PART 3A Division 1 — Safe management measures for customer operations |
[S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] Limiting of capacity for retail floor area, etc. |
10A.—(1) This regulation applies only to the following permitted premises, which has more than 930 square metres of total floor area attributable to retail shops: (a) | a retail shopping centre; | (b) | a bulky retail shop or other retail shop that is the sole or predominant occupier of a single building, or of 2 or more buildings that are either adjoining or separated only by common areas or other areas owned by the same owner. |
(2) Every relevant occupier of permitted premises mentioned in paragraph (1) must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the total number of customers and visitors within the retail common area of the permitted premises does not, at any time, exceed the prescribed threshold for those permitted premises. |
(3) The prescribed threshold for any permitted premises mentioned in paragraph (1) is the number (rounded up to the nearest whole number) resulting from dividing by 10, the total floor area of the premises attributable to the retail shops. |
(4) The floor area of the permitted premises attributable to the retail shops is — (a) | the total of all the lettable retail area in the permitted premises, and the floor area of the retail common areas; less | (b) | the floor area of all car parking and roof terraces within the premises. |
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(5) In this regulation — “bulky retail shop” means a retail shop handling — (a) | household appliances and fittings, furniture, homeware, office equipment, outdoor and recreation equipment or party supplies; | (b) | pets and pet supplies, plants, landscaping and gardening supplies and equipment; | (c) | building and construction materials, hardware, wall tiles or floor tiles or similar coverings, motor vehicles, boats, or motor vehicle or boat parts and accessories; or | (d) | other goods that are of a size, weight or quantity which require a large area for handling, display or storage; |
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“floor area” has the meaning given by rule 2(1) of the Planning (Development Charges) Rules (Cap. 232, R 5); |
“lettable retail area”, for any premises mentioned in paragraph (1), means the floor area of all of the following in those premises: (a) | the area used, or intended for use, by the owners or lessees of retail shops in the permitted premises in relation to the conduct of their retail businesses in their retail shops in those premises, including any area that is part of common property which an owner or lessee of a retail shop has a right to the exclusive use of the area; | (b) | so much of the area of the permitted premises as are designed and available for use in carrying on the business that is, or will be, carried on at a retail shop; |
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“relevant occupier”, for any permitted premises mentioned in paragraph (1), means any of the following: (a) | where the permitted premises is a retail shopping centre, each of the following: (i) | the permitted enterprise that is the person in paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) of the definition of “retail shopping centre” in regulation 2(1), or a management corporation, having the management and control of the common property of those premises; | (ii) | a person managing or controlling, or apparently managing or controlling, the common property of those premises in those premises; | (iii) | an individual who is, or appears to be, the employer or agent of any person in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) and at work managing and maintaining the common property of those premises; |
| (b) | in any other case, each of the following: (i) | the permitted enterprise entitled to occupy those premises; | (ii) | a person managing or controlling, or apparently managing or controlling, a business, an undertaking or work carried on in those premises; | (iii) | a person who is, or appears to be, the employer of any individual at work in the business carried on in those premises; |
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“retail common areas”, for any permitted premises mentioned in paragraph (1), means such areas in the permitted premises that are used, or intended for use — (a) | by the public; or | (b) | in common by the owners or lessees of retail shops in the premises in relation to the conduct of their retail businesses in their retail shops in the premises, |
but excludes any area designed and available for use, or used or leased, for carrying on the business that is, or will be, carried on at a retail shop that is a unit, or a lot within a strata plan under the Land Titles (Strata) Act; |
Examples of retail common areas |
Stairways, escalators and lifts. |
Thoroughfares or access ways for the use of service vehicles or the delivery of goods. |
Information or entertainment facilities. |
[S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
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Obligations when permitted premises are open |
10B.—(1) A permitted enterprise occupying permitted premises must take the following measures when those premises are open to entry by customers or visitors of the permitted enterprise: (a) | as far as is reasonably practicable, allow natural ventilation of the permitted premises during working hours; | (b) | establish and apply appropriate procedures and controls (jointly with another or otherwise) that ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that every customer or visitor is assessed, before entering the permitted premises, to determine whether he or she is a symptomatic case; | (c) | as far as is reasonably practicable, establish and apply appropriate procedures and controls (jointly with another or otherwise) that enable or facilitate contact tracing of every customer and visitor entering the permitted premises; | (d) | refuse entry to the permitted premises of any individual whom the permitted enterprise knows or has reason to believe is a symptomatic case (except where the individual is entering the permitted premises to seek medical treatment for a specified symptom), or who refuses to comply with any measure mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) or (c); | (e) | where any individual in the permitted premises is found by the permitted enterprise 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; | (ii) | except where the individual is entering the permitted premises to seek medical treatment for a specified symptom, require the individual to immediately leave the permitted premises; | (iii) | if the individual is not able to immediately leave the premises, isolate the individual; |
| (f) | refuse entry into the permitted premises of a customer or visitor whom the permitted enterprise knows or has reason to believe is subject to a movement control measure, except where the individual is entering the permitted premises to seek medical treatment for a specified symptom; | (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 authorised service to, procure goods or services from or otherwise deal with the permitted enterprise; | (h) | ensure that the permitted premises are cleaned and disinfected as far as is reasonably practicable, at the end of daily business, and before re-opening after any closure of business or undertaking (voluntarily or otherwise) at the permitted premises; | (i) | ensure that any common area, furniture or fittings within the permitted premises which is used by customers, visitors or persons at work (or any of them in combination) in those premises, or is used by such individuals to move through the permitted premises (commonly called high-touch places and surfaces) — (i) | is periodically cleaned and disinfected within each day, following appropriate procedures and at an appropriate frequency so as to minimise the transmission of COVID-19 from the use of the same area by several customers, visitors or permitted enterprise workers (or any combination of them) at the same or different times; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] | (ii) | for any toilet to which the public has no access, is at all times provided with adequate toilet paper, liquid soap or detergent, litter bins, and clean towels or hand dryers; and | (iii) | is, as far as is reasonably practicable, at all times provided with easily accessible disinfecting agents like hand sanitisers, disinfectant sprays, paper towels and wipes, for the free use of customers and visitors and for persons at work in those premises; Illustrations of common areas | Visitor waiting area, meeting room, doors and windows, information or customer service counter, lifts, staircase or escalator handrails, reception lobby, pantry, employee canteen, washroom, fitting room, changing room, cashier or payment counters, litter bins and waste disposal area, and other shared facilities. |
