PART 3 | ENTERING AND REMAINING IN RESTRICTED PLACES |
| Individual entering or remaining in restricted place |
9.—(1) Subject to regulation 13, an individual must not intentionally enter a restricted place during a restricted period of the restricted place if —| (a) | the individual does not have a cleared status when entering; and | | (b) | the individual —| (i) | knows that he or she does not have a cleared status when entering the restricted place during that restricted period; or | | (ii) | is reckless as to whether he or she has a cleared status when entering the restricted place during that restricted period. |
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(2) Subject to regulation 13, an individual must not intentionally remain in a restricted place at any time during a restricted period of the restricted place if —| (a) | the individual —| (i) | knows that he or she stops having a cleared status while within the restricted place during that restricted period; or | | (ii) | is reckless as to whether he or she continues having a cleared status while within the restricted place during that restricted period; and |
| | (b) | the individual stops having a cleared status while within the restricted place during that restricted period. |
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| (2A) [Deleted by S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] |
| (2B) [Deleted by S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] |
| (2C) [Deleted by S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] |
| (3) An individual who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. [S 310/2021 wef 08/05/2021] [S 324/2021 wef 16/05/2021] [S 317/2022 wef 19/04/2022] [S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] |
(4) Without limiting the meaning of “reasonable excuse” in regulation 2(1), a reasonable excuse for contravening this regulation includes entering or remaining in a restricted place during a restricted period of the restricted place in any of the following circumstances:| (a) | the individual did not know or could not reasonably have known that the place is a restricted place; | | (b) | the entry or remaining in the restricted place during the restricted period was to comply with a direction given to the individual by or on behalf of a public officer or a public body in exercise of a power under any written law. |
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| (5) However, a reasonable excuse for contravening this regulation does not include being ordinarily resident in a place of residence in which a room or place is a restricted place used for a solemnization of a marriage. [S 69/2022 wef 01/02/2022] |
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| Entrant must show proof of cleared status, etc., when asked |
10.—(1) Subject to regulation 13, an occupier of a restricted place or any contractor or employee of the occupier authorised for the purposes of this regulation may, before or during a restricted period of the restricted place, and only for the purpose of ensuring compliance with these Regulations, ask an entrant to the restricted place —| (a) | to state the entrant’s name and his or her reason for being in, or about to enter, the restricted place during that restricted period; | | (b) | to state whether or not the entrant has a cleared status to enter or remain in the restricted place during that restricted period or is an uncleared junior; and [S 590/2021 wef 10/08/2021] [S 317/2022 wef 19/04/2022] [S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] | | (c) | to provide evidence of the entrant’s cleared status for entering or remaining in the restricted place during that restricted period if the entrant is other than an uncleared junior. [S 590/2021 wef 10/08/2021] [S 317/2022 wef 19/04/2022] [S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] |
(2) An entrant to a restricted place must not, when asked by the occupier of the restricted premises or any contractor or employee of the occupier authorised under paragraph (1), intentionally refuse —| (a) | to state information asked for where that is within the knowledge of that entrant; or | | (b) | to provide evidence of the entrant’s cleared status for entering or remaining in the restricted place, where that is in the custody or under the control of the entrant. [S 317/2022 wef 19/04/2022] [S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] |
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| (3) An individual to whom a digital cleared status certificate is granted who holds, or produces or carries a mobile communication device or other electronic device on which the certificate is displayed for the purpose of complying with a request under paragraph (1)(c) is taken to have provided evidence of the entrant’s cleared status. [S 317/2022 wef 19/04/2022] [S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] |
(4) However, a digital cleared status certificate is not displayed for the purpose of complying with a request under paragraph (1)(c) by an occupier of a restricted place or any contractor or employee of the occupier (called the gatekeeper) to provide evidence of the entrant’s cleared status if —| (a) | the screen of the mobile communication device or other electronic device on which it is purportedly displayed is unable to be read by the gatekeeper to whom it is displayed due to cracking, dimming, dirt or any other fault, damage or obstruction; | | (b) | the entrant fails or refuses to comply with a reasonable request by the gatekeeper to whom it is purported to be displayed to facilitate the reading, copying or scanning of the whole or any part of the digital cleared status certificate; or [S 317/2022 wef 19/04/2022] [S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] | | (c) | the holder of the digital cleared status certificate refuses to comply with a reasonable direction to refresh the display of the digital cleared status certificate. [S 317/2022 wef 19/04/2022] [S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] |
