Employment of Foreign Manpower (Levy) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2013

No. S 722

Employment of Foreign Manpower Act

(CHAPTER 91A)

Employment of Foreign Manpower
(Levy) (Amendment No. 3)
Order 2013

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11(1) of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, Senior Minister of State, charged with the responsibility of the Minister for Manpower, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Levy) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2013.

Amendment of paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 2 of the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Levy) Order 2011 (G.N. No. S 371/2011) (referred to in this Order as the principal Order) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “process maintenance worker” in the definition of “general work permit holder”, the words “, reclamation worker”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “process maintenance worker”, the following definition:

“ “reclamation worker” means an S pass holder or a work permit holder who is engaged in reclamation activities, whether land-based or marine-based, and employed under the Reclamation Scheme administered by the Ministry of Manpower;”; and

(c)

by deleting sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of the definition of “skilled marine worker” and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(ii)

Bureau Veritas Certification (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.;”.

Amendment of paragraph 13

3. The principal Order is amended by renumbering paragraph 13 as sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply in the case of an S pass holder who is a reclamation worker.”.

Amendment of paragraph 14

4. Paragraph 14 of the principal Order is amended by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraph:

“(3) This paragraph shall not apply in the case of an S pass holder who is a reclamation worker.”.

Amendment of paragraph 15

5. Paragraph 15 of the principal Order is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (7).

Amendment of paragraph 19

6. Paragraph 19 of the principal Order is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (4).

Amendment of paragraph 24

7. Paragraph 24 of the principal Order is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (6).

New Division 12

8. The principal Order is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph 31A, the following Division:

“Division 12 — Reclamation workers

Levy payable by employer of reclamation workers

31B. The levy payable by the employer for a month in respect of a reclamation worker of his shall be the amount of levy specified in the second column of the Thirteenth Schedule corresponding to the category of reclamation worker in the first column of that Schedule.”.

Amendment of First Schedule

9. Paragraph 3 of the First Schedule to the principal Order is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (g) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(h)	Reclamation Scheme.”.

New Thirteenth Schedule

10. The principal Order is amended by inserting, immediately after the Twelfth Schedule, the following Schedule:

“THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE

Paragraph 31B

LEVY PAYABLE FOR RECLAMATION WORKERS

First column

Second column

Category

Levy payable

1.	Reclamation worker on S pass

$450

2.	Reclamation worker on work permit

$750.

”.

[G.N. Nos. S 701/2011; S 297/2012; S 666/2012; S 111/2013; S 372/2013]

Made this 28th day of November 2013.

LOH KHUM YEAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[WP (C) 17: 03; AG/LLRD/SL/91A/2010/3 Vol. 5]

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