Singapore legislation
Section 29
Section 29
Power to make rules
(1)
The Minister may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act and in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers he may make rules to prescribe —
the types of employment in respect of which licences may be granted;
the manner, circumstances and conditions under which licences may be granted to persons for the purpose of operating employment agencies or for performing any work or activity referred to in section 6(2);
the fees payable to licensees by applicants for employment and applicants for employees;
the fees payable for the application, grant and renewal of licences;
(da)the fee payable for the registration of employment agency personnel;
the forms of licence, applications for the grant or renewal of licences, registers and monthly returns;
the circumstances and conditions under which employment agencies or persons may be granted permission to place or recruit employees outside Singapore;
the circumstances and conditions under which fees may be collected from applicants for employment and applicants for employees, as the case may be, and the circumstances and conditions under which such fees shall, whether in whole or in part, be refunded;
penalties for any contravention of any of the provisions of any rules made under this section except that no such penalty shall exceed $10,000 or 12 months’ imprisonment or both;
the kind and amount of security required to be given under this Act, and the circumstances and conditions under which the amount of security may be varied;
the form of the registration card to be issued by a licensee;
the imposition of any requirement, restriction or prohibition on licensees or employment agency personnel in relation to the carrying on of any employment agency, or the performance of any work or activity referred to in section 6(2);
any matter relating to the release of any arrested person on any bail or bond under this Act; and
anything that is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Act.
(2)
All rules made under this section shall be published in the Gazette and shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication and if a resolution is passed pursuant to a motion notice whereof has been given for a sitting day not later than the first available sitting day of Parliament next after the expiry of one month from the date when the rules are so presented annulling the rules or any part thereof as from a specified date, the rules or such part thereof, as the case may be, shall thereupon become void as from that date but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of new rules.