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MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE
PORT MARINE CIRCULAR
No. 23 of 2020
16 April 2020
Harbour Craft Community
Pleasure Craft Community
Shipping Community
COVID-19 (TEMPORARY MEASURES) (CONTROL ORDER) REGULATIONS 2020
Singapore’s Ministry of Health has announced additional stringent measures
for COVID-19 – please refer to Annex A for the press release dated 14 April 2020.
2 This circular brings to your attention the requirements for operators of harbour
craft and pleasure craft, and vessels in port to comply with the COVID-19 (Temporary
Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020. The Regulations are in Annex B. All
requirements in the Regulations must be complied with, and the following are
highlighted for your attention:
a) Every individual must wear a mask when not in his or her ordinary place of
residence. However, he or she need not wear the mask when carrying out,
in the course of employment, an activity that requires that no mask may be
worn or that the mask must be removed to carry out that activity. Examples
of such activity are welding and diving.
b) Only essential service providers are permitted to operate, within the
conditions in the Regulations. Part 3A of the Regulations, entitled
“REQUIREMENTS IN RELATION TO ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
AND ESSENTIAL SERVICE WORKERS” apply particularly to essential
service providers.
3 There are also requirements on the occupier of permitted premises, i.e.
premises where an essential service provider ordinarily carries on its business or work,
such as taking body temperature and contact details of individuals entering the
permitted premises.
CAPT KEVIN WONG
PORT MASTER
MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE
ANNEX A
MOH’S PRESS RELEASE ON THE CONTINUED STRINGENT IMPLEMENTATION
& ENFORCEMENT OF CIRCUIT BREAKER MEASURES, DATED 14 APRIL 2020
- The Multi-Ministry Taskforce has introduced stringent measures as part of a nation-wide circuit
breaker to break the chain of COVID-19 transmissions since 7 April 2020. The Taskforce will now
make the wearing of masks mandatory for anyone leaving their home. Safe distancing measures for
workplaces that continue to operate will also be enhanced.
Update on Circuit Breaker measures
- Since the start of the circuit breaker measures, Singaporeans have made significant efforts to
stay home and reduce movements and interactions except for essential purposes. Public transport
ridership and traffic volume have dropped by more than 70%. Similarly, close to 80% of the workforce
are now working from home. There are visibly fewer people outside of their homes, with only an
estimated 30% to 40% of individuals out and about on weekdays, and 20% to 30% on weekends.
- Nearly 3,000 enforcement officers and ambassadors from over 30 agencies have been deployed
daily to public spaces in HDB estates across the island, to ensure that safe distancing measures are
observed. Crowd control measures were put in place to limit entry to popular parks and wet markets.
At some of these hotspots, foot traffic has come down by up to 50%. Public spaces including
stadiums, playgrounds, fitness corners, beaches, open fields and elderly activity corners have been
cordoned off to prevent gatherings. Drones have also been deployed in selected parks and nature
areas to monitor visitorship. Specific areas such as open lawns and park connectors were temporarily
closed when crowds were high.
- Since 7 April 2020, more than 6,200 warnings and over 500 fines were issued to individuals who
flouted the safe distancing measures. Strict enforcement will continue against individuals as well as
essential service providers, owners or occupiers who flout the rules, putting others in danger.
Composition offers of $300 for the first offence and $1000 for the second offence will be issued, and
egregious cases will be prosecuted in court.
- Enforcement officers have observed greater compliance with safe distancing measures over the
past week. However, there is no room for complacency. While the rise in number of cases daily can
be largely attributed to foreign workers living in the dormitories, there are still cases arising from within
the community, including at workplace premises. We must make this circuit breaker period count, and
tighten where there are areas of risk.
Mask up when out
- The Multi-Ministry Taskforce updated its guidance on masks on 3 April 2020 based on the latest
scientific advice. We have also completed the distribution of reusable masks to residents in
Singapore.
- The Taskforce has now decided to take a further step and make it mandatory for all persons to
wear a mask when leaving their homes. The general public is still advised to stay home and avoid
going out. However, for those who need to go out for work or to purchase necessities, it is difficult to
avoid contact completely, including with infected persons who may not show any symptoms. The
wearing of masks is therefore an important precaution we can all take.
