Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Pass Exemptions) Notification 2007

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No. S 345

Employment of Foreign Manpower Act

(Chapter 91A)

Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Pass Exemptions) Notification 2007

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

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification may be cited as the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Pass Exemptions) Notification 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2007.

Officers and seamen on international voyages

2.—(1) The following persons shall be exempted from section 5 of the Act:

(a)	a foreign employee who is an officer or a seaman on an international voyage aboard any Singapore ship registered under the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179); and
(b)	any person who employs or wishes to employ a foreign employee referred to in sub-paragraph (a) in respect of that foreign employee.

(2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1), “officer” and “seaman” shall have the same meanings as in the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179).

Students on vacation, etc.

3.—(1) Any foreigner who is —

(a)	14 years of age or above; and
(b)	a full-time matriculated or registered student of a recognised university or an educational institution set out in Part I of the Schedule,

shall be exempted from the requirement in section 5 of the Act of having a work pass to be employed by any employer during his school vacation or term break, as the case may be.

(2) Any foreigner who is —

(a)

a full-time matriculated or registered student of a recognised university or an educational institution set out in Part II of the Schedule; and

(b)

required to work —

(i)	for less than 16 hours per week; or
(ii)	under an industrial attachment programme conducted by his university or educational institution, as the case may be, [S 535/2008 wef 01/11/2008]

shall be exempted from the requirement in section 5 of the Act of having a work pass to be or being employed by any employer.

(3) The employer of any foreigner referred to in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) shall be exempted from the requirement in section 5 of the Act in respect of that foreigner.

Cancellation

4. The following Notifications are cancelled:

(a)	Work Permit (Exemption) (Consolidation) Notification (N 1);
(b)	Employment of Foreign Workers (Exemption) (Consolidation) Notification (N 2);
(c)	Work Permit (Exemption) Notification 2007 (G.N. No. S 66/2007); and
(d)	Work Permit (Exemption) (No. 2) Notification 2007 (G.N. No. S 187/2007).

Made this 29th day of June 2007.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[WPSD 6:2/EFMA/02; AG/LEG/SL/91A/2003/2 Vol. 1]

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