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S 992/2021
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- (ii) is at all times provided with easily accessible disinfecting agents like hand sanitisers, disinfectant sprays, paper towels and wipes, for the free use of individuals at work or otherwise in those premises;
- (b) all surfaces in the shared areas within the work premises of the employer or principal which are accessible (whether or not to perform work) to different individuals are cleaned on a regular basis between access or use and between events where these occur in those premises; and
- (c) the surfaces of all machinery, equipment or plant accessible to, used or likely to be used by a different team of employees or workers to perform work at the work premises of the employer or principal are cleaned on a regular basis between access or use by the respective teams.
(2) In this regulation, a shared area of any work premises is such part of the premises which is shared or used—
- (a) by any individuals when at work in those premises; or
- (b) by any individuals (whether or not only employees or workers) to move through the premises.
Illustrations of shared areas
Visitor waiting area, meeting room, doors and windows, information or customer service counter, lifts, staircase or escalator handrails, reception lobby, pantry, employee canteen, washroom, litter bins and waste disposal area, and other shared facilities.
Responding to case of infection in work premises
24. As soon as practicable after becoming aware that—
- (a) an employee or a worker is a diagnosed person; and
- (b) the employee or worker has attended any work premises of the employer or principal in the relevant period,
the employer of the employee or the principal of the worker (as the case may be) must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such measures as are necessary to manage the risk posed by the diagnosed