- Everyone must wear a mask when outside of their homes. This applies on public transport, taxis,
private hire cars, walking to or at markets, and also for essential workers at all workplace premises,
whether they are frontline staff (such as food handlers, cashiers and bus drivers) or performing back
office functions (such as data entry personnel and payroll executives). Individuals may remove their
mask while engaging in strenuous exercise outdoors (e.g. running/ jogging), but they must put it back
on after completing exercise. Mask-wearing is not recommended for young children below the age of
two for child safety reasons. Medical experts have also advised that some groups may have
difficulties wearing a mask, including children with special needs and young children aged two and
above, and we will exercise flexibility in enforcement for these groups.
- This requirement will be in effect during this circuit breaker period. First-time offenders will be
issued composition offers of $300, and repeat offenders will face higher fines or prosecution in court
for egregious cases.
Enhanced measures for workplaces which remain open
- When we started the Circuit Breaker, the Multi-Ministry Taskforce was mindful not to disrupt
supply chains and essential services needed for daily living. We have also cleared many of the
appeal cases over the past week, so that the key upstream suppliers to essential firms will not be
impacted. We will take a closer look to tighten the list of companies that are still operating. We aim to
further reduce the number of workers that have to continue to go to work, so that more can stay at
home, and we can minimise people movement.
- For workplace premises which remain open, cross-deployment or movement of workers across
different workplace premises (e.g. different branches) will be disallowed. Employers and on-site
managers must ensure that this is complied with, to avoid transmissions across workplace premises.
There should also be no physical interactions between teams working in different locations. For
essential service providers who need to move between different locations to perform their services
(e.g. IT support, maintenance, logistics, community nurses making house visits), safe distancing
measures must be complied to.
- Employers and on-site managers are also required to implement strict safe distancing
measures within their premises, and for company-arranged transport, to reduce social interactions
among workers during their course of work, as well as during their meal and break times. Employers
and on-site managers should ensure that workers on-site are wearing masks.
- The Ministry of Manpower and other enforcement agencies will continue with inspections and
take appropriate enforcement actions against non-compliant workplaces. First-time offences by
essential service providers, owners or occupiers will be issued composition offers of $1000, and
repeat offenders will face higher fines or prosecution in court for egregious cases. Essential service
providers may be required to suspend their operations should any of their staff working on the
premises become infected.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
14 APRIL 2020
ANNEX B
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FirstpublishedintheGovernmentGazette,ElectronicEdition,on7April2020at11.59pm.
No. S 254
COVID-19 (TEMPORARY MEASURES) ACT 2020
(ACT 14 OF 2020)
COVID-19 (TEMPORARY MEASURES)
(CONTROL ORDER) REGULATIONS 2020
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
Regulation
PART 1A
BASELINE RESTRICTION
3A. Masks must be worn when outside
PART 2
RESTRICTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS
PART 3
RESTRICTIONS IN RELATION TO PREMISES
AND BUSINESSES
10A. Limiting of capacity
10B. Obligations of occupiers of permitted premises
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Regulation
13A. Requirements for specified hostels
13B. Requirements for funeral parlours, etc.
PART 3A
REQUIREMENTS IN RELATION TO ESSENTIAL SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICE WORKERS
13C. Application of this Part
13D. Essential service provider to implement telecommuting
13DA. No cross-deployment of essential service workers, etc.
13E. Safedistancingmeasuresforessentialserviceworkersandother
individuals
13F. Prohibition of activities
13G. Communication by essential service provider
13H. Essential service worker subject to movement control measure
not to go to work
13I. Safe distancing requirement for transport of essential service
workers
13J. Essential service worker and individual must comply with
requirements and directions
PART 4
MISCELLANEOUS
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(1) of the
COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, the Minister for Health
makes the following Regulations:
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PART 1
PRELIMINARY
Citation and period in force
1.—(1) These Regulations are the COVID-19 (Temporary
Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations are in force for the period between 7 April
2020 and 4 May 2020 (both dates inclusive).
