Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Licensing of Foreign Employee Dormitory Operators
21. Register
Feedback & supportThe Commissioner is to keep a Register of licensed operators of foreign employee dormitories.
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;
The Register may be kept in any form that the Commissioner considers appropriate.
Register
“Register” means the register of licensed operators of foreign employee dormitories kept under section 21;
The Commissioner may record in the Register in relation to a foreign employee dormitory —
foreign employee dormitory
“foreign employee dormitory” has the meaning given by section 3(1);
particulars of any enforcement or regulatory action taken in respect of the foreign employee dormitory, its proprietor or licensed operator or any of its staff; and
any other particulars or information that the Commissioner considers appropriate or that may be prescribed.
The Commissioner is to ensure that information in the Register is kept up‑to‑date and may arrange for any information in the Register that the Commissioner considers appropriate to be available to the public without charge.
The Register is evidence of the particulars or information recorded in it.
A certificate signed or purporting to be signed by the Commissioner and stating that the premises named in the certificate were or were not licensed at a specified time, or stating any other particulars or information recorded in the Register at a specified time, is admissible in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.
premises
“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;