Singapore legislation
Section 65
Section 65
No person to perform water service work or to hold himself out as a water service worker unless licensed
(1)
Subject to subsection (1A), no person shall —
perform or carry out personally any water service work or offer or undertake to perform or carry out personally any such work unless he is licensed as a water service worker in respect of that water service work;
advertise or otherwise hold himself out as a water service worker or as a licensed water service worker, or as a person competent or qualified or legally permitted personally to perform or carry out water service work unless he is licensed as a water service worker in respect of that water service work.
(1A)
The Board may from time to time, by notification in the Gazette, specify any water service work which may be carried out by any person without a licence.
(2)
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
(3)
Where an offence is committed against this section by any person who is the agent or employee of another person, that other person shall be liable under this Act in the same manner and to the same extent as if he had personally committed the offence unless he can prove that the offence was committed without his knowledge and that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.