Singapore legislation
Clause 6
Clause 6
Amendment of section 7
Section 7 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsections:“(4) Despite any law or anything in the contract, the fact that the subject inability was to a material extent caused by a COVID‑19 event is a defence to a claim for the payment of a cancellation fee under the contract in respect of the subject inability.(4A) Subsection (4) does not apply if —
(a)
the notification for relief is withdrawn; or
(b)
on an application under section 9(2), an assessor makes a determination that the case in question is not one to which section 5 applies, or that the payment of the cancellation fee or any part of it is just and equitable in the circumstances of the case.”.