Definitions
2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires —
“boarding premises” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of
theForeignEmployeeDormitoriesAct2015(Act3of2015);
“commonproperty”hasthemeaninggivenbysection3(1)ofthe
Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158);
“contractor”, “occupier” and “principal” have the meanings
givenbysection4(1)oftheWorkplaceSafetyandHealthAct
(Cap. 354A);
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
“designated place” means any premises owned by the
Government or a public body, or private premises, that the
Minister designates as an alternative place of
accommodation;
“Director” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Infectious
Diseases Act (Cap. 137);
“earlychildhooddevelopmentcentre”hasthemeaninggivenby
section 2 of the Early Childhood Development Centres
Act 2017 (Act 19 of 2017);
“employee” and “employer” have the meanings given by
section 6 of the Workplace Safety and Health Act;
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
“enforcement officer” means a person appointed under
section 35(1) of the Act;
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“essential service” means —
(a) any provision of goods or services by the
Government or any public body in the exercise of
its public functions; or
(b) any provision of goods or services specified on the
prescribed website;
“essential service provider” means —
(a) the Government or any public body;
(b) a person who provides any essential service; or
(c) a person who is given permission by the Minister
chargedwiththeresponsibility fordomestic business
policies to provide certain goods or services, for the
period or from the date stated in the permit;
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
“essential service worker”, in relation to an essential service
provider —
(a) means an employee of the essential service provider;
and
(b) where the essential service provider is a principal,
includesacontractor,asubcontractororanemployee
of a contractor or subcontractor of the essential
service provider, where the contractor, subcontractor
or employee (as the case may be) works under the
direction of the essential service provider as to the
manner in which the work is carried out;
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“event” includes a meeting or gathering of any nature;
“foreignemployee”hasthemeaninggivenbysection2(1)ofthe
Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015;
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
“management corporation” has the meaning given by
section 3(1) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act;
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“mask” includes any paper, textile or plastic covering designed
or made to be worn over the nose and mouth to provide the
wearer protection against infections or air pollution;
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“movementcontrolmeasure”,inrelationtoanindividual,means
a requirement for the individual not to leave a place of
accommodation because of —
(a) an order made under regulation 3(1) of the Infectious
Diseases (COVID-19 — Stay Orders)
Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 182/2020);
(b) regulation 3(2) of the Infectious Diseases
(COVID-19 — Stay Orders) Regulations 2020; or
(c) an order under section 15 or 17 of the Infectious
Diseases Act;
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
[Deleted by S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020]
“permitted premises” means any premises where an essential
service provider ordinarily carries on any business,
undertaking or work, or any other premises at which the
person is permitted by the Minister charged with the
responsibility for domestic business policies to provide
certaingoodsorservices,butexcludesanyvehicleoraircraft;
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
[S273/2020wef15/04/2020]
“prescribed website” means the Internet website of the
Government at
https://covid.gobusiness.gov.sg/essentialservices/;
“public body” means a body corporate established by a public
Act for the purposes of a public function;
[Deleted by S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020]
“public path” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the
Active Mobility Act 2017 (Act 3 of 2017);
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“room” means any area within a building that is fully enclosed
on all sides;
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“specified dormitory” means any boarding premises that
provides accommodation to 7 or more foreign employees
and that is not a specified hostel;
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“specified hostel” means any premises providing
accommodation for guests, on land approved for use as a
backpackers’hostel,boardinghouseorguesthouseunderthe
Planning Act (Cap. 232);
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[S273/2020wef15/04/2020]
“specified school” means —
(a) a school in receipt of grant-in-aid under the
Education (Grant-in-Aid) Regulations (Cap. 87,
Rg 3);
(b) a school specified in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to
the Compulsory Education (Exemption) Order
(Cap. 51, O 1);
(c) a school specified in Part II of the Schedule to the
Education Endowment and Savings Schemes
(Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations (Cap. 87A,
Rg 1); or
(d) any of the following universities:
(i) National University of Singapore;
(ii) Nanyang Technological University;
(iii) Singapore Institute of Technology;
(iv) Singapore Management University;
(v) Singapore University of Social Sciences;
(vi) Singapore University of Technology and
Design;
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“specified symptom” means any of the following symptoms:
(a) coughing;
(b) sneezing;
(c) breathlessness;
(d) a runny nose;
“subdivided building” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of
the Land Titles (Strata) Act;
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
[S273/2020wef15/04/2020]
“symptomaticcase”meansanindividualwhoisfebrileorshows
any specified symptom.
[S273/2020wef15/04/2020]
[Deleted by S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020]
(2) Where an individual is not ordinarily resident in Singapore, the
individual’s ordinary place of residence in Singapore is, for the
purposes of these Regulations, the place of accommodation at which
the individual was staying immediately before 7 April 2020.
Application
(a) the Government or any public body, save where provided
expressly;
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(b) a specified school; or
(c) anyearlychildhooddevelopmentcentrelicensedunderthe
Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017.