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[S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
| (ia) | ensure that any device, article or thing within the permitted premises which is shared or may be shared by, or used or may be used by or on, more than one customer, visitor or permitted enterprise worker (or any of them in combination) in those premises during the provision by the permitted enterprise of an authorised service — (i) | is periodically cleaned and disinfected within each day, following appropriate procedures and at an appropriate frequency so as to minimise the risk of transmission of COVID-19 from the sharing or common and continuous touching of the device, article or thing by or on several customers, visitors or permitted enterprise workers, as the case may be; and | (ii) | is not easily accessible for sampling or use by more than one customer, visitor or permitted enterprise worker (or any combination of them) at the same time or different times, by applying appropriate procedures and controls that minimise such sharing or use and the physical interaction between these individuals; Illustrations | Cutlery and menus. | Shopping trolley or cart and shopping baskets. | Interactive devices such as iPads. | Beauty therapy utensils (such as scissors, combs and towels). |
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[S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
| (j) | as far as is reasonably practicable, minimise physical interaction between customers, visitors and permitted enterprise workers in the permitted premises; Illustrations | Wait staff in a bar or pub may be allowed to talk to customers only to take or serve orders, or accept payment. | Reminding customers seated in different cohorts to refrain from engaging in interactions with customers not in the same cohort, such as talking to each other across tables. |
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[S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] | (ja) | [Deleted by S 816/2020 wef 28/09/2020] | (k) | take reasonable steps to ensure that in respect of its permitted premises that are not premises mentioned in regulation 7(2)(ba) or (c), there is a distance of — (i) | at least one metre between every member of any gathering of 5 or fewer individuals in the permitted premises from any other individual who is alone, or any other individual who is a member of another such gathering, in those premises; or | (ii) | at least one metre between any 2 individuals (whether customers, visitors or permitted enterprise workers) in the permitted premises, in all other cases; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 816/2020 wef 28/09/2020] |
| (l) | have appropriate internal policies, procedures and controls to effect a safe and expeditious evacuation of the permitted premises in the event of an outbreak of COVID-19 infections or suspected COVID-19 infections among customers, visitors or other individuals at the permitted premises; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] | (m) | take steps — (i) | to regularly assess and identify the risks of transmission of COVID-19 that may arise in relation to all activities engaged in by its customers or visitors and its permitted enterprise workers in providing an authorised service at the permitted premises; and | (ii) | to establish and apply appropriate internal policies, procedures and controls to mitigate that risk from the activities identified as presenting a higher risk of the transmission of COVID-19, which may include more stringent requirements than in these Regulations; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] |
| (n) | take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that every cohort that is part of a larger gathering within the permitted premises and comprising customers or visitors or both, consists of not more than the number of individuals allowed under regulation 6(1)(c), 7A(2A)(b) or 8(1)(c), whichever is applicable. [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] |
(2) This regulation does not apply in relation to any specified accommodation or specified hostel. [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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Non-permitted enterprise may only work from home |
11. An individual who is not a permitted enterprise or a permitted enterprise worker must not carry on any business, undertaking or work in any premises other than at the individual’s ordinary place of residence, and only through means that do not require meeting any other individual in person. [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
Safe distancing for seating and queues |
12.—(1) A permitted enterprise must, in relation to its permitted premises when not closed to entry to individuals, take all reasonable steps — (a) | where seating at a table is provided for customers or visitors — (i) | to ensure that the back of every chair, or the legs of the chair if there is no such back, for each table is at all times at least one metre away from any other chair for another table; or | (ii) | if the table is fixed to the floor of the premises and sub-paragraph (i) cannot be satisfied — to ensure that tables and seats for customers and visitors to the permitted premises are arranged such that each table can accommodate not more than 5 individuals seated at the table or not more than 5 individuals in each group separated by space of at least one metre; and [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
| (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. |
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to any premises used in connection with the provision of — (a) | public passenger transport services by bus or rail; | (b) | a service involving the transport by a bus, buggy, tram or monorail of passengers within, or partly within, Sentosa; or | (c) | a service involving the transport by rail of passengers within or partly within an airport passenger terminal, or between airport passenger terminals, at Changi Airport. [S 698/2020 wef 19/08/2020] |
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Requirements for certain permitted enterprises |
13.—(1) In addition to the requirements in this Division, a permitted enterprise — (a) | [Deleted by S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] | (b) | that manages and maintains, in the course of a business, a specified hostel or specified accommodation must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in Part 2 of the First Schedule are complied with, in relation to its provision of accommodation and other authorised services at the specified hostel or specified accommodation; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] | (c) | that carries on, in the course of business, a retail food and drinks business at its permitted premises which is a retail food and drinks establishment, must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in Part 3 of the First Schedule are complied with, in relation to that business; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] | (d) | that carries on, in the course of business, a retail business as described in Part 4 of the First Schedule must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in that Part for that type of retail business are complied with, in relation to that business; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] | (e) | that carries on an education business must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in Part 5 of the First Schedule are complied with, in relation to that business; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] | (f) | that provides, in the course of business — (i) | the organising of events, functions, ceremonies, conferences, exhibitions and the like; or | (ii) | the provision of rooms or space at a function centre or the supply of facilities for the operation or conduct of events, functions, ceremonies, conferences, exhibitions and the like (such as, spectator facilities, competitor facilities and other facilities), |
must, whether or not the promoter or a participant at any of the events, functions, ceremonies, conferences, exhibitions and the like or the owner of a function centre, take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in Part 6 of the First Schedule are complied with, in relation to its business; or |
[S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] | (g) | that carries on a retail liquor business at its permitted premises must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in Part 7 of the First Schedule are complied with, in relation to that business. [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] |
