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Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Licensing of Foreign Employee Dormitory Operators

11. Conditions of licence

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(1)

In granting a licence to any person to operate any boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory, the Commissioner may impose any conditions that the Commissioner considers requisite or expedient having regard to the purposes of this Act.

(2)

Without limiting subsection (1), a licence to operate any boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory may include conditions requiring the licensed operator concerned —

(a)

to meet all the following standards prescribed, or specified in the licence insofar as they are not prescribed:

(i)

standards for facilities and services provided to residents including, but not limited to, standards for the maintenance, cleanliness, water supply, sanitation and hygiene of those premises and standards concerning the physical and mental welfare, social activities, personal protection and meals of foreign employees who are resident;

(ii)

standards for accommodation provided to residents including, but not limited to, standards concerning bedrooms, bathrooms and other rooms or spaces within rooms that are occupied or used by residents;

(iii)

standards to prevent overcrowding;

(b)

to prepare to deal with any public emergency;

(c)

to furnish to the Commissioner financial information including accounts in respect of such period and on such basis as may be specified;

(d)

to furnish persons specified in the licence or the Commissioner, in such manner and at such times as may be similarly specified, with such information as appears to the Commissioner to be requisite or expedient for the purpose of facilitating the exercise by those persons or the Commissioner of the functions or duties assigned to them or as may be reasonably required for that purpose; and

(e)

to provide or further provide a performance bond, guarantee or other form of security on such terms and conditions as the Commissioner may determine, of such amount as the Commissioner considers appropriate.

(3)

A licensed operator who contravenes or fails to comply with a condition of the licensed operator’s licence shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both, for each condition that is contravened or not complied with.

Terms defined in s 2

boarding premises
Defined · s 2
“boarding premises” means premises (or a complex of premises) that —(a)provide boarders or lodgers with a principal place of residence;(b)may have shared facilities (such as a communal living room, bathroom, laundry or kitchen) or services that are provided to boarders or lodgers, or both; and(c)have rooms (some or all of which may have private kitchen or bathroom facilities) that accommodate one or more boarders or lodgers;
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Commissioner
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“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories appointed under section 6(1), and includes any Deputy Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories or Assistant Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories delegated under section 6(5) to exercise the Commissioner’s powers or duties under this Act;
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foreign employee dormitory
Defined · s 2
“foreign employee dormitory” has the meaning given by section 3(1);
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licence
Defined · s 2
“licence” means a licence granted under section 9(1)(a) authorising a person to operate the boarding premises specified in the licence as a foreign employee dormitory;
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licensed operator
Defined · s 2
“licensed operator” means the person to whom a valid licence is granted under section 9(1)(a);
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operate
Defined · s 2
“operate”, in relation to any boarding premises, means managing and maintaining, in the course of a business, the boarding premises (whether self‑owned or under lease) as a foreign employee dormitory, for residents who may or may not be employees of the operator;
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premises
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“premises” means a building or structure (whether permanent or temporary) or part of such a building or structure, and includes any immediately adjoining space or land necessary for access to, or the enjoyment of residents of, the building or structure;
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resident
Defined · s 2
“resident”, in relation to boarding premises (whether or not a foreign employee dormitory), means any individual who occupies or enjoys a right to occupy one or more beds or rooms, or spaces within a room, in those premises as the individual’s main or only residence in Singapore, and includes any resident who is a proprietor or manager of those premises or a relative of the proprietor or manager.
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Part 4

Enforcement

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Part 5

Miscellaneous

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