PART 1A
BASELINE RESTRICTION
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Masks must be worn when outside
3A.—(1) Every individual —
(a) must wear a mask over the individual’s nose and mouth at
all times when the individual is not in his or her ordinary
place of residence; and
(b) must ensure that every child of 2 years of age and above
and who is escorted by the individual, wears a mask over
the child’s nose and mouth at all times, when not in the
child’s or individual’s ordinary place of residence.
(2) However, paragraph (1) does not apply —
(a) when the individual or child is engaging in any strenuous
physical exercise;
Examples of strenuous exercise
Jogging or running but not walking.
(b) when lawfully directed by a person to remove the mask in
order to ascertain the identity of the individual or child;
(c) when travelling in a motor car or van alone or where the
driver and every other passenger in the motor car or van
ordinarily lives with the individual in the same place of
residence; or
(d) when carrying out, in the course of employment, an
activity that requires that no mask may be worn, or that it
must be removed in order that other equipment may be
worn or used, to carry out that activity.
Examples
Welding or diving.
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PART 2
RESTRICTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS
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Restrictions on leaving or entering place of residence
4.—(1) This regulation does not apply to an individual who is
subject to a movement control measure.
(2) Subjecttoparagraph(3)andregulation5,everyindividualmust
stay at or in, and not leave, his or her ordinary place of residence in
Singapore.
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(3) Subject to paragraph (3A), an individual may leave the
individual’s ordinary place of residence only to do directly with all
reasonable speed, any or a combination of one or more of the
following:
(a) to work for or with an essential service provider, a
specifiedschooloranearlychildhooddevelopmentcentre;
(b) to procure any goods or services from an essential service
provider, an early childhood development centre or a
specified school;
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
(c) to obtain —
(i) medical treatment for a suspected COVID-19
infection at a hospital, medical clinic or any other
place,designatedbytheDirectorforthetreatmentof
COVID-19; or
(ii) medical treatment that is of a pressing nature;
(ca) if any of the following circumstances exist, to bring the
individual’s child daily to and from the individual’s place
of residence to the place of residence of any of the child’s
grandparents, for the care of the child:
(i) the individual and the other parent orguardian of the
child each works for or with a person mentioned in
sub-paragraph (a);
(ii) the individual or the individual’s spouse (if the
spouse ordinarily resides in the same place of
residence) is a healthcare worker;
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(iii) theindividualortheindividual’sspouseworksforor
withapersonmentionedinsub-paragraph(a)andthe
child is below 3 years of age;
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(cb) if any of the following circumstances exist, to go to the
placeofresidenceoftheindividual’sgrandchildtocarefor
the child:
(i) thechild’sparentsorguardianeachworksfororwith
a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a);
(ii) one of the child’s parents or the child’s guardian is a
healthcare worker;
(iii) one of the child’s parents or the child’s guardian
works for or with a person mentioned in
sub-paragraph (a) and the child is below 3 years of
age;
[S273/2020wef15/04/2020]
(cc) where sub-paragraph (ca) or (cb) does not apply, to bring
the individual’s child to another place of residence where
thechildistobecaredfor,ortomovetothechild’splaceof
residence to care for the child;
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(d) to walk, run, cycle or engage in other similar exercise at
any of the following places, either alone or with any other
individual living in the same place of residence as the
individual:
(i) on a length of path that is a public path;
(ii) in a green or an open space that is managed or
maintained by the Government or a public body and
is accessible to the general public without payment
of any fee;
[S273/2020wef15/04/2020]
(e) totransfer temporarycustody orcareofachild pursuantto
anyagreementregardingtheaccessrightsofaparentofthe
child, or in discharge of a legal obligation;
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
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(f) to assist an individual in activities of daily living where no
alternative care arrangements for that individual are
available, being an individual with disability, or who is
60 years of age and above;
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(g) toreportforenlistmentorserviceundertheEnlistmentAct
(Cap. 93);
(h) to report to any law enforcement officer or to attend at any
court in accordance with any warrant, summons or order
made under any written law or order of a court;
(i) to comply with an order of a court or a direction given in
exercise of a power under any written law;
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(ia) to attend a funeral or funeral wake;
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(j) to seek or render help in an emergency;
(k) to move from the individual’s ordinary place of residence
to stay in another accommodation in substitution of the
firstmentioned place of residence as the individual’s
ordinary place of residence;
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(l) to leave Singapore;
(m) to do anything reasonably connected with and for the
purposes of the matters in sub-paragraphs (a) to (l).