(2) The responsible person for any funeral event must take all reasonable steps to ensure that — (a) | there are not more than 30 individuals attending the funeral event at any time; and [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 669/2020 wef 04/08/2020] | (b) | where the funeral event is held in any premises, the measures mentioned in regulations 10B(1)(b) and (c) and 12 are implemented in relation to the premises. |
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(3) In this regulation and the First Schedule — “amusement centre” means a premises or place used principally for playing — (a) | billiards, pool or other like games; | (b) | electronic or mechanical amusement devices, such as pinball machines, computer or video games and the like; or | (c) | organised games or contests such as paintball, axe throwing, dart throwing or other like activities between individuals, |
whether or not being part of a hotel, club or retail shopping centre, and whether or not any retail food and drinks business is also carried on at the premises or place; |
[S 542/2020 wef 04/07/2020] |
“beauty therapy” means a procedure, other than hairdressing, intended to maintain, alter or enhance a person’s appearance, including any of the following: (a) | facial or body treatments; | (b) | application of cosmetics; | (c) | manicure or pedicure; | (d) | application of, or mending, artificial nails; | (e) | epilation including by electrolysis or hot or cold wax; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
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“building” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act (Cap. 29); |
“building elements supply work” means any manual or mechanical work performed in connection with any of the following: (a) | the prefabrication or testing of building elements at permitted premises that is specially established for prefabrication and that is not a construction site; | (b) | the preparation of concrete, sand or aggregate at a place specially established for that purpose and that is not a mine, quarry or construction site, |
and includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with building elements supply work but excludes any special work; |
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“building elements supply worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform building elements supply work; |
“construction site” means a work site at which construction work is performed; |
“construction work” means any manual or mechanical work performed in connection with the following: (a) | the erection, extension, alteration or repair of a building; | (b) | the demolition of a building; | (c) | the preparation for, and laying the foundation of, an intended building; | (d) | the provision, extension or alteration of any air-conditioning service or ventilating system in or in connection with a building; | (e) | the excavation or site formation works connected with or carried out for the purpose of paragraph (a), (b) or (c); | (f) | the assembly of prefabricated building elements to form a building, or the disassembly of prefabricated building elements that immediately before the disassembly formed a building; | (g) | the removal from the construction site of any product or waste resulting from the demolition or any work in paragraphs (a) to (f); | (h) | the installation, testing, maintenance and repair work or insignificant building works performed in connection with any work in paragraphs (a) to (f), |
and includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with construction work, but does not include — |
(i) | work consisting only of insignificant building works; | (j) | minor testing or maintenance work in connection with a building; | (k) | assembly or disassembly of fixed plant not requiring building plans approval or a permit to carry out structural works to be granted under the Building Control Act before starting; | (l) | related work; or | (m) | special work; |
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“construction worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform construction work; |
“function centre” means a premises or place used for the operation or conduct of events, functions, ceremonies, conferences, exhibitions and the like, and includes a function room, convention centre, exhibition centre and reception centre, but does not include an entertainment facility; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
“hostessing service” means a service consisting of providing companionship to one or more customers, through conversation with or without consumption of liquor, but does not include conversation solely for the purpose of taking orders, serving of food or drinks or arranging for, making or accepting payment; [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] |
“insignificant building works” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act; Examples of insignificant building works | Constructing a raised floor or topping up of balconies, and the like, with lightweight materials. | Replacing existing floor and wall finishes. | Replacing or changing windows and doors. | Creating an opening in a non-load bearing wall. | Sealing up a wall opening. |
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“liquor” has the meaning given by the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015 (Act 5 of 2015); [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
“managerial or administrative work” means any managerial, clerical, secretarial or administrative work that is wholly performed within enclosed premises; |
“marine and offshore manufacturing worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform work connected with marine and offshore manufacturing at a shipyard; |
“operator”, in relation to a specified dormitory — (a) | means a person who is managing and maintaining, in the course of a business, the specified dormitory (whether self-owned or under lease or otherwise) to provide board and lodging for residents of the dormitory who may or may not be employees of that person; and | (b) | includes a lessor of a flat or house that is leased wholly as a specified dormitory; |
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“personal appearance service” means — (a) | a beauty therapy; | (b) | hairdressing; which is a procedure intended to maintain, alter or enhance an individual’s appearance involving facial or scalp hair, and includes cutting, trimming, styling, colouring, treating or shaving the hair; | (c) | body piercing, which is the process of penetrating an individual’s skin or mucous membrane with a sharp instrument for the purpose of implanting jewellery or other foreign material through or into the skin or mucous membrane; | (d) | tattooing, which is the process of penetrating an individual’s skin and inserting into it colour pigments to make a permanent mark, pattern or design on the skin, or a semi-permanent mark, pattern or design on the skin such as cosmetic tattooing or applying semi-permanent make-up; or | (e) | skin penetration that is provided as part of a business transaction intended to alter or enhance an individual’s appearance, that involves the piercing, cutting, scarring, scraping, puncturing, or tearing of an individual’s skin or mucous membrane with an instrument; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] |
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“process construction work” — (a) | means work in connection with the construction of plant equipment in the petroleum, petrochemicals or specialty chemicals sector; and | (b) | includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with the construction of such plant equipment, |
but excludes construction work, building elements supply work, related work and renovation work; |
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“process construction worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform process construction work; |
“process maintenance work” — (a) | means work in connection with the preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance of plant equipment in the petroleum, petrochemicals or specialty chemicals sector; and [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] | (b) | includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with that sort of preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance of plant equipment, |
but excludes construction work, building elements supply work, related work and renovation work; |
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“process maintenance worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform process maintenance work; |
