Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9A · General Cleaning Industry
80F. Application for cleaning business licence
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Every application for a cleaning business licence must —
cleaning business licence
“cleaning business licence” means a licence granted under section 80G(1);
be made to the Director‑General in any form and manner that the Director‑General may require;
state the class of cleaning business licence that is being applied for; and
be accompanied by —
the prescribed application fee (if any);
a progressive wage plan in respect of the applicant’s cleaning business that complies with the prescribed requirements; and
any other particulars, information and documents that the Director‑General may require.
The applicant must, at the request of the Director‑General, provide any further information or evidence that the Director‑General may require to decide the application.
provide
“provide”, in relation to water suitable for drinking, means to convey, distribute, produce, supply, offer to provide or otherwise make available, in the course of business and whether or not carried on for profit, the water —(a)to the public, or a section of the public, at a public place, any common area of any residential premises, or any other place, premises or area; and(b)by using any reticulation system, storage tank, container, hose, water fitting, generator, tanker, truck or any other system, facility, equipment or vehicle,but does not include —(c)any sale of water suitable for drinking that is regulated under the Sale of Food Act 1973;(d)any supply to a vessel of water suitable for drinking that is regulated under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996;(e)any provision to a Singapore ship of water suitable for drinking that is regulated under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;(f)any provision of water suitable for drinking solely to the Public Utilities Board; and(g)any other provision of water prescribed by the Minister charged with the responsibility for food safety by order in the Gazette, as not being the provision of water suitable for drinking;
Any person who, in relation to any application for the grant or renewal of a cleaning business licence, submits a false document or makes a statement which is false or misleading in any material particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.