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(3A) Where the individual’s ordinary place of residence is a
specified dormitory or specified hostel, paragraph (3) applies subject
to any measures implemented by the person operating or managing
the specified dormitory or specified hostel in accordance with the
requirements in regulation 13 or 13A, as the case may be.
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(3B) Whereanychildhasbeenbroughtfromaplaceofresidenceto
another place of residence under paragraph (3)(cc), an individual
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mustnotbringthechildbacktothefirstmentioned place ofresidence
or to any other place of residence.
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(3C) Where any individual has moved from the individual’s place
of residence to another place of residence to care for any child in that
place under paragraph (3)(cc), the individual must not move back to
the firstmentioned place of residence or to any other place of
residence.
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(4) An individual must not permit any other individual to enter his
or her ordinary place of residence for any reason other than —
(a) to enable an essential service provider to supply goods or
services;
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(b) for any purpose connected with paragraph (3)(ca), (cb),
(cc), (e), (i) or (k);
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(c) to receive any assistance mentioned in paragraph (3)(f); or
(d) to receive help in an emergency mentioned in
paragraph (3)(j).
Alternative place of residence
residence because to do so poses a serious risk of transmission of
COVID-19 to the individual or to other individuals staying there, an
enforcement officer may direct the individual to stay at another
designated place for a specified period or until the risk of
transmission has abated, and that designated place is treated as the
individual’s place of residence for that period for the purposes of
regulations 4, 6 and 7.
Prohibition on social gatherings
individual must not meet another individual not living in the same
place of residence for any social purpose.
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Individuals to keep safe distance
7.—(1) Every individual must keep a distance of at least one metre
from any other individual in any public place or common property of
any subdivided building, except in —
(a) [Deleted by S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020]
(b) any motor vehicle or other mode of conveyance; or
(c) any premises used in connection with the provision of
public passenger transport services by road or rail.
[S273/2020wef15/04/2020]
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(2) An individual must not, in any public place other than a public
place mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) —
(a) sitonaseatthatisnotfixedtothefloorandthatislessthan
one metre away from another seated individual in the
public place;
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(b) sit on a fixed seat in the public place that is demarcated as
not to be occupied; or
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(c) stand in a queue less than one metre away from another
individual in the queue in the public place.
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Restriction on use of sports or recreation facilities
(a) in the common property of a subdivided building; or
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(b) in any public place, except at a green or an open space that
is managed or maintained by the Government or a public
body and is accessible to the general public without
payment of any fee.
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PART 3
RESTRICTIONS IN RELATION TO PREMISES
AND BUSINESSES
Closure of premises
9.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, an
owner or occupier of any premises other than residential premises
must ensure that the premises are closed to entry by any individual.
(1A) Paragraph (1) does not apply where an individual enters the
premises to carry out such works as are necessary to avoid any
imminent injury or damage to property within the premises.
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(2) Themanagement corporationof anyresidential premises which
is a subdivided building must close any swimming pool, gym, sauna,
function room, barbecue pit or any other sports or recreation facility,
whether or not it is in an enclosed area, that is in or on the common
property of that building.
Essential service providers permitted to operate
10.—(1) An essential service provider may continue to carry out
thebusiness,undertakingorworkoftheessentialserviceprovider—
(a) at the permitted premises of the essential service provider;
(b) with the prior permission of the Minister charged with the
responsibility for domestic business policies; and
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
(c) inaccordancewiththerestrictionsforthattypeofbusiness,
undertakingorworkspecifiedontheprescribedwebsiteor
any conditions imposed in the permission mentioned in
sub-paragraph (b).
(2) [Deleted by S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020]
Limiting of capacity
10A.—(1) An owner or occupier of any shopping centre in which
there are permitted premises must take all reasonable steps to ensure
that the number of customers and other individuals within the
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shopping centre at any one time does not exceed the prescribed
threshold for the shopping centre.
(2) In this regulation —
“gross floor area” has the same meaning as “floor area” in
rule 2(1) of the Planning (Development Charges) Rules
(Cap. 232, R 5);
“prescribed threshold”, in relation to any shopping centre,
means one person per 16 square metres of the shopping
centre, computed by dividing the gross floor area (expressed
in square metres) of the shopping centre by 16.
