Clause 2

a beverage containing more than 0.5% ethanol by mass or volume;

a mixture of ethanol and some other substance or liquid (including water) and containing more than 0.5% ethanol by mass or volume; or

any other beverage or substance or liquid that is prescribed by the regulations as alcohol;“approved person”, in relation to any power under section 9, 10 or 11, means any auxiliary police officer approved by the Commissioner in writing to exercise such power under that provision at or in relation to the special zone specified in that approval;“authorised officer”, in relation to any provision in this Act or the regulations, means any police officer authorised in that behalf by the Commissioner for the purposes of that provision;“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Police appointed under the Police Force Act (Cap. 235), and includes any police officer for the time being executing the duties of that office;“entrant”, in relation to a special zone, means a person who is about to enter or is in the special zone;“freeze period” means the period starting on the date of commencement of this Act and ending at the end of 12 months after that date (or such earlier date as the Minister may prescribe in substitution);“licensed premises” means any premises that is the subject of and specified in a liquor licence;“liquor licence” means a licence specified in section 74(1) of the Customs Act (Cap. 70) relating to any premises, and includes such a licence for a specified period of not more than 30 days;“Liquors Licensing Board” means the Liquors Licensing Board constituted under section 70(1) of the Customs Act;“permit” means a permit granted by the Commissioner under section 5(1), and includes a class permit that is the subject of a notification published in the Gazette under section 5(2);“permit holder” includes a person to whom a class permit applies;“place” includes any motor vehicle, train, vessel, aircraft or other conveyance;“premises” means any house, building or structure, and any place (whether open to the air or enclosed);“prohibited item” means —

any weapon, substance or other thing the possession of which (for any purpose) would constitute an offence under the Arms and Explosives Act (Cap. 13), the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act (Cap. 65) or the Dangerous Fireworks Act (Cap. 72); or

any other article, substance or thing that the Minister prescribes to be a prohibited item;“public place” means —

any place (whether open to the air or enclosed) to which members of the public have access as of right or by virtue of express or implied permission, whether or not on payment of a fee and whether or not access to the place may be restricted at particular times or for particular purposes, whether or not it is an “approved place” within the meaning of the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act (Cap. 257); or

a part of a place that the occupier of the place allows members of the public to enter, but only while the place is ordinarily open to members of the public;“special zone banning notice” means a banning notice under section 13;“subject licence” means any one of the following licences granted or issued or held in respect of any premises in a special zone:

a licence under the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95) for any of the following retail food establishments:

an eating establishment, such as a restaurant;

a market‑produce shop (including any premises used for the sale of fish or crustacean, or meat, fruit or vegetable); or

a supermarket;

a licence under the Environmental Public Health Act for a catering food establishment;

a hawker licence (whether or not itinerant) under the Environmental Public Health Act for the sale of any food;

a licence under the Environmental Public Health Act for a private market;

a registration of premises as a hotel under the Hotels Act (Cap. 127);

a licence for an approved place under the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act;

a licence for a food processing establishment or other food establishment under the Sale of Food Act (Cap. 283);

a licence for a processing establishment or cold store under the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act (Cap. 349A);

a licence, a permit, an approval or other similar document issued or granted under such written law as may be prescribed by the Minister;“trading hours”, in relation to a liquor licence for any licensed premises, means the hours during which the sale of alcohol at those premises is permitted by or under the Customs Act.