Infectious Diseases Act 1976 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3A · Control of Infectious Disease During Public Health Threat and Public Health Emergency
21G. Exercise of powers under Requisition of Resources Act 1985
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This section applies only during the period that a PHE Order is in force.
Whenever it appears to the appropriate Minister that it is necessary for the securing of the safety of human life and health in the event of a public health emergency, the appropriate Minister may by order direct that all or any of sections 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17 of the Requisition of Resources Act 1985 shall come into operation and those provisions shall come into operation and remain in operation for such period as may be specified in the order.
appropriate Minister
“appropriate Minister” means —(a)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:(i)the establishment of any advisory committee under section 5 for the purpose of giving advice to the Director‑General or the Director‑General, Food Administration;(ii)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(b)in any other case, the Minister charged with the responsibility for regulation of diseases and disease control;
An order under this section must not be in force for a period exceeding 7 days from the date of commencement of the order unless it has been made with the approval of the President.
An order made by the appropriate Minister under subsection (2) is deemed to be an order made under section 2(2) of the Requisition of Resources Act 1985, and accordingly —
any competent authority or authorised officer appointed under section 4 or 5 of that Act may exercise all the powers under sections 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17 of that Act (whichever is applicable) pursuant to the order under subsection (2); and
Parts 4, 5 and 6 of that Act apply in respect of anything done under section 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 or 17 of that Act pursuant to the order under subsection (2), as they would apply in respect of anything done under that section of that Act pursuant to an order made under section 2(2) of that Act.
To avoid doubt, subsection (2) does not affect the power of the Minister charged with the responsibility for the Requisition of Resources Act 1985 to make an order under section 2(2) of that Act or exercise any other power under any provision of that Act during a public health emergency.