“related work” includes any of the following work and any managerial or administrative work in connection with related work: (a) | dredging and land reclamation works, marine piling and the construction of marine structures such as jetties, wharves, sea and river wall; | (b) | landscaping; | (c) | road works; | (d) | laying underground cable or pipes for telecommunication systems or installations; | (e) | testing or maintenance work in connection with a building; | (f) | assembly or disassembly of fixed plant not requiring building plans approval or a permit to carry out structural works to be granted under the Building Control Act before starting; | (g) | specialised installation activities, such as installation of integrated signposting systems, cold rooms and ventilation systems, fire alarms, fire prevention and fire protection systems, and installation of mechanical plant, machinery, power generators and turbines systems; | (h) | corrosion protection works; | (i) | wiring work within a building for telecommunication purposes; | (j) | insignificant building works that are not performed together with construction work or renovation work, |
but excludes any construction work, building elements supply work, special work and renovation work; |
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“related worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged under a work pass for the Construction Sector, to perform related work; |
“renovation work” means — (a) | joinery and other woodworks (including carpentry, laminated or parquet flooring); | (b) | painting of a building; | (c) | glass and glazing works (including mirror or shower screen installation); | (d) | laying and installation of a new floor, wall tiles, doors, windows, false ceilings or sanitary fittings; or | (e) | any insignificant building work except those mentioned in paragraph 1(a), (b), (fc), (fd), (g), (h), (j), (k), (l), (m) or (t) or 12 of the First Schedule to the Building Control Regulations 2003 (G.N. No. S 666/2003), |
and includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with renovation work, but excludes any special work; |
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“renovation worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform renovation work; |
“resident”, in relation to a specified dormitory, means any individual, who occupies or enjoys a right to occupy one or more beds or rooms, or spaces within a room, in the specified dormitory as the individual’s main or only residence in Singapore; |
“responsible person”, in relation to a funeral event, means — (a) | the funeral director or any other person who is engaged to organise the funeral event; or | (b) | where a person mentioned in paragraph (a) has not been engaged for the funeral event, the owner or occupier of the premises in which the funeral event is held; |
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“retail food and drinks business” means a business or an undertaking or activity at a premises or place that involves, in whole or part, the preparation of food or drinks (or both) intended for sale — (a) | for immediate consumption on the premises or place, whether or not takeaway meals or drinks are also provided; or [S 542/2020 wef 04/07/2020] | (b) | predominantly for immediate consumption away from the premises or place; [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 542/2020 wef 04/07/2020] |
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“retail food and drinks establishment” means premises or a place the principal purpose of which is to carry on a retail food and drinks business, whether or not the premises or place are part of a hotel, club, retail shopping centre, food court or market; Examples of food and drinks establishment | Restaurant, café or cut fruit shop. | Food court or food stall in a market. |
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[S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 542/2020 wef 04/07/2020] |
“retail liquor business” means a business the principal purpose of which is to supply at a place or premises liquor for immediate consumption on the place or premises, and that — (a) | is not part of a retail food and drinks establishment, and is not the subject of a licence issued under section 32 of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95) that is stated to be a Foodshop (Restaurant) or Foodshop (Snack Counter) licence; and | (b) | is or may reasonably be characterised as a pub or bar, but not a nightclub or hostessing club; |
[S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] |
“sale”, in relation to food or drinks for human consumption, includes supplying food or drinks or both (whether or not for consideration) in the course of providing other services; [S 542/2020 wef 04/07/2020] |
“special work” means — (a) | process construction work; | (b) | process maintenance work; or | (c) | work connected with marine and offshore manufacturing, |
and includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with the special work; |
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“work pass” and “work site” have the respective meanings given by regulation 13K(2). [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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13A. [Deleted by S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
13B. [Deleted by S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
Division 2 — Safe management measures for workplace |
[S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] Application of this Division |
13C. This Division does not affect — (a) | any hospital, clinic or other healthcare institution or facility 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 a permitted enterprise is being carried out. [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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Work-from-home arrangements |
13D.—(1) Every permitted enterprise must provide the tools, equipment, materials and other facilities necessary for every relevant permitted enterprise worker of the permitted enterprise to perform, in the worker’s place of residence in Singapore when not on leave, his or her work in connection with any trade, business, profession or undertaking carried on by the permitted enterprise as his or her employer. (2) A permitted enterprise must not cause or permit, at any time, more than 50% of the relevant permitted enterprise workers of the permitted enterprise to perform, at his or her workplace, work in connection with any trade, business, profession or undertaking carried on by the permitted enterprise. |
(3) In addition, a permitted enterprise must not cause or permit any relevant permitted enterprise worker to perform, at his or her workplace, any work in connection with any trade, business, profession or undertaking carried on by the permitted enterprise — (a) | on any day in the initial period if the relevant permitted enterprise worker has, during any time in the initial period before that day, performed hours of work at the workplace that is in total more than half of that worker’s total normal working hours in the initial period; or | (b) | on any day in any week after the initial period if the relevant permitted enterprise worker has, during — (i) | the 3 weeks immediately before that week; and | (ii) | any time in that week before that day, |
performed hours of work at the workplace that is in total more than half of that worker’s total normal working hours in those 4 weeks. |
Example | If an employee with 120 normal working hours in a period of 4 weeks takes 8 hours of leave in that period, the employee can be required by his or her employer to work in the workplace for up to 60 hours in the 4 weeks, being half of his or her normal working hours, and not 56 hours. |
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(4) In this regulation — “hours of work” means the time during which an employee is at the disposal of the employer and is not free to dispose of his or her own time and movements, but does not include any time during which the employee is on leave (whether on full, partial or no pay); |
“initial period” means the 4 weeks starting 28 September 2020; |
“normal working hours” means — (a) | the time (in hours) that is agreed between an employer and an employee to be the usual time during which an employee is at the disposal of the employer and is not free to dispose of his or her own time and movements; or | (b) | in the absence of any such agreement, 8 hours a day, |
and to avoid doubt, includes any period in that time when the employee is on leave (whether on full, partial or no pay); |
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“permitted enterprise worker”, in relation to a permitted enterprise, means an employee of the permitted enterprise designated by his or her employer as a permitted enterprise worker; |
