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)[Deleted by S 617/2021 wef 19/08/2021]
(b)every performer playing a wind musical instrument or singing (whether or not when wearing a mask) has a cleared status (general) or cleared status (special) that is current under the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 Access Restrictions and Clearance) Regulations 2021 and, within the period of 24 hours before the end of the period of the live performance —
(i)he or she undergoes an approved test or approved tests or a supervised self-administered antigen rapid test; and
(ii)his or her approved test result is treated under those Regulations either as negative for SARS-CoV-2 or an atypical finding for SARS-CoV-2, or the result from the supervised self-administered antigen rapid test shows no presence of SARS-CoV-2 in that individual; and
[S 65/2022 wef 01/02/2022]
(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]
(3)  For the purposes of this regulation —
“approved antigen rapid test” means an antigen rapid test performed in Singapore in relation to an individual using any of the test products specified in the Schedule to the Infectious Diseases (Antigen Rapid Test Providers) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 267/2021), the purpose of which is to test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in that individual;
“approved supervisor” means the person having the charge, management or control of the room or place where the live performance takes place or is to take place, either on the person’s own account or as agent of another person, during that period;
“supervised self-administered antigen rapid test” means —
(a)the individual removing a respiratory specimen from the lining of his or her oral or nasal passage under the supervision of an approved supervisor for the purpose of subjecting the respiratory specimen to an approved antigen rapid test under paragraph (b);
(b)the individual then subjecting, under the supervision of an approved supervisor, the respiratory specimen removed under paragraph (a) to an approved antigen rapid test for the purpose of testing for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in that individual; and
(c)the individual or approved supervisor then ascertaining the results of the approved antigen rapid test and recording the results, even if uncertain or invalid.
[S 65/2022 wef 01/02/2022]