§ 119 — Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1961

119. In the Road Traffic Act 1961, in section 110B, replace the definitions of “participating bookable driver” and “participating driver agreement” with —“ “participating bookable driver”, for a designated exempt ride-hail service operator, means a driver who has a participating driver agreement with the operator, and it is immaterial whether —(a)

the driver is an employee or agent of the designated exempt ride-hail service operator; or

(b)

where the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator is a platform operator, the driver is a platform worker of the operator;

“participating driver agreement”, in relation to a designated exempt ride‑hail service operator providing a ride-hail service, means an agreement or arrangement between the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator and a driver of a bookable vehicle under which —(a)

the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator agrees to —(i)

take or facilitate any booking by or on behalf of a passenger for bookable vehicles to be made available in providing on‑demand passenger transport services (whether immediately or at a later time) to the passenger; and

(ii)

communicate the booking to participating bookable drivers; and

(b)

the driver agrees to carry out the on‑demand passenger transport service in the booking by transporting the passenger for hire or reward, using a bookable vehicle,

and it does not matter —

(c)

whether or not —(i)

the driver is an employee or agent of the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator; or

(ii)

where the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator is a platform operator, the driver is a platform worker of that operator; or

(d)

whether the vehicle is hired from that operator;

“platform operator” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Platform Workers Act 2024;

“platform worker” has the meaning given by section 5(1) of the Platform Workers Act 2024;”.