Singapore legislation

Regulation 5B

of Work Injury Compensation (Insurance) Regulations 2020

Regulation 5B

Designated PO’s insurer to issue certificate of insurance to platform operator

Subregulation 1

Where a designated PO’s insurer insures a platform operator under an approved platform worker insurance policy, the designated PO’s insurer must, within 7 days after the date on which the approved platform worker insurance policy commences or is renewed, issue to the platform operator a certificate of insurance containing the following particulars:

(a)

the name of the insurer;

(b)

the name of the insured;

(c)

the date of commencement of the policy;

(d)

the date of expiry of the policy.

Subregulation 2

A person that contravenes paragraph (1) 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 3

The certificate of insurance mentioned in paragraph (1) may be provided in electronic form if the information contained in the electronic form is accessible so as to be usable for subsequent reference.

Subregulation 4

In paragraph (2)(b), “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence under paragraph (2), means a person who —

(a)

is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence under paragraph (2); 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 (2);

(ii)

an offence under regulation 4(2), whether the conviction was before, on or after 15 October 2024.