1) does not apply to prevent the transient physical contact between performers or a temporary shorter distance between performers where the artistic merits of the live performance requires.
[S 327/2021 wef 16/05/2021]
[S 378/2021 wef 21/06/2021]
Stage area measures
9.  A person staging a live performance must take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that during the period of the live performance, there are not more than the following in total within the stage area on or in which the live performance takes place:
(a)30 performers or crew or a combination of performers and crew;
(b)a higher number of performers or crew or a combination of performers and crew (but not exceeding 50) specified by the approving authority in relation to a particular live performance.
Maximum number singing, etc., or unmasked
10.—(1)  Without limiting regulation 7A, a person staging a live performance must take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that at all times during the period of the live performance, there are on or in the stage area, whether masked or unmasked —
(a)not more than 10 performers who perform by singing, and no other performer is performing by playing a wind musical instrument;
(b)not more than 10 performers who perform by playing a wind musical instrument, and no other performer is performing by singing; or
(c)not more than 10 performers, some of whom perform by singing and others by playing a wind musical instrument.
[S 585/2021 wef 10/08/2021]
(1A)  Without limiting paragraph (1), a person staging a live performance must take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that at all times during the period of the live performance, there are on or in the stage area, not more than the following number of performers in the live performance who are unmasked, including any performer described in paragraph (1) if unmasked:
(a)10 performers;
(b)a higher total number (but not exceeding 20) of performers as specified by the approving authority in relation to the particular live performance.
[S 585/2021 wef 10/08/2021]
(2)  Subject to paragraph (1A), a person staging a live performance must take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that at all times during the period of the live performance, every crew, and every performer in the live performance, are each wearing a mask during the period of the live performance if the crew or performer does not have a reasonable excuse to be unmasked.
[S 378/2021 wef 21/06/2021]
[S 538/2021 wef 22/07/2021]
[S 585/2021 wef 10/08/2021]
(3)  If any direction under regulation 19(3) is addressed to a person staging a particular live performance, the person must, as far as is reasonably practicable, establish and apply appropriate procedures and controls specially relating to that live performance to comply with that direction.
[S 327/2021 wef 16/05/2021]
[S 378/2021 wef 21/06/2021]
[S 538/2021 wef 22/07/2021]
[S 585/2021 wef 10/08/2021]