“relevant permitted enterprise worker” means a permitted enterprise worker other than a permitted enterprise worker who is required to perform work the nature of which necessarily requires or involves the permitted enterprise worker — (a) | to drive, pilot or travel in any motor vehicle, vessel or other mode of conveyance; or | (b) | to be physically present at his or her workplace — (i) | to operate or use machinery, equipment, plant, materials or other matter, the provision of which under paragraph (1) is impracticable but is required in order to perform that work; | (ii) | to retrieve, access or use documents, information, material or other matter, the provision of which under paragraph (1) is impracticable but is required in order to perform that work; or | (iii) | to perform the work, such as patrolling or guarding another person’s property, crowd control or administering a beauty therapy procedure; |
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“week” means a continuous period of 7 days starting at the beginning of a Monday, but excludes any period before 28 September 2020; |
“workplace”, for a permitted enterprise worker, means a place in Singapore that is — (a) | outside of the permitted enterprise worker’s place of residence; and | (b) | where the permitted enterprise worker is required to be at work for his or her employer. [S 816/2020 wef 28/09/2020] |
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No cross-deployment of permitted enterprise workers, etc. |
13DA.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to — (a) | every permitted enterprise providing goods or services from 2 or more fixed permitted premises but not if the movement of its permitted enterprise workers is integral to the provision of those goods or services (such as a transporter of goods or a public passenger transport service provider); and [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] | (b) | every individual who is authorised by a permitted enterprise in sub-paragraph (a) to have control or management of any permitted premises (called in this regulation a branch manager). [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
(2) A permitted enterprise, and a branch manager of a permitted enterprise, must not deploy, transfer or otherwise post, or cause or allow to be deployed, transferred or posted, any relevant worker of the permitted enterprise to work in any permitted premises of the permitted enterprise at which the worker does not ordinarily perform duties at work. [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
(3) In this regulation, “relevant worker”, in relation to a permitted enterprise, means any individual — (a) | who works with or for the permitted enterprise as a permitted enterprise worker; and | (b) | whose nature of work does not require the individual to transport goods or to perform duties ordinarily at more than one permitted premises. [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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(4) However, nothing in this regulation prohibits or prevents the deployment of any relevant worker of a permitted enterprise to work in any permitted premises that he or she does not ordinarily perform duties at, if — (a) | the deployment is critical to crowd management of customers or otherwise maintaining orderly retail supply of goods or services at those permitted premises; and | (b) | the permitted enterprise takes all reasonably practicable steps to minimise physical interaction between the relevant workers redeployed with other permitted enterprise workers at those permitted premises. [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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(5) To avoid doubt, this regulation does not affect any requirement in this Division and the Second Schedule requiring a permitted enterprise to group and deploy its permitted enterprise workers to work in separate groups. [S 273/2020 wef 15/04/2020] [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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Safe distancing measures, etc., for permitted enterprise workers |
13E.—(1) A permitted enterprise must implement the following measures in respect of every permitted enterprise worker of the permitted enterprise when at work: (a) | as far as is reasonably practicable, permitted enterprise 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 at work or during their permitted breaks at work; [S 273/2020 wef 15/04/2020] [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] | (aa) | as far as is reasonably practicable, minimise physical interaction between permitted enterprise workers in any workspace within the permitted premises; [S 273/2020 wef 15/04/2020] [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] [S 816/2020 wef 28/09/2020] | (ab) | as far as is reasonably practicable, every permitted enterprise worker at work wears a mask, except where regulation 3A(2)(b), (d) or (e) applies; [S 273/2020 wef 15/04/2020] [S 248/2020 wef 02/06/2020] [S 669/2020 wef 04/08/2020] | (b) | as far as is reasonably practicable, permitted enterprise workers who are required to work in the permitted premises do not all arrive at and leave the permitted premises at the same time; [S 273/2020 wef 15/04/2020] [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] | (c) | any permitted enterprise worker who exhibits any specified symptom or is otherwise physically unwell is required to report, immediately upon the onset of the symptom or feeling physically unwell, to the permitted enterprise, either directly or indirectly through one or more other persons appointed by the permitted enterprise for the purpose of receiving the report; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] | (d) | the permitted enterprise takes reasonable steps to ensure that there is a distance of at least one metre between any 2 individuals in the permitted premises unless and to the extent that sub-paragraph (da)(ii) allows otherwise; [S 273/2020 wef 15/04/2020] [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] [S 816/2020 wef 28/09/2020] | (da) | take reasonable steps to ensure that, in any part of the permitted premises which is not a workspace, there is — (i) | no gathering of more than 5 individuals for a purpose that is substantially recreational or social in character, or is not wholly or exclusively for the production of income from an authorised service provided by the permitted enterprise; and | (ii) | a distance of at least one metre between every member of any gathering not prohibited by sub-paragraph (i) from any other individual who is alone, or any other individual who is a member of another such gathering, in that part of those premises; [S 816/2020 wef 28/09/2020] |
| (e) | establish and apply appropriate procedures and controls (jointly with another or otherwise) that ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that every permitted enterprise worker of the permitted enterprise is assessed, before he or she enters the permitted premises, to determine whether he or she is a symptomatic case; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] | (f) | refuse entry to the permitted premises of any permitted enterprise worker whom the permitted enterprise knows or has reason to believe is a symptomatic case or subject to a movement control order, or who refuses to comply with any measure mentioned in sub-paragraph (e); [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] | (g) | have appropriate internal policies, procedures and controls to effect a safe and expeditious evacuation of the permitted premises in the event of an outbreak of COVID-19 infections or suspected COVID-19 infections among permitted enterprise workers or other individuals at the permitted premises; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] | (h) | ensure that any common area within the permitted premises which is used by persons at work in those premises, or is used by such individuals to move through the permitted premises — (i) | is periodically cleaned within each day; | (ii) | for any toilet or sink to which the public has no access, is at all times provided with adequate toilet paper, liquid soap or detergent, litter bins, and clean towels or hand dryers; and | (iii) | is, as far as is reasonably practicable, at all times provided with easily accessible disinfecting agents like hand sanitisers, disinfectant sprays, paper towels and wipes, for the free use of individuals at work in those premises; Illustrations of common areas | Visitor waiting area, meeting room, doors and windows, information or customer service counter, lifts, staircase or escalator handrails, reception lobby, pantry, employee canteen, washroom, litter bins and waste disposal area, and other shared facilities. |
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| (i) | ensure as far as is reasonably practicable, that any machinery, equipment or plant on the permitted premises which is shared by the permitted enterprise workers at work, or used by different permitted enterprise workers at different times or shifts, is — (i) | periodically cleaned within each day; and | (ii) | cleaned and disinfected between different shifts or teams of permitted enterprise workers who use the machinery, equipment or plant; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
