Singapore legislation
Section 80D
Section 80D
Carrying on cleaning business without cleaning business licence prohibited
(1)
A person must not carry on a cleaning business in Singapore, except under and in accordance with a cleaning business licence that is in force.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(3)
In this section, a person is presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be carrying on a cleaning business if the person, directly or indirectly, charges or receives any fee or reward for providing cleaning work to other persons, or undertakes for a fee or reward to provide cleaning work to other persons, as follows:
by contract of service, the person employs 2 or more individuals as cleaners to perform the cleaning work;
the person, having —
to achieve a stated result or outcome; and
to supply all or substantially all of the plant or equipment or the tools of trade needed to perform the cleaning work,by contract (whether or not a contract of service) engages 2 or more individuals to perform the cleaning work; or
being a principal contractor, the person engages by contract (other than a contract of service) any person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) to provide cleaning work to other persons.