Section 7

where the work pass belongs to any category of work passes prescribed by the Minister, be made by a person prescribed for that category of work passes;

be in any form as the Controller may determine;

be accompanied by the prescribed fee, if any; and

be accompanied by such information, statements and documents as the Controller may require.

issue a work pass, with or without conditions —

if the prescribed fee has been paid; and

if the Controller is satisfied that the foreign employee or self-employed foreigner to whom the work pass is to be issued is not a prohibited immigrant under section 8 of the Immigration Act 1959; or

refuse to issue any work pass.

vary or revoke any of the existing conditions of a work pass or impose new conditions;

cancel any in-principle approval, or vary, suspend or revoke a work pass;

reinstate a work pass which has been suspended or revoked, if the prescribed fee has been paid; or

debar any person from applying for or being issued with a work pass for any fixed period of time as the Controller may determine.

impose conditions that the employer of the foreign employee must comply with —

relating to the employment of the foreign employee; or

relating to the foreign employee, after the in‑principle approval or the work pass relating to that foreign employee is cancelled or revoked or expires; and

impose conditions that the foreign employee must comply with relating to his or her employment as a foreign employee.

vary or revoke any existing condition of a work pass to become inconsistent with any condition prescribed by the Minister by regulations under section 29(2)(c); or

impose any new condition for a work pass that is inconsistent with any condition prescribed by the Minister by regulations under section 29(2)(c),and any condition varied, revoked or imposed by the Controller which is so inconsistent shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.

whether the person has acted, or is acting, in concert with or on the direction of a debarred person for or in connection with the employment of any foreign employee; or

whether the person, as an associate of a debarred person, is engaged in a trade or business which is substantially similar to any trade or business of the debarred person.

a person is an associate of an individual —

if the person is the individual’s spouse, or if the person is a relative, or the spouse of a relative of the individual or his or her spouse;

if the person is in partnership with the individual, or the individual is the spouse or a relative of any other person with whom the firstmentioned person is in partnership;

if the person employs the individual or the individual employs the person, and for this purpose, any director or other officer of a person that is a company must be treated as employed by that company;

a person in his or her capacity as trustee of a trust is an associate of an individual if the beneficiaries of the trust include, or the terms of the trust confer a power that may be exercised for the benefit of, that individual or an associate of that individual;

a company is an associate of an individual if that individual has control of it or if that individual and persons who are his or her associates together have control of it;

for the purposes of paragraph (a), a person is a relative of an individual if the person is that individual’s brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, lineal ancestor or lineal descendant;

any reference in this subsection to a spouse includes a former spouse;

for the purposes of paragraph (c), an individual is taken to have control of a company if —

the directors of the company or of another company which has control of it (or any of them) are accustomed to act in accordance with the individual’s directions or instructions; or

the individual is entitled to exercise, or control the exercise of, one-third or more of the voting power at any general meeting of the company or of another company which has control of it,and where 2 or more persons together satisfy sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii), they are taken to have control of the company; and

in this subsection, “company” includes any body corporate (whether incorporated in Singapore or elsewhere), and references to directors and other officers of a company and to voting power at any general meeting of a company are to have effect with any necessary modifications.

an application for a Mandatory Order, a Prohibiting Order or a Quashing Order;

an application for a declaration or an injunction;

an Order for Review of Detention; and

any other suit or action relating to or arising out of any decision made or act done pursuant to any power conferred upon the Minister or the Controller by this section.