Alternative arrangements
19.—(1)  The approving authority may approve any indoor or outdoor place mentioned in regulation 5(2), waive (in whole or part) the requirement in regulation 6(1), 8(1) or (1A), 14(1)(a) or (b) or 16(1)(b) or (2)(b), or specify a higher number for regulation 9(b), 10(1) or (1A)(b), 13(1)(a)(i) or (ii) or 15(1)(a), in respect of a particular live performance only —
(a)on the application of the person staging the live performance or the occupier of a live performance venue where the live performance is taking place or both; and
(b)if he or she is personally satisfied that all the matters in paragraph (2) apply.
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(2)  The matters an approving authority must be satisfied are as follows:
(a)the person staging the live performance and the occupier of the live performance venue concerned —
(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 approved, waived or specified;
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(ii)have established an adequate plan on how to manage or control those risks; and
(iii)have the relevant knowledge, competency, experience and suitable compliance record connected with safe management measures for live performances of the same nature as the particular live performance;
(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 approved, waived or specified, besides the Main Control Order and these Regulations;
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(c)the granting of the approval, waiver or specifying a higher number (as the case may be) 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;
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(d)for a live performance in an outdoor place mentioned in regulation 5(2) —
(i)the adequacy of the demarcation and the suitability of the layout of the outdoor place, particularly the manner of access and entrances to and exits from the place and the types of access controls at each entrance and exit (where applicable) —
(A)for securing compliance, by audience members attending and performers at that live performance, with the requirements of the Main Control Order and these Regulations; and
(B)for addressing the risk of a large gathering of individuals which may be present for the purpose of transiting through the outdoor place; and
(ii)the type of live performance and how it may interact with other activities lawfully taking place in the vicinity of that outdoor place, particularly the requirements of the Main Control Order and these Regulations in relation to those activities.
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(3)  Any granting of an approval, waiving of a requirement or specifying a higher number (as the case may be) under paragraph (1) by the approving authority in respect of a particular live performance may be accompanied by directions addressed to the person staging the live performance or the occupier of the live performance venue or both, containing —
(a)variations of any requirements in the Main Control Order or these Regulations in relation to that particular live performance;
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(aa)a requirement for enhanced entry controls to be established and maintained at the live performance venue, during the period of the live performance; or
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(b)other measures in respect of that live performance 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,
so as to mitigate the significant risks to the incidence and transmission of COVID‑19 in the community in Singapore associated with the matter approved, waived or specified, which may include more stringent requirements than in these Regulations.
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