Singapore legislation

Clause 34

Amendment of section 55

In the principal Act, in section 55 —

(a)

in subsection (1), replace paragraph (d) with —“(d)require any person or class of persons to destroy any food in the possession of the person or those persons, in such manner and within such time as he or she may specify, and impose any requirement that the Director‑General of Health or Health Officer thinks fit in relation to the destruction of the food, if the Director‑General of Health or Health Officer has reason to believe that the food is the cause of, is contributory to or is otherwise connected with, the occurrence of the outbreak or suspected outbreak;”;

(b)

in subsection (1)(e), after “any person”, insert “or class of persons”;

(c)

in subsection (1)(e)(i), replace “person’s knowledge” with “knowledge of the person or any person in that class of persons”;

(d)

in subsection (1)(e)(ii), replace “person’s custody or possession” with “custody or possession of the person or any person in that class of persons”;

(e)

in subsection (1)(f), replace “carrier or contact” with “an at‑risk individual”;

(f)

in subsection (1)(f), after “place,”, insert “and comply with such other measure relating to the medical examination,”;

(g)

in subsection (1)(g), after “taken place”, insert “, and require the owner or occupier of the public place to carry out any additional measures that the Director‑General of Health or Health Officer considers necessary, in the manner and within the time specified in the order”;

(h)

in subsection (1)(h)(i), after “any premises”, insert “(including any facility or equipment in those premises)”;

(i)

in subsection (1)(h)(i), replace “carriers or contacts” with “at‑risk individuals”;

(j)

in subsection (1)(i), replace “persons” with “any person or class of persons”;

(k)

in subsection (1)(i), after “paragraph (h)(i)”, insert “, subject to any condition that the Director‑General of Health thinks fit”;

(l)

in subsection (4), after “A person”, insert “(including a person in a class of persons)”;

(m)

in subsection (8), after “Any person”, insert “(including any person in a class of persons)”; and

(n)

in subsection (9)(b), after “any person”, insert “or class of persons”.

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