Amendment of Business Names Registration Act 2014
s 104
104. In the Business Names Registration Act 2014, in section 4(1), after paragraph (j), insert —“(ja) any platform work association registered under the Platform Workers Act 2024;”.
Platform Workers Act 2024 PART 8 — CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS
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Amendment of Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001
s 105
105. 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.”;
Amendment of Companies Act 1967
s 106
106. In the Companies Act 1967, in section 4(1), in the definition of “corporation” —(a) in paragraph (d), delete “or” at the end; and (b) after paragraph (d), insert —“(da) any platform work association registered under the Platform Workers Act 2024; or”.
Amendment of Co-operative Societies Act 1979
s 107
107. In the Co-operative Societies Act 1979 —(a) in section 2(1), in the definition of “institutional member”, replace “or a trade union” with “, a trade union or a platform work association”; (b) in section 2(1), after the definition of “permanent share”, insert —“ “platform work association” means a platform work association registered under the Platform Workers Act 2024;”; (c) in section 2(1), replace the definition of “secondary society” with —“ “secondary society” means a society, each of whose registered members is a co‑operative society, a trade union or a platform work association;”; (d) in section 38, replace “or trade union” with “, trade union or platform work association”; (e) in section 39(1)(b), replace “or is a trade union” with “, a trade union or a platform work association”; (f) in section 39(2), replace “and trade unions” with “, trade unions and platform work associations”; (g) in section 44(2)(b), replace “or a trade union” with “, another society, a trade union or a platform work association”; and (h) in the following provisions, replace “or a trade union” with “, a trade union or a platform work association”:Section 5(2) Section 7(1)(b)(ii) Section 43(3) Section 83(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment of Enlistment Act 1970
s 108
108. In the Enlistment Act 1970, in section 24 —(a) in subsection (1), replace paragraphs (f) and (g) with —“(f) a platform worker providing a platform service for a platform operator; (g) gainfully employed by one or more employers; (h) self-employed as well as a platform worker; (i) self-employed as well as gainfully employed under a contract of service; (j) a platform worker as well as gainfully employed under a contract of service; or (k) self-employed, gainfully employed under a contract of service as well as a platform worker,”; (b) in subsection (4), replace paragraph (b) with —“(b) where that person —(i) is self-employed as well as gainfully employed under a contract of service; (ii) is a platform worker as well as is gainfully employed under a contract of service; or (iii) is self-employed, a platform worker as well as is gainfully employed under a contract of service, his employer shall only be liable to pay the difference between his civilian remuneration and his service remuneration in the proportion that the civilian remuneration paid by his employer bears to his total civilian remuneration.”; (c) after subsection (6), insert —“(6A) Where under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 a platform operator pays contributions in respect of a platform worker who provides a platform service for that platform operator, the platform operator shall continue to pay the same amount of contributions and at the same rate notwithstanding that the platform worker is performing —(a) any service under section 14 of this Act or section 118(17) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972; (b) any voluntary service in the Singapore Armed Forces; or (c) any mobilised service.”; (d) in subsection (7), in the definition of “civilian remuneration”, in paragraph (a), replace “or self‑employment” with “, self‑employment or the provision of a platform service for a platform operator”; and (e) in subsection (7), after the definition of “mobilised service”, insert —“ “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;”. “(6A) Where under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 a platform operator pays contributions in respect of a platform worker who provides a platform service for that platform operator, the platform operator shall continue to pay the same amount of contributions and at the same rate notwithstanding that the platform worker is performing —(a) any service under section 14 of this Act or section 118(17) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972; (b) any voluntary service in the Singapore Armed Forces; or (c) any mobilised service.”;
Amendment of Extradition Act 1968
s 109
109. In the Extradition Act 1968, in the First Schedule, in Part 2, replace item 3 with —“3. Central Provident Fund Act 1953 7(3) Failure of an employer to pay any amount which the employer had recovered from an employee’s monthly wages in accordance with section 7(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 into the Central Provident Fund within the permitted time 8A(3) Failure of a platform operator to pay any amount which the platform operator had recovered from a platform worker’s platform remuneration in accordance with section 8A(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 into the Central Provident Fund within the permitted time”.
Amendment of Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021
s 110
110. In the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 —(a) in section 3(1), in the definition of “relevant entity”, in paragraph (c), replace sub‑paragraphs (ii) and (iii) with —“(ii) the Societies Act 1966; (iii) the Trade Unions Act 1940; or (iv) the Platform Workers Act 2024;”; and (b) in section 29, in the table, in item 14, in the column “Recipient may be”, replace “or the Trade Unions Act 1940” with “, the Trade Unions Act 1940 or the Platform Workers Act 2024”.