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Obligations of occupiers of permitted premises
10B. An occupier of permitted premises must take the following
measures:
(a) asfarasisreasonablypracticable,allownaturalventilation
of the permitted premises during working hours;
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(b) as far as is reasonably practicable, take the body
temperature of every individual entering the permitted
premises, in order to determine whether the individual is a
symptomatic case;
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(c) as far as is reasonably practicable, obtain and keep the
contact particulars of every individual (other than an
essential service worker who ordinarily works in the
permitted premises), before allowing the individual to
enter the permitted premises, so as to facilitate contact
tracing measures;
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(d) refuse entry to the permitted premises of any individual
whom the occupier knows or has reason to believe is a
symptomatic case, or who refuses to comply with any
measure mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c);
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(e) whereanyindividualinthepermittedpremisesisfoundby
the occupier to be a symptomatic case, do any of the
following as far as is reasonably practicable:
(i) provide the individual with a surgical or other mask
and require the individual to wear the mask;
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(ii) require the individual to immediately leave the
permitted premises;
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(iii) if the individual is not able to immediately leave the
premises, isolate the individual;
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(f) refuse entry into the permitted premises of an individual
whom the occupier knows or has reason to believe is
subject to a movement control measure;
(g) as far as is reasonably practicable, refuse entry into the
permitted premises by an individual for any purpose other
than to work for, supply an essential service to, procure
goods or services from or otherwise deal with the essential
service provider.
[S273/2020wef15/04/2020]
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
Non-essential service provider may only work from home
an essential service provider must not carry on any business,
undertaking or work in any premises other than at the person’s
ordinary place of residence, and only through means that do not
require meeting any other individual in person.
[S273/2020wef15/04/2020]
Safe distancing for seating and queues
premises)andanessentialserviceproviderinrelationtoitspermitted
premises must take all reasonable steps —
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(a) where seating is provided —
(i) if the seating is not fixed to the floor of the
premises — to ensure that each seat is at least one
metre away from any other seat at all times; or
(ii) if the seating is fixed to the floor of the premises —
to ensure that alternate seats are demarcated as seats
not to be occupied; and
(b) where individuals may form a queue or wait in an area in
the premises for any reason — to apply practices that
ensure that every individual in the queue or area is at least
one metre away from any other individual in the queue or
area.
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
Requirements for specified dormitories
take all reasonable steps to ensure all of the following:
(a) that access to shared facilities in the specified dormitory is
controlled in order to minimise physical interaction
between individuals staying in different rooms;
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(aa) subject to paragraph (f), that the time at which each
individual may leave the specified dormitory is controlled
inordertominimisetheincidencesofindividualswhostay
in different rooms leaving at the same time;
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(b) records are kept of each individual who leaves the
specified dormitory each day and the purpose for which
the individual is leaving the specified dormitory;
(c) that the following are applied to every individual before
entering or leaving the specified dormitory:
(i) the body temperature of the individual is taken in
order to determine whether the individual is febrile;
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(ii) the individual is examined without physical contact
to visually ascertain whether the individual shows
any specified symptom;
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(d) [Deleted by S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020]
(e) any individual who is a symptomatic case —
(i) wears a surgical or other mask over the individual’s
nose and mouth at all times; and
(ii) is moved to a room where the individual is isolated
from other individuals who are not symptomatic
cases;
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(f) an individual who is a symptomatic case obtains medical
treatment as soonas practicable after the onset of the fever
or exhibition of the specified symptom;
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(g) no gatherings or events of any nature are held in the
specified dormitory;
(h) [Deleted by S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020]
(i) to keep the specified dormitory in a safe and sanitary
condition.
Requirements for specified hostels
13A. A person operating or managing a specified hostel must take
all reasonable steps to ensure all of the following:
(a) that access to shared facilities in the specified hostel is
controlled in order to minimise physical interaction
between individuals staying in different rooms;
(b) that records are kept of each individual who leaves the
specified hostel each day;
(c) that the following are applied to every individual before
entering or leaving the specified hostel:
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(i) the body temperature of the individual is taken in
order to determine whether the individual is febrile;
(ii) the individual is examined without physical contact
to visually ascertain whether the individual shows
any specified symptom;
(d) that any individual who is a symptomatic case —
(i) wears a surgical or other mask over the individual’s
nose and mouth at all times while in the specified
hostel; and
(ii) is moved to and isolated in a room away from other
individuals resident in the same specified hostel;
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(e) an individual who is a symptomatic case obtains medical
treatment as soonas practicable after the onset of the fever
or exhibition of the specified symptom;
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(f) no gatherings or events of any nature are held in the
specified hostel;
(g) exceptwhereparagraph(h)applies,thateachbedprovided
for occupation in the specified hostel is at least one metre
away from another bed provided for such occupation,
whether or not they are occupied;
(h) where a bunk bed is provided at the specified hostel, that
only one level of the bunk bed is permitted for occupation
and each occupied level of a bunk bed is not adjacent to an
occupied level of an adjacent bunk bed;
(i) tokeepthespecifiedhostelinasafeandsanitarycondition.