[S 317/2022 wef 19/04/2022] [S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] |
| (5) To avoid doubt, an individual who displays or purports to display a digital cleared status certificate is not required to give or hand over, to a gatekeeper who is requiring the digital cleared status certificate to be produced, the mobile communication device or other electronic device on which the digital cleared status certificate is displayed or purported to be displayed. [S 317/2022 wef 19/04/2022] [S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] |
| (6) An individual who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. |
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| Signage requirement for restricted place |
11.—(1) An occupier of a restricted place must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that the signage requirement is complied with during the restricted period in relation to that restricted place.(1A) The signage requirement in relation to a restricted place that is a room or place within a place of residence used for a solemnization of a marriage means a requirement to give notice (orally, in writing or by electronic message) at least one hour before the start of the solemnization of the marriage, to every individual who is invited as a guest to the solemnization of the marriage or who is otherwise foreseeably likely to be present in the place of residence during the restricted period of the restricted place, that —| (a) | the room or place will be a restricted place and the restricted period of the restricted place; | | (b) | entry and remaining within the room or place during the restricted period is allowed only to individuals with a cleared status or to uncleared juniors from the same household; and | | (c) | entering or remaining within the room or place during the restricted period when without a cleared status is an offence if the individual is not a child who is below 13 years of age. |
[S 69/2022 wef 01/02/2022] |
(2) The signage requirement in relation to a place, building or premises that is any other restricted place means the requirement —| (a) | to display prominently at each point of entry to and exit from the restricted place (including an emergency exit) during the restricted period of the restricted place, a sign that includes a statement specifying that —| (i) | the place, building or premises (as the case may be) is a restricted place and the restricted period of the restricted place; | | (ii) | entry and remaining within the restricted place during the restricted period is allowed only to individuals with a cleared status or to uncleared juniors from the same household; and [S 590/2021 wef 10/08/2021] [S 317/2022 wef 19/04/2022] [S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] | | (iii) | entering or remaining within the restricted place during the restricted period when without a cleared status is an offence if the entrant is not a child who is below 13 years of age; and [S 590/2021 wef 10/08/2021] | | (iv) | [Deleted by S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] |
| | (b) | to clearly delineate the boundaries of the restricted place by means of markings, fencing, stanchion with barrier rope or tape, signs, walls, windows, partition, screens or other barriers, for the duration of the restricted period of the restricted place. |
[S 69/2022 wef 01/02/2022] |
| (3) An occupier of a restricted place who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000. |
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| Occupier’s rights unaffected |
12.—(1) To avoid doubt, this Part does not limit any other right of an occupier of a restricted place to disallow at any time an entrant entering or remaining in the restricted place, whether or not the entrant refused —| (a) | to state information asked for under regulation 10(1); or | | (b) | to provide evidence of the entrant’s cleared status for entering or remaining in the restricted place when asked under regulation 10(1). [S 317/2022 wef 19/04/2022] [S 474/2022 wef 14/06/2022] |
| (2) In addition, this Part does not entitle an entrant to a restricted place to enter or remain in the restricted place without the consent of the occupier of the restricted place. |
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| Cleared status requirement disapplied in certain cases |
13.—(1) Regulation 9(1) and (2) does not apply to or in relation to any of the following entrants:| (a) | an entrant to a restricted place who is an uncleared junior; | | (b) | an entrant to a bar or a retail food and drinks establishment who —| (i) | is a customer or visitor; and | | (ii) | collects food or drink from the bar or retail food and drinks establishment for consumption elsewhere not within the bar or retail food and drinks establishment. [S 69/2022 wef 01/02/2022] [S 326/2022 wef 26/04/2022] |
| | (c) | [Deleted by S 326/2022 wef 26/04/2022] |
