Work Permit (Exemption) Notification 2005

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 25 Oct 2005

No. S 677

Employment of Foreign Workers Act

(Chapter 91A)

Work Permit (Exemption) Notification 2005

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Employment of Foreign Workers Act, the Minister for Manpower hereby makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification may be cited as the Work Permit (Exemption) Notification 2005 and shall come into operation on 26th October 2005.

Exemption

2.—(1) Any locally registered business which employs or wishes to employ a foreign worker who —

(a)

is a representative of a foreign company;

(b)

pursuant to a contract between the locally registered business and the foreign company —

(i)

is to install or dismantle any equipment or machine supplied by the foreign company;

(ii)

is to service or repair any product of the foreign company;

(iii)

is to set up or dismantle any exhibition booth; or

(iv)

is to provide any training —

(A)	for any employee of the locally registered business; or
(B)	relating to any product of the foreign company; and

(c)

is in Singapore for a period not exceeding one month,

is hereby exempted from applying for a work permit under section 7 of the Act in respect of that foreign worker.

(2) In this paragraph —

“foreign company” has the same meaning as in the Companies Act (Cap. 50);

“locally registered business” means —

(a)	a company registered under the Companies Act;
(b)	a person registered under the Business Registration Act (Cap. 32); or
(c)	a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 (Act 5 of 2005).

Made this 21st day of October 2005.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[FM(S) 09:30 V1; AG/LEG/SL/91A/2003/1 Vol. 2]

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