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Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “Automated monitoring and decision making systems” means systems which make decisions by automated means with or without human intervention; (b) “Aggregator” means a digital intermediary for a buyer of goods or user of a service to connect with the seller or the service provider, and includes any entity that coordinates with one or more aggregators for providing the services; (c) “Board” means the Karnataka platform based Gig Workers Welfare Board established under section 3; (d) “Fund” means the Karnataka platform based Gig Workers Social Security and Welfare Fund established under sub-section (1) of section 19; (e) “Gig worker” means a person who performs work or participates in a work arrangement that results in a given rate of payment, based on terms and conditions laid down in such contract and includes all piece-rate work, and whose work is sourced through a platform, in the services specified in the Schedule; (f) “Payout” means any final payments made by the aggregator or platform to the gig worker for any work performed or service rendered through a platform. (g) “Platform” means any arrangement providing a service through electronic means, at the request of a recipient of the service, involving the organization of work performed by individuals at a certain location in return for payment, and involving the use of automated monitoring and decision making systems or human decision making that relies on data. (h) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) “Regulations” means the regulations made by the Board under this Act; (j) “Schedule” means a schedule appended to this Act; (k) "Social security" means the measures of protection afforded to gig workers and platform workers to ensure access to health care and to provide income security, particularly in cases of old age, unemployment, sickness, invalidity, work injury, maternity or loss of a breadwinner by means of rights conferred on them and schemes framed, under this Act; (l) “Unique ID” means the unique Identification number issued to platform based Gig worker registered under sub-section (4) of section 10. (m) “Welfare Fee” means the fee levied under sub-section (1) of section 20 of this Act; (n) “Notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette of the State, as the case may be, and the expression "notify" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; and (o) "Terminate" or "Termination" means materially restricting a platform based Gig worker’s access to the digital platform, including blocking such worker’s access to the digital platform, suspending a platform based Gig worker, or making the platform based Gig worker ineligible to provide services on the digital platform irrespective of the duration of the same.