PUBLIC ORDER (ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY MEASURES)
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(4) The holder of a subject licence who is aggrieved by any decision of a relevant authority under this section may, within 14 days after receiving the notice under subsection (3), appeal to the Minister charged with the responsibility for the relevant authority in the same manner prescribed under the written law governing that subject licence as if the decision was an appealable decision made under that written law.
(5) Notwithstanding any other written law, the decision of the relevant authority under this section shall take effect notwithstanding that an appeal against that decision is made under subsection (4) to the Minister charged with the responsibility for the relevant authority.
(6) In this section, “relevant authority” means—
- (a) the Director‑General of Public Health—for a subject licence that is a licence for a retail food establishment or catering food establishment, a hawker licence (whether or not itinerant) for the sale of any food, or a licence for a private market under the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95);
- (b) the Hotels Licensing Board—for a subject licence that is a registration of premises as a hotel under the Hotels Act (Cap. 127);
- (c) the Licensing Officer appointed under the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act (Cap. 257)—for a subject licence that is a licence for an approved place under that Act;
- (d) the Director‑General, Agri‑Food and Veterinary Services—for a subject licence that is a licence for a food processing establishment or other food establishment under the Sale of Food Act (Cap. 283) or a licence for a processing establishment or cold store under the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act (Cap. 349A); or
- (e) such person as the Minister may prescribe for a subject licence that is a licence, permit, approval or other similar document referred to in paragraph (i) of the definition of “subject licence” in section 2.
