Singapore Business Federation (Exemption) Order

Singapore Business Federation Act

(Chapter 297A, Section 5(2))

Singapore Business Federation (Exemption) Order

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G.N. No. S 472/2002

REVISED EDITION 2004

(29th February 2004)

[1st April 2002]

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Singapore Business Federation (Exemption) Order.

Annual exemption

2.—(1)  Subject to paragraph 3, any local company or foreign company which satisfies the Council that it did not or does not have any employee during the period specified in the first column of the Schedule shall be exempted from section 5(1) of the Act for the year specified in the second column of the Schedule.

(2)  For the purposes of satisfying the Council that it did not or does not have any employee during the period specified in the first column of the Schedule, the local company or foreign company shall submit to the Council —

(a) a declaration by any of its directors in such form as the Council may require stating that it did not or does not have any employee during that period; and

(b) such other documents as the Council may require.

[S 409/2013 wef 04/07/2013]

Continuous exemption

3.—(1)  Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where —

(a) a local company or foreign company is exempted under paragraph 2(1) from section 5(1) of the Act for 2013 or any year thereafter (referred to as a year of exemption); and

(b) the year of exemption is the third consecutive year for which the local company or foreign company is exempted under paragraph 2(1) from section 5(1) of the Act,

the exemption of the local company or foreign company shall, without having to satisfy the Council under paragraph 2, continue until the end of the year in which a person starts employment with the local company or foreign company.

(2)  Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply to a local company or foreign company if, during any period of continuous exemption under sub-paragraph (1) of the company, it employed a person and failed to immediately inform the Council in writing of the date on which the person started that employment.

[S 409/2013 wef 04/07/2013]

THE SCHEDULE

Paragraph 2(1)

First column		Second column
Period during which local company or foreign company did not or does not have any employee		Year in respect of which exemption from section 5(1) of Act applies
(1) 1st April 2002 to 30th June 2002		2002
(2) 1st July 2002 to 31st December 2002		2003
(3) 1st January 2003 to 31st December 2003		2004
(4) 1st January to 31st December of the year immediately preceding the year in respect of which the exemption applies		Any calendar year subsequent to 2004.

[G.N. No. S 472/2002]

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Singapore Business Federation (Exemption) Order

 

This Legislative History is provided for the convenience of users of the Singapore Business Federation (Exemption) Order. It is not part of this Order.
1.	G. N. No. S 472/2002—Singapore Business Federation (Exemption) Order 2002
	Date of commencement	:	1 April 2002
2.	2004 Revised Edition—Singapore Business Federation (Exemption) Order
	Date of operation	:	29 February 2004
3.	G.N. No. S 409/2013—Singapore Business Federation (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2013
	Date of commencement	:	4 July 2013