Safe distancing measures by employers and principals
5.—(1)  Every employer or principal must implement the following measures during the control period in respect of every worker of the employer or principal (as the case may be) at work in a workplace, or other individual at the workplace:
(a)as far as reasonably practicable, workers are placed in 2 or more groups for the purpose of avoiding or minimising physical interaction between workers in different groups when at work in the workplace;
(b)as far as reasonably practicable, workers who are to work in the workplace do not all arrive at and leave the workplace at the same time;
(c)any worker who exhibits any specified symptom or is otherwise physically unwell is required to report, immediately upon the onset of the symptom or feeling physically unwell, to the employer or principal (as the case may be), either directly or indirectly through one or more other persons appointed by the employer or principal (as the case may be) for the purpose of receiving the report;
(d)the employer or principal (as the case may be) takes reasonable steps to ensure that there is a distance of at least one metre between any 2 individuals in the workplace.
(2)  Without limiting paragraph (1)(d), the employer or principal must take all reasonable steps during the control period —
(a)where seating is provided to individuals (including at workers’ workstations and in meeting rooms) in the workplace —
(i)in a case where the seating is not fixed to the floor of, or a wall or any other thing in, the workplace — to ensure that each seat is at least one metre away from any other seat at all times; or
(ii)in any other case — to ensure that alternate seats are demarcated as seats not to be occupied;
(b)where individuals may form a queue or remain in an area (including a pantry, waiting area or room, or an area with changing or sanitary facilities) in the workplace for any reason — to apply practices that ensure that every individual in the queue or area is at least one metre away from any other individual in the queue or area; and
(c)where individuals (other than workers) enter the workplace for any reason (including to deliver or receive goods or services in the workplace) — to ensure that those individuals do not arrive at the workplace at the same time and that they do not remain in the workplace for a longer period than necessary.
(3)  An employer or a principal must cancel or postpone every organised activity that involves interaction in person between the workers of the employer or principal (as the case may be) or between those workers and other individuals during the control period, except —
(a)any activity that is critical to the operations of the employer’s or principal’s organisation;
(b)any activity during which workers are provided professional or vocational training or are tested or certified for any professional or vocational purposes; or
(c)any activity during which workers are provided education by an educational institution.
(4)  A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.