Singapore legislation

Section 3

of Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015

Section 3

Premises to which Act applies

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), in this Act, “foreign employee dormitory” means any boarding premises that —

(a)

provide the threshold number of beds or higher for use by residents who are foreign employees;

(b)

provide accommodation to the threshold number of residents who are foreign employees, or higher; or

(c)

have the prescribed occupancy load and provide accommodation substantially to foreign employees.

(2)

However, this Act does not apply to —

(a)

premises that are used as a hotel, an inn, a hostel or a bed and breakfast accommodation;

(b)

a serviced apartment, being a building or part of a building that is used to provide self‑contained tourist or visitor accommodation that is regularly cleaned by or on behalf of the proprietor or manager;

(c)

premises for the reception, lodging and care of aged or disabled persons, or persons suffering or convalescing from any sickness, injury or infirmity, including but not limited to a convalescent home or nursing home, but excluding a sick bay or similar facility within any boarding premises;

(d)

a student hostel or hall of residence for the accommodation of students;

(e)

a house;

(f)

a self‑contained residence that is a flat or an apartment (consisting of a suite of rooms) forming a portion of a building;

(g)

any prison where an individual is incarcerated to serve a sentence of imprisonment, any other place where a prisoner may serve his or her sentence of imprisonment outside of a prison, or premises for the detention of individuals serving orders of detention under any written law, whether or not for their rehabilitation or safety;

(h)

any vessel used as boarding premises for employees in connection with their work or employment on or relating to the vessel;

(i)

premises used for crisis accommodation provided by or on behalf of the Government or a public authority; and

(j)

any boarding premises specified or described by the Minister, by order in the Gazette, as not to be treated as a foreign employee dormitory.

(3)

In this section, “threshold number” means 1,000 or any lower number that the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe in substitution.

(4)

Any notification made under subsection (3) prescribing a lower threshold number in substitution may contain any saving, transitional, incidental or consequential provisions that the Minister considers necessary or proper.

(5)

Every order and notification made under subsections (2)(j) and (3), respectively, must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.

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