Singapore legislation

Regulation 5C

of Work Injury Compensation (Insurance) Regulations 2020

Regulation 5C

Platform operator to display certificate of insurance

Amended byS 803/2024 wef 15/10/2024

Subregulation 1

Where a certificate of insurance has been issued to a platform operator in accordance with regulation 5B, the platform operator must display a copy of the certificate of insurance, throughout the period of validity of the insurance policy to which the certificate relates —

(a)

in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (4) —

(i)

at the platform operator’s place of business; or

(ii)

where the platform operator has more than one place of business, at each place of business; and

(b)

in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) —

(i)

on any app provided or specified by the platform operator; or

(ii)

at any website specified or designated by the platform operator,that the platform operator requires any platform worker providing any platform service for the platform operator to use or access in order to access the tasks to be performed by the platform worker.

Subregulation 2

The copies of certificates of insurance displayed for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) must be displayed in a manner that is easily seen and read by every platform worker whose claims may be the subject of indemnity under the insurance policy to which the certificate relates.

Subregulation 3

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) —

(a)

where the copies of certificates of insurance are displayed on an app — the copies must be displayed in a manner that is clear and conspicuous to any platform worker using the app; and

(b)

where the copies of certificates of insurance are displayed at a website — the copies must be displayed in a manner that is clear and conspicuous to any platform worker using the website.

Subregulation 4

Copies of certificates of insurance must be displayed —

(a)

at the places mentioned in paragraph (1)(a);

(b)

on any app mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(i); and

(c)

at any website mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(ii),only during the period of validity of the insurance policy to which the certificate relates.

Subregulation 5

In this regulation, the period of validity of an insurance policy is the period —

(a)

starting on the date of commencement of the insurance policy; and

(b)

ending on the date of expiry or cancellation of that insurance policy.

Subregulation 6

A person who contravenes paragraph (1)(a) or (b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

to a fine not exceeding $2,000; or

(b)

if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $4,000.

Subregulation 7

Amended byS 803/2024 wef 15/10/2024

In paragraph (6)(b), “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence under paragraph (6), means a person who —

(a)

is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence under paragraph (6); and

(b)

has been convicted, or found guilty, of any of the following offences on at least one other earlier occasion:

(i)

an offence under paragraph (6);

(ii)

an offence under regulation 5(5), whether the conviction was before, on or after 15 October 2024.