Section 1: Provision of housing scheme for employees made obligatory in certain cases

(1) Every designated employer (whether corporate or unincorporate) shall, not later than six months after the requisite order is made as provided in this section, submit for the consideration of the Minister, proposals for the establishment of a housing scheme for his employees in respect of each State in the Federation (or such number of States as may be applicable in his case) in accordance with the following provisions of this Act.
(2) For the purposes of the subsection (1) of this section, "designated employer" means any employer who-
(a) on or after the commencement of this Act has not less than 500 persons in his employment in any State in the Federation or any part thereof; or
(b) is designated as such by the Minister, with the approval of the President, either by reference to the number of employees (whether or not more than 500) or the turn-over of profits of the trade or business of the employer concerned or otherwise howsoever,
and the name and other relevant particulars of every such designated employer shall be published by the Minister by order in the Federal Gazette.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, "provision of housing scheme" includes provision, on a rental basis, of separate dwellings or of blocks of flats for employees.