Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 2
Section 2 of the Infectious Diseases Act (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended —
by deleting the definition of “AIDS” and substituting the following definition:“ “appropriate Minister” means —
in the following cases, the Minister charged with the responsibility for health and sanitary measures in relation to vessels, aircraft, vehicles and persons entering or leaving Singapore:
the establishment of any advisory committee for the purpose of giving advice to the Director‑General under section 5;
any purpose relating to sections 28, 29 and 33 to 45, including the making of subsidiary legislation in relation to any of those sections; or
in any other case, the Minister charged with the responsibility for regulation of diseases and disease control;”;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “contact”, the following definition:“ “contact tracing measure” means any measure to facilitate the tracing of contacts of an infectious disease;”;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “HIV Infection”, the following definition:“ “individually‑identifiable”, when used to describe information or samples pertaining to a person, means that the identity of that person can be readily discovered or ascertained from that information or sample;”;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “master”, the following definition:“ “medical examination” includes the carrying out by a person (called the examiner) of any of the measures mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f), with a view to ascertaining a person’s state of health, whether or not the examiner is present with the person being examined:
physical examination of the person;
obtaining the person’s bodily samples;
obtaining images of, or measuring, the person’s physiology;
measuring or monitoring the person’s physiological signs;
obtaining the clinical history of the person;
a measure to facilitate the carrying out of anything in paragraphs (a) to (e);”;
by deleting the definition of “Minister”; and
by deleting the definition of “surveillance” and substituting the following definition:“ “surveillance” means subjecting a person or persons to medical examinations or observations carried out over a period of time (whether or not continuously) and includes carrying out any measures to facilitate those medical examinations or observations;”.