Section 118 — Amendment of Requisition of Resources Act 1985

In the Requisition of Resources Act 1985, in section 27 —

(a)in subsection (2)(b), replace “had not been” with “not been”;

(b)in subsection (2), after paragraph (b), insert —“(ba) is a platform worker — he or she must be paid such remuneration as would have been derived from his or her provision of a platform service for a platform operator had the person’s service not been requisitioned;”;

(c)in subsection (4), replace “subsection (2)(a) or (b)” with “subsection (2)(a), (b) or (ba)”;

(d)in subsection (4), after “self‑employed person”, insert “or platform worker”; and

(e)replace subsection (6) with —“(6) In this section —“platform operator” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; “platform service” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; “platform worker” has the meaning given by section 5(1) of the Platform Workers Act 2024; “service” includes any work carried out or performed for the competent authority.”. “(6) In this section —“platform operator” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; “platform service” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; “platform worker” has the meaning given by section 5