| (j) | ensure that the permitted premises are cleaned and disinfected as far as is reasonably practicable — (i) | at the end of daily business; and | (ii) | before work restarts after any closure of business or undertaking (voluntarily or otherwise) at the permitted premises; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
| (k) | have appropriate internal policies and procedures and adequate controls — (i) | to monitor and ensure the compliance by the permitted enterprise and its permitted enterprise workers with the requirements in this Part and the Second Schedule; | (ii) | to remedy without delay any instances of such non-compliance; and | (iii) | to conduct an adequate analysis of the risks of COVID-19 infections arising from the permitted enterprise’s business, undertaking or work and make recommendations to mitigate any risks identified to the permitted enterprise, |
including appointing at least one individual as a Safe Management Officer (with such assistants as may be needed) to effectively perform the duties mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii); |
[S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] | (l) | as far as is reasonably practicable, establish and apply appropriate procedures and controls (jointly with another or otherwise) that enable or facilitate contact tracing of every permitted enterprise worker of the permitted enterprise entering its permitted premises. [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
(2) A permitted enterprise must implement the following measures in respect of any individual (not being a permitted enterprise worker or customer) who seeks entry to the permitted premises (other than a public place): (a) | limit entry of individuals to the permitted premises only for the purpose of — (i) | delivering goods or services connected to the business, undertaking or work of the permitted enterprise; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] [S 473/2020 wef 19/06/2020] [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] | (ii) | providing any other authorised service to the permitted enterprise workers at the permitted premises; [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] | (iii) | seeking a contract of employment or contract for service with the permitted enterprise; or [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] | (iv) | attending a gathering that is not disallowed under regulation 13F; [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] |
| (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 a permitted enterprise worker) at the permitted premises. [S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020] [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] |
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(3) In paragraph (1), a workspace means any place within a permitted premises, being a place that is used primarily for the purpose of technical, manufacturing, repairing, processing, packing, brewing, blending or other food or drug preparation, mechanical, building, administrative, clerical, professional or similar work activities that do not include dealing with members of the public at the permitted premises on a direct and regular basis, except where such dealing is a minor activity (by appointment) that is ancillary to the main purpose for which the place is used. [S 816/2020 wef 28/09/2020] |
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Events by permitted enterprises |
13F.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a permitted enterprise must not cause an event involving an organised gathering in person involving any of its permitted enterprise workers to take place in any room or place, on its permitted premises or elsewhere, for an occasion or a purpose that — (a) | is substantially recreational or social in character; or | (b) | is not wholly or exclusively for the production of income from an authorised service provided by the permitted enterprise to customers of the permitted enterprise. Examples of impermissible gatherings | Celebratory event for a particular permitted enterprise worker or director, such as a birthday party or retirement party, organised or sponsored by the permitted enterprise. | A sporting contest for permitted enterprise workers, or an annual dinner and dance, organised under the direction of the permitted enterprise. |
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[S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] |
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to or in relation to an event involving an organised gathering in person — (a) | that is for an occasion or a purpose that is — (i) | wholly, exclusively or substantially for the production of income from an authorised service provided by a permitted enterprise; | (ii) | for professional or vocational training, or for testing, certification or accreditation of a permitted enterprise worker of a permitted enterprise, or his or her proficiency in a skill used in the authorised service provided by a permitted enterprise; | (iii) | for a permitted enterprise to comply with an order of a court, a direction given by or on behalf of a public officer or a public body in exercise of a power under any written law, or a requirement under or statutory duty appearing in an Act (including any alternative arrangements for meetings provided under section 27 of the Act); or [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] | (iv) | for promoting or facilitating employment by or contracts for service with the permitted enterprise; [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] |
| (b) | that takes place in any room or place that is not a specified dormitory or within a specified dormitory and, if a live performance within the meaning of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Performances and Other Activities — Control Order) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 927/2020) is involved, in any place which the person staging the live performance would not ordinarily be allowed under those Regulations to stage in as if those Regulations apply; [S 928/2020 wef 01/11/2020] | (c) | that consists only or mainly of permitted enterprise workers of a permitted enterprise where the gathering is for a purpose in sub-paragraph (a)(i) or (ii); | (d) | that has in the room or place not more than the lowest of the following: (i) | 50 individuals meeting in person at any time in relation to that event, not counting individuals who are present as relevant service staff for the event if the event is not taking place on any permitted premises occupied by the permitted enterprise; [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] | (ii) | the maximum number of individuals which the room or place may accommodate if there is a distance of at least one metre between any 2 individuals (whether customers, visitors or permitted enterprise workers) meeting in the room or place; | (iii) | the maximum number of individuals which the room or place may accommodate if regulation 10A or the First Schedule (where applicable) is complied with; and |
| (e) | during which all reasonably practicable steps are taken by the permitted enterprise to ensure that — (i) | any food or drink for consumption at the room or place is served only in individual servings and is consumed only when seated; [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] | (ii) | a distance of at least one metre is maintained between every individual meeting in person in the room or place in relation to that event; [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] [S 928/2020 wef 01/11/2020] | (iii) | no food or drink is served or consumed at the room or place during any live performance taking place in the room or place; [S 928/2020 wef 01/11/2020] | (iv) | no singing or playing of a wind musical instrument is engaged in by any individual present in the room or place; and [S 928/2020 wef 01/11/2020] | (v) | any pre-recorded music, speech or sound provided or played at the event is at a noise level that does not exceed 60 decibels when measured over every period of 5 minutes in any part of the room or place where food or drinks or both are served or consumed. Examples | Induction course or retrenchment briefings. | An event to mark the anniversary of the business or an achievement of a business milestone, such as a ground-breaking ceremony for a new factory. | Townhall and strategic review meetings. | Annual general meetings. |
