s 80G Grant or refusal of cleaning business licence
80G.—(1) The Director‑General may grant or refuse to grant a cleaning business licence in accordance with this Part, and in every case he or she must notify the applicant in writing of his or her decision.[15/2014] (2) There must be charged for the grant of any cleaning business licence any fee that may be prescribed.[15/2014] (3) No applicant for, or holder of, a cleaning business licence is entitled to any refund of any fee paid in respect of any application for or grant of a cleaning business licence.[15/2014] (4) Subject to the provisions of this Part, an applicant is eligible for a cleaning business licence if —(a) the applicant is a company registered under the Companies Act 1967, a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005, a sole proprietorship or firm registered under the Business Names Registration Act 2014, a society registered under the Societies Act 1966 or an entity having a business or corporate structure that may be prescribed; (b) [Deleted by Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023] (c) the progressive wage plan in respect of its cleaning business submitted by the applicant complies with the prescribed requirements;[Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023] (d) in the case of an applicant who has one or more cleaners in the applicant’s employ at the time of the application — the applicant satisfies the Director-General that such proportion of the cleaners that the applicant employs, have attended such training, and at such frequency, as the Director-General may specify for the class of the cleaning business licence that is being applied for;[Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023] [Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/01/2024] (e) the paid‑up capital or (where the applicant is not a corporation) net worth of the applicant for the period specified by the Director‑General, is not less than the amount specified by the Director‑General for the class of the cleaning business licence that is being applied for (if specified);[Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/01/2024] (f) the applicant has obtained a valid certification relating to the safety, health and welfare of persons at work in the applicant’s workplace, of a type that is specified by the Director‑General for the class of the cleaning business licence that is being applied for (if specified); and[Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/01/2024] (g) the applicant satisfies all other prescribed requirements for the class of the cleaning business licence that is being applied for.[15/2014; 29/2014] [Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/01/2024] (4A) The Director-General may subdivide cleaning business licences (whether granted or renewed before, on or after the date of commencement of section 19(1)(d) of the Environmental Public Health (Amendment) Act 2023) into classes, such as according to any of the following, and may grant or renew a cleaning business licence on or after that date accordingly for one or more such classes:(a) the type of cleaning business that the cleaning business licensee is authorised to carry on; (b) the paid‑up capital or net worth (as the case may be) of the cleaning business licensee; (c) the cleaning business licensee’s compliance history with —(i) the requirements of this Act, the Central Provident Fund Act 1953, the Employment Act 1968, the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 and the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006; and (ii) any order made by an Employment Claims Tribunal under section 22 of the Employment Claims Act 2016.[Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/01/2024] (5) [Deleted by Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023] (6) The Director‑General may, if he or she thinks fit, in any particular case waive any (but not all) of the requirements of subsection (4).[15/2014] (7) Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the Director‑General refusing to grant the person a cleaning business licence may, within 14 days after the person is notified of that decision, appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.[15/2014] (8) In this section —“corporation” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967; “Employment Claims Tribunal” means a subordinate court called an Employment Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act 1970; “net worth” of a person means the amount by which the person’s assets exceeds the person’s liabilities.[Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/01/2024]