Platform Workers Act 2024 · Sch 1
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FIRST SCHEDULESection 3Platform services
1. The following are platform services for the purposes of the Act:
delivery service;
ride-hail service.
2. In this Schedule —“bookable vehicle”, in relation to a ride‑hail service, means any of the following vehicles used or intended to be used in providing a ride‑hail service through a booking taken or facilitated by a provider of a ride‑hail service:
a taxi;
a private hire car (within the meaning given by the Road Traffic Act 1961) which is hired, or made available for hire, under a contract (express or implied) for use as a whole with a driver for the purpose of conveying one or more passengers (if any) in that car;“booking”, in relation to a ride‑hail service, means a booking for a bookable vehicle to be used in providing an on‑demand passenger transport service taken or facilitated by the provider of the ride‑hail service;“delivery service” means a service that involves —
the collection of any goods or item from one or more places; and
the delivery of the goods or item to one or more other places;“on-demand passenger transport service” and “on‑demand ride booking service” have the meanings given by section 4(1) of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;“ride-hail service” —
means —
an on-demand passenger transport service of any type provided using bookable vehicles; or
an on-demand ride booking service of any type provided using bookable vehicles; but(b)excludes the following:
taxi call-booking services;
a car pooling arrangement within the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the Road Traffic (Car Pooling — Exemption) (No. 3) Order 2021 (G.N. No. S 888/2021) provided by an individual in accordance with paragraph 3 of that Order;[S 282/2026 wef 04/05/2026]
a service described in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) that —
involves the transport by a bookable vehicle of passengers between Singapore and Malaysia for hire or reward; and
is provided by a person authorised by a ride-hail service licence under Part 4 of the Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019 to provide the service.[S 282/2026 wef 04/05/2026]