Singapore legislation
Regulation 28
of Platform Workers (Platform Work Associations) Regulations 2024
Regulation 28
Benevolent funds
Subregulation 1
A registered platform work association must not create a benevolent fund unless rules governing the creation, administration, protection, control and disposal of the fund and governing all matters connected with or incidental to the fund have been approved in writing by the Registrar.
Subregulation 2
A registered platform work association must not make any new rule or any alteration of any rule of an existing benevolent fund unless the new rule or alteration has been approved in writing by the Registrar.
Subregulation 3
Any application for the approval of the rules of a benevolent fund under paragraph (1), or of any new rule or alteration of any rule of an existing benevolent fund under paragraph (2), must be —
made to the Registrar substantially in Form P; and
signed by the secretary of the registered platform work association.
Subregulation 4
The Registrar must not approve the rules of a benevolent fund or any new rule or alteration of any rule of an existing benevolent fund (as the case may be) unless the Registrar is satisfied that the interests of the members of the registered platform work association in the fund are adequately safeguarded.
Subregulation 5
When the rules of a benevolent fund have been approved by the Registrar, the particulars prescribed by item 12 of Form A must be entered in the register.