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(3) Paragraph (1) also does not apply to or in relation to an event involving an organised gathering in person — (a) | that is for an occasion or a purpose that is wholly, exclusively or substantially for the production of income from an authorised service provided by the permitted enterprise to customers of the permitted enterprise; | (b) | that takes place in any room or place that is not a specified dormitory or within a specified dormitory and, if a live performance within the meaning of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Performances and Other Activities — Control Order) Regulations 2020 is involved, in any place which the person staging the live performance would not ordinarily be allowed under those Regulations to stage in as if those Regulations apply; [S 928/2020 wef 01/11/2020] | (ba) | if the permitted enterprise provides an authorised service consisting wholly or substantially of such a live performance, that the live performance does not go beyond what is incidental only, and is not of a substantial nature, having regard to the occasion or purpose of the event; [S 928/2020 wef 01/11/2020] | (c) | that consists of any permitted enterprise worker of a permitted enterprise and any customer of the permitted enterprise or any visitor to the permitted premises of the permitted enterprise; | (d) | that has in the room or place not more than the maximum number of individuals as follows: (i) | where the room or place is on any permitted premises occupied by the permitted enterprise — the maximum number of individuals which the room or place may accommodate if regulations 10A, 10B(1)(k), 12 and 13E(1)(d) and the First Schedule (where applicable) are complied with; | (ii) | where the room or place is not on any permitted premises occupied by the permitted enterprise, such as a function centre hired from another permitted enterprise — 50 individuals meeting in person at any time in relation to that event, not counting individuals who are present as relevant service staff for the event; and [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] |
| (e) | during which all reasonably practicable steps are taken by the permitted enterprise to ensure that — (i) | any food or drink for consumption at the room or place is served only in individual servings and is consumed only when seated unless the permitted enterprise is a retail food and drink business; [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] | (ii) | a distance of — (A) | at least one metre is maintained between every member of any gathering in the room or place of 5 or fewer individuals at the event and any other individual who is alone, or any other individual who is a member of another such gathering; and | (B) | at least one metre is maintained between any 2 individuals in the room or place, each of whom is not a member of a gathering in sub-paragraph (A); [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] [S 928/2020 wef 01/11/2020] |
| (iii) | no food or drink is served or consumed at the room or place during any live performance taking place in the room or place; [S 928/2020 wef 01/11/2020] | (iv) | no singing or playing of a wind musical instrument is engaged in by any individual present in the room or place; and [S 928/2020 wef 01/11/2020] | (v) | any pre-recorded music, speech or sound provided or played at the event is at a noise level that does not exceed 60 decibels when measured over every period of 5 minutes in any part of the room or place where food or drinks or both are served or consumed. Examples | Store opening or product launch. |
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(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), an individual is a relevant service staff for an event caused by a permitted enterprise to take place in any room or place not on the permitted premises of the permitted enterprise (such as a function centre hired from another permitted enterprise) if the individual is as follows: (a) | a permitted enterprise worker of another permitted enterprise providing any of the following in connection with the conduct of the event: (i) | the room or place, tentage, furniture, furnishings, lighting, sound or other equipment for hire; | (ii) | food or drinks or both, eating or drinking utensils or food or drink appliances; | (iii) | any flowers, decorations or other paraphernalia for hire; |
| (b) | at work at the event as such a permitted enterprise worker. [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] |
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(5) To avoid doubt, paragraphs (2) and (3) do not derogate from any other requirements in these Regulations as follows which are applicable to a permitted enterprise if not inconsistent with anything in those paragraphs: (a) | in respect of every permitted enterprise worker of the permitted enterprise when at work; | (b) | when the permitted premises are open to entry by customers or visitors of a permitted enterprise. [S 900/2020 wef 22/10/2020] [S 816/2020 wef 28/09/2020] |
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(6) Paragraphs (2) and (3) do not apply to allow an event that is the holding of a media conference; and to avoid doubt, this regulation does not prohibit a permitted enterprise causing an event involving an organised gathering in person that is a media conference if that is in compliance with the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Performances and Other Activities — Control Order) Regulations 2020. [S 983/2020 wef 03/12/2020] |
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Communication by permitted enterprise |
13G. A permitted enterprise must, as far as is reasonably practicable — (a) | communicate to all its permitted enterprise workers the arrangements, steps or other measures mentioned in regulations 13D, 13DA, 13E, 13F, 13J, 13H and 13K and the Second Schedule that apply to them; and [S 273/2020 wef 15/04/2020] [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] | (b) | communicate to all individuals (other than its permitted enterprise workers) the measures mentioned in regulations 13E(1)(d) and (2) and 13F that apply to them. [S 262/2020 wef 10/04/2020] [S 273/2020 wef 15/04/2020] [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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Duties of permitted enterprise worker |
13H.—(1) A permitted enterprise worker of a permitted enterprise must make a declaration about the following matters which must not be false or misleading in a material particular, at the following times and in the manner required by the permitted enterprise: Declaration matter | | Time to give declaration | 1. | Whether he or she is suffering from any specified symptom |
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(b) | is tested for COVID-19. |
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| 3. | Whether he or she is subject to any movement control measure |
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(b) | the permitted enterprise worker is requested (whenever) by the permitted enterprise. |
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(2) A permitted enterprise worker who is a renovation worker holding a work pass or a related worker (as defined in regulation 13(3)) must not live in a place of residence that is not a specified dormitory if living at that same place is any other individual who — (a) | is a construction worker or building elements supply worker (as defined in that regulation); and | (b) | is not a spouse, parent, child or sibling of that permitted enterprise worker. [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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Transport of permitted enterprise workers |
13I.—(1) The following persons: (a) | a permitted enterprise who provides or arranges to be provided private transport by any motor vehicle for permitted enterprise workers of the permitted enterprise; | (b) | a person who provides private transport by motor vehicle for permitted enterprise workers pursuant to an arrangement mentioned in sub-paragraph (a); | (c) | a driver of that motor vehicle used to transport permitted enterprise workers pursuant to an arrangement mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), |
must take all reasonable steps to ensure that every such worker, when carried in that motor vehicle, wears a mask during transport to or from their workplaces or when at work or to or from any other place permitted under regulation 4(3). |
(2) A permitted enterprise with any employee who is both a permitted enterprise worker and a resident in a specified dormitory, must provide or arrange to be provided private transport as described in paragraph (3) to convey the employee — (a) | between the specified dormitory he or she is a resident of and the permitted premises where the employee is at work or to be at work; [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] | (b) | between the permitted premises where he or she is at work; and [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] | (c) | where directed by the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group, between the specified dormitory the employee is a resident of and the place he or she is allowed to visit on his or her rest day with the permission from the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group. [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] |
