Definitions
2.—(1)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“appointed date” means the date of commencement of these Regulations;
“boarding premises” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015 (Act 3 of 2015);
[Deleted by S 224/2022 wef 29/03/2022]
“cleared status”, in relation to an individual and a specified dormitory, means an individual who —
(a)in the period of 14 consecutive days before the individual first enters the specified dormitory as a resident thereof, has undergone a COVID‑19 polymerase chain reaction test and his or her test result is negative for COVID-19; or
(b)in the period of 180 consecutive days before the individual first enters the specified dormitory as a resident thereof, recovered from a COVID‑19 infection,
and the period before first entry may be a period before the appointed date;
“foreign employee” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015;
“individual of uncleared status”, in relation to a specified dormitory, means an individual who is not an individual of cleared status with respect to that specified dormitory;
“new resident”, in relation to a specified dormitory, means an individual who —
(a)immediately before the appointed date, does not occupy one or more beds or rooms, or spaces within a room, in the specified dormitory as the individual’s main or only residence in Singapore; and
(b)first enters, on or after the appointed date, a specified dormitory as a resident of that specified dormitory, disregarding any previous period the individual had occupied one or more beds or rooms, or spaces within a room, in the same specified dormitory that is discontinuous;
“occupancy agreement”, in relation to a specified dormitory, means an agreement (written or unwritten) —
(a)to which an operator of the specified dormitory (or a person acting on behalf of the operator) is a party; and
(b)under which an individual is provided one or more beds or rooms, or spaces within a room, in the specified dormitory to occupy as a resident of the dormitory;
“operator”, in relation to a specified dormitory —
(a)means a person who is managing and maintaining, in the course of a business, the specified dormitory (whether self-owned or under lease or otherwise) to provide board and lodging for residents of the dormitory who may or may not be employees of that person; and
(b)includes a lessor of a flat or house that is leased wholly as a specified dormitory;
“resident”, in relation to a specified dormitory, means an individual (whether or not a foreign employee) who occupies or enjoys a right to occupy one or more beds or rooms, or spaces within a room, in the specified dormitory as the individual’s main or only residence in Singapore;
“specified dormitory” means any boarding premises that provides accommodation to 7 or more foreign employees and that is not a specified hostel.
(2)  [Deleted by S 54/2023 wef 13/02/2023]