COVID‑19 incidence mitigation programme for contractors, etc.
5.—(1) Every principal has to take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such measures as are necessary to prevent, protect against, delay or otherwise control the incidence or transmission of COVID‑19 among the following who are at work in a workplace under the direction of the principal as to the manner in which the work is carried out:
(a)
any contractor engaged by the principal when at work;
(b)
any direct or indirect subcontractor engaged by such contractor when at work;
(c)
any employee employed by such a contractor or subcontractor when at work.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the measures necessary to prevent, protect against, delay or otherwise control the incidence or transmission of COVID‑19 at the workplace among the individuals referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) who are at work include establishing, implementing and maintaining appropriate internal policies, procedures and controls to effect an expeditious implementation of arrangements required by regulation 6(2) upon the happening of a trigger event relating to any of those individuals.