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(a) cause an event involving an organised gathering in person of employees of the employer or workers of the principal to take place on those work premises or elsewhere; or
(b) allow a gathering in person of employees of the employer or workers of the principal to take place on those work premises,

for an occasion or a purpose that is wholly recreational or social in character.

Minimise working across multiple workplaces

21.—(1) An employer or a principal must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, all steps to limit movement of the employees of the employer or the workers of the principal (as the case may be) between multiple work premises of the employer or principal.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the performance by an employee or a worker of any work—

(a) required to meet statutory obligations or requirements (for example, auditors, building inspectors or surveyors);
(b) consisting of transporting or delivering goods;
(c) that is unanticipated, necessary, and time-critical for crowd purposes to maintain orderly retail supply of goods or services;
(d) consisting of transporting passengers in the course of providing a public passenger transport service; or
(e) to preserve or protect another individual’s life, health or safety in an emergency.

Contact tracing and entry controls

22.—(1) An employer and a principal must each take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such measures as are necessary to establish and apply appropriate procedures and controls (jointly with another or otherwise) that enable or facilitate contact tracing of every employee of employer and every worker of the principal entering the work premises of the employer or principal.