Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Licensing of Foreign Employee Dormitory Operators
17. Restriction on transfer of licence
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licence
“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;
Any purported transfer or assignment of a licence in contravention of this section is void and of no effect.
Any consent under subsection (1) may be given subject to compliance with any conditions that the Commissioner thinks fit to impose, which may, subject to section 12, include conditions modifying, or requiring or otherwise providing for the making of modifications to, the conditions of the licence.
Commissioner
“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;