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
Requirements for funeral parlours, etc.
13B. An owner or occupier of a funeral parlour or any other
premises forthe time being usedfora funeral wakeor funeral (called
in this regulation a specified place) must take all reasonable steps to
ensure that —
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(a) there are not more than 10 individuals in any room within
the specified place at any time; and
(b) the measures mentioned in regulation 12 are implemented
in relation to the specified place.
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
PART 3A
REQUIREMENTS IN RELATION TO ESSENTIAL SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICE WORKERS
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
Application of this Part
13C.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this Part applies only to —
(a) an employer or a principal that is an essential service
provider(otherthantheGovernmentorapublicbody);and
(b) in relation to the permitted premises at which an essential
service provider (other than the Government or a public
body) is permitted to carry on its business, undertaking or
work.
(2) However, this Part does not affect —
(a) anyhospital,clinicorotherhealthcareinstitutionorfacility
for the reception, lodging, treatment or care of individuals
requiring medical treatment;
(b) any premises exempted under paragraph 2 of the
Workplace Safety and Health (Exemption) Order
(Cap. 354A, O 1); and
(c) any place of residence at which the business, undertaking
or work of an essential service provider is being carried
out.
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Essential service provider to implement telecommuting
13D. Every essential service provider must —
(a) provide the facilities necessary for every essential service
workerwhoisnotonleavetoworkintheworker’splaceof
residence in Singapore; and
(b) directeveryessentialserviceworkerwhoisnotonleaveto
work in the worker’s place of residence,
unless it is not reasonably practicable to do so.
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No cross-deployment of essential service workers, etc.
13DA.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to —
(a) every essential service provider providing goods or
services from 2 or more fixed permitted premises but not
if the movement of its essential service workers is integral
to the provision of those goods or services (such as a
transporterofgoodsorapublicpassengertransportservice
provider); and
(b) every individual who is authorised by an essential service
provider in sub-paragraph (a) to have control or
management of any permitted premises (called in this
regulation a branch manager).
(2) An essential service provider, and a branch manager of an
essentialserviceprovider,mustnotdeploy,transferorotherwisepost,
or cause or allow to be deployed, transferred or posted, any relevant
essential service worker of the essential service provider to work in
any permitted premises of the essential service provider at which the
worker was not, immediately before 15 April 2020, working.
(3) In this regulation, “relevant essential service worker”, in
relation to an essential service provider, means any individual —
(a) who works with or for the essential service provider; and
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(b) whose nature of work does not require the individual to
transport goods or to perform a service between different
permitted premises.
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Safe distancing measures for essential service workers and
other individuals
13E.—(1) An essential service provider must implement the
following measures in respect of every essential service worker of
theessential service providerwhenatwork,orother individual atthe
permitted premises:
(a) as far as is reasonably practicable, essential service
workers are grouped and deployed to work in 2 or more
groups so as to minimise physical interaction between the
workers in the different groups when of the essential
service provider when at work;
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(aa) as far as is reasonably practicable, physical interaction
betweenessentialserviceworkersworkinginthepermitted
premises is minimised;
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(ab) as far as is reasonably practicable, every essential service
worker at work wears a mask, except where
regulation 3A(2)(b) or (d) applies;
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(b) as far as is reasonably practicable, essential service
workers who are required to work in the permitted
premises do not all arrive at and leave the permitted
premises at the same time;
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(c) any essential service worker who exhibits any specified
symptom or is otherwise physically unwell is required to
report, immediately upon the onset of the symptom or
feelingphysically unwell,totheessential serviceprovider,
either directly or indirectly through one or more other
persons appointed by the essential service provider for the
purpose of receiving the report;
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(d) the essential service provider takes reasonable steps to
ensurethatthereisadistanceofatleastonemetrebetween
any 2 individuals in the permitted premises (other than a
public place).