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(2A) Where directed by the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group to do so, a permitted enterprise that is an operator of a specified dormitory must provide or arrange to be provided private transport as described in paragraph (3) to convey any resident of the specified dormitory between the specified dormitory and the place the resident is allowed to visit on his or her rest day with the permission from the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group. [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] |
(3) The private transport required by paragraph (2) or (2A) for a resident of a specified dormitory must be a passenger transport service by any motor vehicle — (a) | on roads for journeys wholly within Singapore, with no stopping points — (i) | between the specified dormitory the passenger is a resident of and the permitted premises where the passenger is at work or to be at work; [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] | (ii) | for private transport required by paragraph (2), between the permitted premises where the employee is at work; and [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] | (iii) | where directed by the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group, between the specified dormitory the passenger is a resident of and the place he or she is allowed to visit on his or her rest day with the permission from the Chief of the Assurance, Care and Engagement (ACE) Group; [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] |
| (b) | carrying passengers who are residents in the same specified dormitory and are permitted enterprise workers, and no other passengers; and [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] | (c) | requiring all passengers on board to each wear a mask when the motor vehicle is used for that service. [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] |
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(3A) A direction given under paragraph (2)(c) in relation to any employee who is a resident of a specified dormitory is invalid if a direction had earlier been given under paragraph (2A) to the operator of the same specified dormitory and is in force, and vice versa. [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] |
(4) A person must not, in connection with a passenger transport service provided or arranged by a permitted enterprise for the carriage of passengers who are permitted enterprise workers of the permitted enterprise, drive, or cause or permit to be driven, a goods vehicle carrying such passengers if the clear floor space of the deck available for each seated passenger is less than 0.496 square metres. [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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Permitted enterprise worker and individual must comply with requirements and directions |
13J. Where — (a) | a permitted enterprise worker, visitor or customer on the permitted premises of a permitted enterprise, is required or directed by the permitted enterprise of the permitted premises to do or refrain from doing any thing; and | (b) | that requirement or direction is given so that the permitted enterprise complies with regulation 10, 10A, 10B, 12, 13D, 13DA, 13E, 13F, 13H, 13I or 13K or the First or Second Schedule, or the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Foreign Employee Dormitories — Control Order) Regulations 2020, as the case may be, [S 782/2020 wef 14/09/2020] |
the permitted enterprise worker, visitor or customer (as the case may be) must comply with that requirement or direction as far as is reasonably practicable. |
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Special safe management workplace requirements |
13K.—(1) In addition to the requirements in this Division, the following permitted enterprises must each take all reasonable steps to ensure that the measures specified in the Second Schedule as applicable to the permitted enterprise are complied with in the course of carrying out its business, undertaking or work at the work site, and in relation to visitors and the class of permitted enterprise worker, specified opposite the permitted enterprise below:
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1. | A permitted enterprise that carries on the business of a general builder or specialist builder within the meaning of the Building Control Act. |
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| A construction site where construction works are or are to be performed. | Construction worker | 2. | A permitted enterprise that undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out for its own account or for or on behalf of another person, building elements supply work. |
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2. | an integrated construction and prefabrication hub; |
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3. | a prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction fit-out factory; |
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4. | a prefabricated bathroom unit fit-out factory; |
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5. | a prefabricated mechanical, electrical and plumbing factory; |
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6. | a ready-mixed concrete plant; |
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7. | a sand and aggregate terminal; |
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8. | a site where other building elements supply works are or are to be performed. |
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| Building elements supply worker | 3. | A permitted enterprise that undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out for its own account or for or on behalf of another person, any related work. |
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2. | a site for the reclamation of any land; |
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3. | any site for the construction, laying, structural alteration, inspection, maintenance, repair, demolition or removal of any pipe-line for the conveyance of water, gas or any other thing, any drain or underground electrical cable and communication cable; |
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| Related worker | 4. | A permitted enterprise that undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out for its own account or for or on behalf of another person, any renovation work. |
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| A site where the renovation works are or are to be performed. | Renovation worker | 5. | A permitted enterprise that undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out for its own account or for or on behalf of another person, any process construction work or process maintenance work. |
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| The premises where process construction work or process maintenance work is or is to be performed on or in relation to the plant equipment in the petroleum, petrochemicals or specialty chemicals sector. | Process construction worker or process maintenance worker | 6. | A permitted enterprise that undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out for its own account or for or on behalf of another person, work connected with marine and offshore manufacturing. |
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| A shipyard. | Marine and offshore manufacturing worker |
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(2) In this regulation and the Second Schedule — “building sector worker” means — (a) | a building elements supply worker; | (b) | a construction worker; | (c) | a related worker; or | (d) | a renovation worker; |
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“shipyard” includes any dry or wet dock, wharf, jetty and quay, and the precincts surrounding; |
“work pass” means a work permit or S pass within the meaning of the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Passes) Regulations 2012 (G.N. No. S 569/2012); |
“work site”, in relation to any type of work or worker, means permitted premises at which the type of work is performed or the type of worker is at work. |
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(3) Subject to paragraph (2), any word or expression in this regulation and the Second Schedule that is defined in regulation 2(1) or 13(3) has the meaning given to it by that regulation, as the case may be. [S 428/2020 wef 02/06/2020] |
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