Employment of Foreign Workers (Levy) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1996

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Apr 1996

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No. S 193

Employment of Foreign Workers Act

(Chapter 91A)

Employment of Foreign Workers (Levy) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1996

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11(1) of the Employment of Foreign Workers Act, the Minister for Labour hereby makes the following Order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Employment of Foreign Workers (Levy) (Amendment No.2) Order 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st May 1996.

[G.N. Nos. S 311/93; S 143/95; S 22/96]

2. Paragraph 3 of the Employment of Foreign Workers (Levy) Order is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediatly after sub-paragraph (18), the following sub-paragraphs:

“Foreign worker with suitable academic qualifications or work experience

(19) Notwithstanding the preceding sub-paragraphs, the levy payable in respect of a foreign worker who has such academic qualifications or such academic qualifications and work experience, as the Minister may determine shall be at the rate os $200 for every calendar month, and where such worker is employed for part of a month, the levy payable for that month shall be at the rate of $7 for each day during which the worker is employed in that month.

(20) The rate of levy under sub-paragraph (19) shall apply with effect from the date of issue or first renewal of work permits on or after 1st May 1996.”; and

(b)

by renumbering the existing sub-paragraph (19) as sub-paragraph (21).

Made this 30th day of April 1996.

MOSES LEE KIM POO

Permanent Secratary,
Ministery of Labour,
Singapore.

[ML. S11.3/65 T7 V2; AG/SL/17/93]

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