Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Licensing of Foreign Employee Dormitory Operators
18. Annual returns of foreign employee dormitory
Feedback & supportA licensed operator must, within the prescribed period after the end of the annual reporting period for the boarding premises specified in the licensed operator’s licence, give notice to the Commissioner of any changes in any of the particulars mentioned in section 8(2) as at the end of that reporting period.
licensed operator
“licensed operator” means the person to whom a valid licence is granted under section 9(1)(a);
In subsection (1), “annual reporting period” for boarding premises specified in a licence, is the period of 12 months starting on the date the licence for those premises was granted or the last anniversary of that date, whichever is the later.
boarding premises
“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;
However, nothing in subsection (1) prevents any condition being imposed on a licence requiring the giving of particulars to the Commissioner for the purposes of this Act on a more frequent basis than annually.
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;
A licensed operator that 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.