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23. (1)   Engagement of employees

      (2)   Accommodation and care of employees
      (3)   Information in respect of employees

24.         Competent employees
25. (1)   Contractors superintendence 
      (2)   Contractors Site Agent
      (3)   Site Agent to receive instructions

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23.(1) Engagement of employees

      The Contractor shall, unless otherwise provided in the Contract, make his own arrangements for
      the engagement of all employees and for their payment, housing, feeding and transport (provided that any
      use of any part of the Site for the said purposes shall be subject to the prior approval of the Engineer) and
      the Contractor hereby indemnifies the Employer against any liability arising out of the Contractors
      said arrangements whether involving the use of the Site or otherwise.

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   (2) Accommodation and care of employees

      The Contractor shall provide and maintain on the Site adequate and suitable sanitary and first aid services
      and a supply of potable water for his employees engaged on the Contract and, if necessary,
      suitable accommodation and similar facilities elsewhere for such employees off the Site.

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   (3) Information in respect of employees

      The Contractor shall, if instructed by the Engineer, deliver to the Engineer information, in such form and
      at such intervals as the Engineer may prescribe, in respect of employees from time to time employed by
      the Contractor on the Site.

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24. Competent employees

      The Contractor shall employ on the Site, for the execution and completion of the Works, only such persons
      as are careful, competent and efficient in their several trades and callings.

      The Engineer shall be entitled to instruct the Contractor to remove forthwith from the Works any person
      employed by the Contractor in or about the execution of the Works who, in the opinion of the Engineer,
      misconducts himself or is incompetent or negligent in the proper performance of his duties, or whose presence
      on the Site is otherwise considered by the Engineer on reasonable grounds to be undesirable, and such person
      shall not again be employed on the Works without the permission of the Engineer.

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25.(1) Contractors superintendence

      The Contractor shall provide all necessary superintendence during the execution of the Works.

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   (2) Contractors Site Agent

      The Contractor or a competent and authorised agent or representative approved of in writing by the
      Engineer (which approval may at any time be withdrawn), hereinafter called the Contractors Site Agent,
      shall be on the Site at all times when work is being performed or when the Engineer shall reasonably require.

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   (3) Site Agent to receive instructions

      The Contractors Site Agent shall have authority to receive, on behalf of the Contractor, all oral or
      written communications from the Engineer or the Engineers Representative or other person authorised by
      the Engineer in terms of Clause 2(5).

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