2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Communication of orders
36.1(1) Subject to subsection (2), an improvement order or stop work order
may be communicated to the person against whom the order is
made
(a) by delivering a copy of the order to the person or an agent of the
person;
(b) by sending a copy of the order by registered mail to the last known
address of the person; or
(c) if, despite reasonable efforts, the order cannot be communicated
by delivery or mail under clause (a) or (b), by posting a copy of the
order in a conspicuous place at or near the workplace with respect
to which the order was made.
Communication to worker and self-employed person
36.1(2) An improvement order or a stop work order against a worker or
self-employed person may be communicated

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(a) by delivering a copy of the order to the worker or the self-employed
person; or
(b) if, despite reasonable efforts, the order cannot be delivered to the
worker or self-employed person, by sending a copy of the order
by registered mail to the last known address of the worker or self-
employed person.
Communication of improvement order
36.1(3) If an improvement order is posted at a workplace under subsection
(1), it is deemed to have been communicated to the person against
whom the order was made 24 hours after the order was posted.
Communication of stop work order
36.1(4) A stop work order is deemed to have been communicated at the time
it is delivered, received or posted in accordance with this section and
takes effect immediately upon delivery, receipt or posting.
Directions for communication
36.1(5) Despite subsections (1) and (2), the director may direct that an
order be communicated to a person in a manner not described in
this section and may direct when the order is deemed to have been
communicated.
S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 31.