(2) Without affecting paragraph (1), regulations 9 and 10 do not apply to or in relation to an entrant to a restricted place during a restricted period of the restricted place if the entrant enters or remains in the restricted place —| (a) | solely for any of the following purposes:| (i) | to comply with an order or a direction given by or on behalf of a public officer or a public body in exercise of a power under any written law; | | (ii) | to preserve or protect the entrant or another individual’s life, health, or safety in an emergency; [S 326/2022 wef 26/04/2022] | | (iii) | to seek a contract of employment or contract for service with the occupier of the restricted place; [S 326/2022 wef 26/04/2022] | | (iv) | to deliver goods or provide services connected to the business, undertaking or work of the occupier carried on at the restricted place; [S 326/2022 wef 26/04/2022] | | (v) | to work as a contractor or an employee for or with the occupier of the restricted place either in connection with the business, undertaking or work of the occupier carried on at the restricted place or to provide services in connection with the conduct of a live performance, sporting event, business event or private social event (as the case may be) taking place in the restricted place; [S 326/2022 wef 26/04/2022] |
| | (b) | in special circumstances connected with a particular live performance, sporting event or business event, where the risk to public health from disapplying regulations 9 and 10 to the entrant or entrants concerned is assessed by the Director as not of a substantial nature. |
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(3) In addition to paragraphs (1) and (2), where a restricted place is used for a live performance, sporting event or business event, regulations 9 and 10 do not apply to or in relation to an entrant to the restricted place during a restricted period of the restricted place if the entrant enters or remains in the restricted place —| (a) | where the restricted place is used for a nuptial event, solely as a celebrant by whom the marriage is or is to be solemnized at the nuptial event; | | (b) | where the restricted place is used for a sporting event, solely as —| (i) | an athlete or a contestant taking part or competing in a sporting activity at the sporting event that is a spectator sporting event; | | (ii) | an associate of an athlete or a contestant mentioned in sub-paragraph (i); | | (iii) | an official officiating at the sporting event; or | | (iv) | an umpire or a referee umpiring or refereeing the sporting activity played or engaged in at the sporting event; |
| | (c) | where the restricted place is used to stage a live performance, solely as a performer in the live performance or as crew; | | (d) | where the restricted place is used for a business event, solely as an individual whose duty is to regulate the interval between meetings, exhibitions or displays at the business event.| Examples of entrants excused from cleared status requirement |
| Staff deployed by the organiser of a science and technology conference to register delegates, usher delegates to allocated segregation zones or seats, or act as a safe distancing ambassador at the conference. |
| An official event photographer contracted by the organiser of an office furniture trade show to capture on film the opening ceremony of the trade show. |
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| Examples of entrants not excused from cleared status requirement |
| A journalist attending a professional competition soccer match to report on the match, even though the journalist may be invited to a media conference organised by the soccer team managers to interview the players at a media conference. |
| A sales director of a trade show organiser who engages with exhibitors who purchased from the organiser display space during the trade show, to provide customer support to exhibitors. |
| The best man at a nuptial event who doubles up as one of the photographers at the nuptial event proceedings. |
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[S 326/2022 wef 26/04/2022] |
(4) In this regulation —“associate”, in relation to any athlete or contestant taking part or competing in any sporting activity, means an individual who, in one or more of the following capacities, works with or treats one or more such athletes or contestants participating in, preparing for or competing in, the sporting activity:| (a) | an individual who supervises the training or instruction of an athlete or a contestant or who accompanies an athlete or a contestant into or onto the reserved playing area to give advice or assistance during a sporting competition (called in this regulation a coach or trainer); | | (b) | an individual who undertakes to represent the interests of an athlete or a contestant in procuring the engagement of the athlete or contestant as a participant or contestant in a sporting competition, or who directs or controls the sporting activities of any athlete or contestant, such as a manager; | | (c) | an individual who assists an athlete or a contestant as advised by a coach or trainer and who assists a coach or trainer in the preparation of an athlete or a contestant; | | (d) | a medical practitioner; | | (e) | a para-medical practitioner; |
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| “athlete”, “contestant”, “crew” and “live performance” have the respective meanings given by Part 2 of the Second Schedule; |
“official”, in relation to any sporting activity engaged in or played at a sporting event, means an individual who, in one or more of the following capacities, works with one or more athletes or contestants participating or competing in the sporting activity at the sporting event:| (a) | an individual who determines the points scored by each athlete or contestant in the sporting event, such as a judge; | | (b) | an individual who regulates the number and length of rounds, and the interval between rounds, of each round of competition or contest between particular athletes or contestants or particular teams of athletes or contestants, such as a timekeeper; |
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| “participation sporting event” and “spectator sporting event” have the respective meanings given by Part 2 of the Second Schedule. |
[S 326/2022 wef 26/04/2022] |
[S 991/2021 wef 01/01/2022] |
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