(1) If, because of
illness, an offender is unable to attend to perform work at a time and place
specified in a direction given to the offender by the supervising officer, the
offender is to notify the supervising officer as soon as practicable within
48 hours after the specified time.
(2) An
offender —
(a) who
notifies the supervising officer under subregulation (1); and
(b) who,
within 3 days after the specified time, provides to the supervising
officer a certificate signed by a medical practitioner certifying that,
because of illness, the offender was unable to perform work for a period
specified in the certificate that includes the specified time,
is to be taken to have
been excused from attending to perform work as required by the direction
referred to in subregulation (1).
(3) Any period during
which an offender is unable to attend to perform work because of illness is
not to be taken to be a period of work in computing the number of hours of
work performed by the offender.