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Regulation 1A

of Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Passes) Regulations 2012

Regulation 1A

Definitions

Amended byS 774/2022 wef 01/10/2022S 774/2022 wef 01/10/2022S 774/2022 wef 01/10/2022S 774/2022 wef 01/10/2022

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —[Deleted by S 154/2024 wef 01/03/2024]“boarding premises” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015;[Deleted by S 154/2024 wef 01/03/2024][Deleted by S 154/2024 wef 01/03/2024]“licensed dormitory” means any boarding premises that is the subject of a licence under the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015;[Deleted by S 154/2024 wef 01/03/2024][Deleted by S 154/2024 wef 01/03/2024]“resident”, in relation to an unregulated dormitory or a licensed dormitory, means any individual, who occupies or enjoys a right to occupy one or more beds or rooms, or spaces within a room, in the dormitory as the individual’s main or only residence in Singapore;[Deleted by S 154/2024 wef 01/03/2024]“unregulated dormitory” means boarding premises providing accommodation to 7 or more foreign employees and includes any place converted (temporarily or otherwise) for use as accommodation for 7 or more foreign employees, but excludes —

(a)

any boarding premises to which the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015 applies; and

(b)

an isolation area within the meaning of section 17 of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976;[Deleted by S 154/2024 wef 01/03/2024]

Definition

“boarding premises” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015;

Amended byS 774/2022 wef 01/10/2022

Definition

“licensed dormitory” means any boarding premises that is the subject of a licence under the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015;

Amended byS 774/2022 wef 01/10/2022

Definition

“resident”, in relation to an unregulated dormitory or a licensed dormitory, means any individual, who occupies or enjoys a right to occupy one or more beds or rooms, or spaces within a room, in the dormitory as the individual’s main or only residence in Singapore;

Amended byS 774/2022 wef 01/10/2022

Definition

“unregulated dormitory” means boarding premises providing accommodation to 7 or more foreign employees and includes any place converted (temporarily or otherwise) for use as accommodation for 7 or more foreign employees, but excludes —

(a)

any boarding premises to which the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015 applies; and

(b)

an isolation area within the meaning of section 17 of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976;

Amended byS 774/2022 wef 01/10/2022