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and any other person to such extent as will enable his or her employer, principal or the other person (as the case may be) to comply with the provisions of these Regulations.

Application to sole proprietors, partners, etc.

27. Where an employer or a principal is a sole proprietor or a partnership, a corporation or an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), this Part applies, with the necessary modifications, to each of the following individuals when at work, whether or not in the work premises of the employer or principal, as if he or she were an employee of the employer or a worker of the principal:

(a) the sole proprietor and every partner of the partnership, whether or not he or she is also a visitor to the work premises;
(b) every director, partner, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the corporation, whether or not he or she is also a visitor to the work premises;
(c) the president, the secretary, or any member of the committee of the unincorporated association, whether or not he or she is also a visitor to the work premises.

PART 5
OFFENCES

Offence concerning non-reporting by diagnosed person

28.—(1) Where any notice which is required by regulation 16 to be given by an employee or a worker to his or her employer or principal is not given within the time delimited under that regulation, the employee or worker in default shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $4,000.

(2) This regulation does not apply if the employee or worker concerned has a reasonable excuse.