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(2) An essential service provider must implement the following
measures in respect of any individual (not being an essential service
worker) who seeks entry to the permitted premises (other than a
public place):
(a) limitentryofindividualstothepermittedpremisesonlyfor
the purpose of —
(i) procuring or delivering goods or services connected
to the business, undertaking or work of the essential
service provider; or
(ii) providing any other essential service to the essential
service workers at the permitted premises;
(b) ensure that the individuals mentioned in
sub-paragraph (a) —
(i) do not arrive at the permitted premises at the same
time;
(ii) do not remain in the permitted premises for a longer
period than necessary for their duties; and
(iii) keep a distance of at least one metre away from any
other individual (whether or not also an essential
service worker) at the permitted premises.
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Prohibition of activities
13F. An essential service provider must not hold or allow the
holding of any event that involves any meeting in person between an
essential service worker and any other individual, except —
(a) for any purpose critical to the essential service provider’s
business or operations; or
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(b) forprofessionalorvocationaltraining,testing,certification
or accreditation of an essential service worker.
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Communication by essential service provider
13G. An essential service provider must, as far as is reasonably
practicable —
(a) communicate to all essential service workers the
arrangements, steps or other measures mentioned in
regulations 13D, 13DA, 13E, 13F and 13J that apply to
them; and
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(b) communicatetoallindividuals(otherthanessentialservice
workers) the measures mentioned in regulations 13E(1)(d)
and (2) and 13F that apply to them.
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
[S273/2020wef15/04/2020]
Essential service worker subject to movement control measure
not to go to work
13H. An essential service provider must not require or permit an
essential service worker who is subject to a movement control
measure to enter the permitted premises.
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
Safe distancing requirement for transport of essential service
workers
13I.—(1) An employer who —
(a) is an essential service provider; and
(b) provides or arranges to be provided private transport by
any motor vehicle for the employees who are essential
service workers of the employer,
musttakeallreasonablestepstoensurethateverysuchworker,when
carried in that motor vehicle, is seated or standing at least one metre
awayfromanotherseatedorstandingpassengerinthatmotorvehicle
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during transport to or from their workplaces or when at work or to or
from any other place permitted under regulation 4(3).
(2) The following persons must take all reasonable steps to ensure
that every essential service worker, when carried in a motor vehicle,
is seated or standing at least one metre away from another seated or
standingpassengerinthemotorvehicleduringtransportinthatmotor
vehicle:
(a) a person who provides private transport by that motor
vehicle for essential service workers pursuant to an
arrangement with an employer of those essential service
workers mentioned in paragraph (1);
(b) a driver of that motor vehicle used to transport essential
service workers pursuant to an arrangement mentioned in
sub-paragraph (a).
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Essential service worker and individual must comply with
requirements and directions
13J. Where —
(a) an essential service worker, or other individual on the
permitted premises of an essential service provider, is
required or directed by the essential service provider or
owner or occupier of the permitted premises to do or
refrain from doing any thing; and
(b) that requirement or direction is given so that the essential
service provider or owner or occupier complies with
regulation 10, 10A, 10B, 12, 13D, 13DA, 13E, 13F or 13I,
as the case may be,
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the essential service worker or individual must comply with that
requirement or direction as far as is reasonably practicable.
[S262/2020wef10/04/2020]
[S273/2020wef15/04/2020]
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PART 4
MISCELLANEOUS
[S261/2020wef09/04/2020]
Compoundable offences
14.—(1) An offence under section 34(7) or 35(9) or (10) of the Act
may be compounded by any of the following persons, in accordance
with section 243(2), (4) and (5) of the Criminal Procedure Code
(Cap. 68):
(a) the Director of Medical Services;
(b) the Director-General of Public Health appointed under
section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act
(Cap. 95);
(c) the Director-General, Food Administration appointed
under section 3(1) of the Sale of Food Act (Cap. 283);
(d) an enforcement officer authorised by the Minister for the
purposes of this regulation.
(2) The maximum sum for which an offence mentioned in
paragraph (1) may be compounded is $2,000.
[S261/2020wef09/04/2020]
Made on 7 April 2020.
NG HOW YUE
Permanent Secretary
(Health Development),
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.
[AG/LEGIS/SL/65C/2020/2 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 34(4) of the
COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020).
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