Section 105 — Amendment of Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001

In the Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001 —

(a)in section 2(1), after the definition of “personal representative”, insert —“ “platform operator” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Platform Workers Act 2024;”;

(b)in section 2, after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of this Act, a platform worker (within the meaning given by section 5(1) of the Platform Workers Act 2024) is to be regarded as a person who engages in or carries on a trade, business, profession or vocation other than employment under a contract of service and derives income from that trade, business, profession or vocation.”;

(c)in the following provisions, after “an employer,”, insert “a platform operator,”:Section 9A(6) Section 12B(20) Section 12F(4) Section 12I(5);

(d)in section 12A(9), before “a female employee”, insert “an employer, a platform operator,”;

(e)in section 12AB(4), before “a self‑employed woman”, insert “a platform operator or”; and

(f)in section 12HA(8), before “a male employee”, insert “an employer, a platform operator,”. “(1A) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of this Act, a platform worker (within the meaning given by section 5(1) of the Platform Workers Act 2024) is to be regarded as a person who engages in or carries on a trade, business, profession or vocation other than employment under a contract of service and derives income from that trade, business, profession or vocation.”;