Amendment of Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005
s 111
111. In the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 —(a) in section 2(1), in the definition of “corporation”, replace paragraphs (d) and (e) with —“(d) any co-operative society; (e) any registered trade union; or (f) any registered platform work association;”; (b) in section 11(2), after “trade union”, insert “or platform work association”; (c) in the Fifth Schedule, in paragraph 76, replace sub‑paragraph (2) with —“(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (2A), the amount payable under sub‑paragraph (1)(b) and (c) must not exceed the lower of the following amounts for each employee:(a) 5 months’ salary (whether for time or piecework) in respect of services rendered by the employee to the limited liability partnership; (b) $13,000, or an amount that is 5 times the amount (if any) prescribed by the Minister charged with the responsibility for manpower under section 35(b) of the Employment Act 1968, whichever is the higher. (2A) Where the amounts in sub-paragraph (2)(a) and (b) are the same, the amount payable for each employee under sub‑paragraph (1)(b) and (c) is equal to either of those amounts.”; and (d) in the Fifth Schedule, after paragraph 76, insert —“Priority of specified debts relating to platform workers in winding up of platform operator 76A.—(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a winding up of a platform operator that is a limited liability partnership.(2) The following have priority over all unsecured debts of the platform operator, other than the preferential debts specified in paragraph 76(1)(a) to (f), and rank in priority after the debts specified in paragraph 76(1)(f) but before those specified in paragraph 76(1)(g):(a) first, all earnings payable to a platform worker, including any amount payable by way of reimbursement under any platform work agreement or any award or agreement regulating the conditions under which any platform worker provides a platform service for the platform operator; (b) second, all amounts due in respect of any work injury compensation payable to or for the benefit of a platform worker under the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 accrued before, on or after the commencement of the winding up; (c) third, all amounts due in respect of contributions payable, during a period of 12 consecutive months commencing not earlier than 12 months before and ending not later than 12 months after the commencement of the winding up, by the platform operator, under any written law relating to platform workers’ superannuation or provident funds. (3) The amount payable under sub‑paragraph (2)(a) must not exceed $13,000. (4) The debts in each class specified in sub‑paragraph (2) rank in the order specified in that sub‑paragraph but debts of the same class rank equally between themselves, and are to be paid in full, unless the property of the platform operator is insufficient to meet them, in which case the debts of the same class abate in equal proportions between themselves. (5) Where any payment has been made to any platform worker of the platform operator on account of earnings out of money advanced by a person for that purpose, the person by whom the money was advanced, in a winding up —(a) has a right of priority in respect of the money so advanced and paid, up to the amount by which the sum in respect of which the platform worker would have been entitled to priority in the winding up has been diminished by reason of the payment; and (b) has the same right of priority in respect of that amount as the platform worker would have had if the payment had not been made. (6) So far as the assets of the platform operator available for payment of general creditors are insufficient to meet any preferential debts specified in —(a) paragraph 76(1)(a), (b), (c), (e) and (f); (b) sub-paragraph (2)(a) and (c); and (c) any amount payable in priority by virtue of sub‑paragraph (5) or paragraph 76(6), those debts — (d) have priority over the claims of the holders of debentures under any floating charge created by the platform operator (which charge, as created, was a floating charge); and (e) must be paid accordingly out of any property comprised in or subject to that charge. (7) In this paragraph —“earnings” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; “platform operator” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; “platform work agreement” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Platform Workers Act 2024; “platform worker” has the meaning given by section 5(1) of the Platform Workers Act 2024.”.
Amendment of Limited Partnerships Act 2008
s 112
112. In the Limited Partnerships Act 2008, in section 2(1), in the definition of “corporation”, replace paragraphs (d) and (e) with —“(d) any co-operative society; (e) any registered trade union; or (f) any registered platform work association;”.
Amendment of Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act 1990
s 113
113. In the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act 1990, in section 2, in the definition of “entity”, after paragraph (h), insert —“(i) a platform work association;”.
Amendment of Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960
s 114
114. In the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960, in section 4 —(a) in subsection (4), replace paragraph (a) with —“(a) liability in respect of —(i) the death of or bodily injury sustained by a person (A) who is in the employment of a person insured by the policy, where the death or bodily injury arises out of and in the course of A’s employment; or (ii) the death of or bodily injury sustained by a platform worker (B) who provides a platform service for a platform operator insured by the policy, where the death or bodily injury arises out of and in the course of B’s provision of the platform service for that platform operator; or”; and (b) after subsection (4), insert —“(4A) In subsection (4) —“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.”. “(4A) In subsection (4) —“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.”.
Amendment of Mutual Benefit Organisations Act 1960
s 115
115. In the Mutual Benefit Organisations Act 1960, in section 48(1), replace “or the Trade Unions Act 1940” with “, the Trade Unions Act 1940 or the Platform Workers Act 2024”.
Amendment of Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019
s 116
116. In the Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019, in section 4(1), replace the definition of “participating driver agreement” with —“ “participating driver agreement”, in relation to a provider of a ride-hail service, means an agreement or arrangement between the provider of a ride‑hail service and a driver of a bookable vehicle under which —(a) the provider agrees to —(i) take or facilitate any booking by or on behalf of a passenger for bookable vehicles made available, or 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 provider of the ride‑hail service; or (ii) where the provider of the ride‑hail service is a platform operator, the driver is a platform worker of the provider; or (d) whether the vehicle is hired from that provider; “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;”.
Amendment of Public Entertainments Act 1958
s 117
117. In the Public Entertainments Act 1958, in the First Schedule, in paragraph 3(d), after “registered trade unions,”, insert “registered platform work associations,”.
Amendment of Requisition of Resources Act 1985
s 118
118. 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(1) of the Platform Workers Act 2024; “service” includes any work carried out or performed for the competent authority.”.
Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1961
s 119
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;”.
Amendment of Singapore Labour Foundation Act 1977
s 120
120. In the Singapore Labour Foundation Act 1977, in section 4 —(a) in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d), replace “trade union movement” with “labour movement”; (b) in paragraph (c)(i) and (ii), after “trade unions”, insert “and platform work associations”; (c) replace paragraph (f) with —“(f) construct and maintain suitable premises for the use of trade unions, platform work associations and co‑operative societies managed by trade unions, platform work associations or both in Singapore; and”; and (d) in paragraph (g), replace “trade union” with “labour movement”.
Amendment of Societies Act 1966
s 121
121. In the Societies Act 1966, in section 2, in the definition of “society”, after paragraph (d), insert —“(da) any platform work association registered or required to be registered under the Platform Workers Act 2024;”.
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