Environmental Public Health (Designation of Specified Premises) Order 2021

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No. S 532

Environmental Public Health Act

(CHAPTER 95)

Environmental Public Health
(Designation of Specified Premises)
Order 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 62A(2) of the Environmental Public Health Act, the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Environmental Public Health (Designation of Specified Premises) Order 2021 and comes into operation on 30 July 2021.

Definitions

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —

“active ageing and senior activity centre” means any premises that —

(a)	have regular operating hours; and
(b)	are used or intended to be used primarily for the provision of social or recreational activities for persons who are 60 years of age or older; [S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“adult disability home” means any premises that are used or intended to be used primarily for the lodging of, and the provision of residential care for, persons who —

(a)	have autism or any intellectual, physical or sensory disability or any combination of any such disabilities;
(b)	require care or assistance with respect to their personal needs or safety; and
(c)	are (at the time of admission) between the ages of 18 and 55 years;

“approved permanent premises” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;

[S 830/2023 wef 18/12/2023]

“assisted training and employment centre” means any premises that are used or intended to be used primarily for the provision of employment, or assisted vocational training, or both, for persons who —

(a)	have autism or any intellectual, physical or sensory disability or any combination of any such disabilities; and
(b)	are 18 years of age or older; [S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“canteen” means any food establishment licensed as a canteen under section 32 of the Act;

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“coffeeshop” means any food establishment licensed as a coffeeshop or an eating house under section 32 of the Act;

“crisis shelter” means any premises that —

(a)	are used or intended to be used primarily for the provision of temporary accommodation for victims of family violence; and
(b)	are operated by a person who is fully or partially funded by the Government to operate the premises; [S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“day activity centre” means any premises that are used or intended to be used primarily for the provision of non‑residential care for persons who —

(a)	have autism or any intellectual, physical or sensory disability or any combination of any such disabilities;
(b)	require care or assistance with respect to their personal needs or safety; and
(c)	are 18 years of age or older; [S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“disability hostel” means any premises that are used or intended to be used primarily for the lodging and training of persons who —

(a)	have autism or any intellectual, physical or sensory disability or any combination of any such disabilities; and
(b)	are (at the time of admission) between the ages of 18 and 55 years;

“early childhood development centre” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017;

[S 830/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“early intervention centre” and “early intervention programme” have the meanings given by regulation 2 of the Child Development Co-Savings Regulations (Rg 2);

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“EIPIC/PPIP early intervention centre” means any early intervention centre that —

(a)	provides an early intervention programme known as “Early Intervention Programme for Infants and Children (EIPIC)” or “Pilot for Private Intervention Providers (PPIP) programme”; and
(b)	is operated by a person who is fully or partially funded by the Government to provide any early intervention programme mentioned in paragraph (a); [S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“eldercare and social‑communal facility” means any premises (other than a healthcare institution) that are used or intended to be used primarily for —

(a)	the carrying out of facilitated care activities by; or
(b)	the provision of custodial care for,

persons who are 60 years of age or older;

“family violence” has the meaning given by section 64 of the Women’s Charter 1961;

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“food centre or market” means any premises (other than a food establishment that is licensed as a foodshop under section 32 of the Act) that —

(a)	are styled or described as a food centre or market;
(b)	contains multiple stalls; and
(c)	are used or intended to be used primarily for the sale, or the preparation, packing or storage for sale, of any food (whether cooked or uncooked) for human consumption;

“food court” means any food establishment licensed as a food court under section 32 of the Act;

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“Government school” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Education Act 1957;

[S 830/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“Government‑aided school” means a school (not being an independent school) that —

(a)	is established by a person other than the Government; and
(b)	is conducted by a committee of management which is in receipt of a grant‑in‑aid from the Government under the Education (Grant‑in‑Aid) Regulations (Rg 3) for the defraying of the expenses incurred for conducting the school; [S 830/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“healthcare institution” means any approved permanent premises for the provision of a licensable healthcare service under a licence granted under the Healthcare Services Act 2020;

[S 830/2023 wef 18/12/2023]

“home for children and young persons” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993;

[S 830/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“home for the aged” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Homes for the Aged Act 1988;

[S 830/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“independent school” means a school that is specified in —

(a)	any order made under section 3(1) of the School Boards (Incorporation) Act 1990; or [S 830/2023 wef 31/12/2021]
(b)	Part I of the Schedule to the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations (Rg 1); [S 830/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“language centre” means —

(a)	any educational institution organised and conducted directly by the Government and bearing the name “Ministry of Education Language Centre”; or
(b)	the Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre;

“licensable healthcare service” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;

[S 830/2023 wef 18/12/2023]

“madrasah” means a school specified in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Compulsory Education (Exemption) Order (O 1);

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“mental disorder” and “psychiatric institution” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008;

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“pre-university education” means education —

(a)	normally for a child who is 17 years of age or older but below 19 years of age; and
(b)	for the purpose of preparing the child for university education,

but does not include any education leading to the award of a diploma other than the diploma known as “International Baccalaureate Diploma”;

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“primary or secondary education” means education normally for a child who is 7 years of age or older but below 17 years of age;

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“private education institution” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Private Education Act 2009;

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“private education institution for children and young persons” means a private education institution that provides, or offers to provide —

(a)	full-time education at a standard that is preschool, or full‑time care, or both, to children below 7 years of age;
(b)	full-time primary or secondary education;
(c)	full-time pre-university education; or
(d)	full-time special education for persons with any physical or intellectual disability, or both; [S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“privately-funded school” means a school specified in the Private Education (Excluded Private Education Institutions) Notification 2010 (G.N. No. S 249/2010);

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“psychiatric facility” means any premises (other than a psychiatric institution) that are used or intended to be used primarily for the provision of custodial, psychiatric or rehabilitative care for persons who are suffering from mental disorder;

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“special education school” means a school specified in Part II of the Schedule to the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations (Rg 1);

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“specified educational institution” means an educational institution specified in Part III of the Schedule to the Education Endowment and Savings Schemes (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations;

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“student care centre” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Children and Young Persons Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 512/2020);

[S 268/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“welfare home” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Destitute Persons Act 1989.

[S 830/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

Designation of specified premises

3.—(1) Each class of premises specified in the first column of the Schedule is, with effect from and including the corresponding date specified in the second column of that Schedule, designated under section 62A(2) of the Act as specified premises.

(2) An Environmental Control Coordinator must be appointed for any specified premises described in the Schedule.

Made on 15 July 2021.

LEE CHUAN SENG

Chairman,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.

[C030/01/101; NEA/LD/176; AG/LEGIS/SL/95/2020/10 Vol. 1]

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