3 Intermediate employers.

(1) Where an employee works under the general control and management of a person who is not his or her immediate employer, that person (referred to hereafter in this Regulation as the “principal employer”) shall be deemed to be the employer for the purposes of these Regulations, and the immediate employer shall furnish the principal employer with such particulars of the employee's emoluments as may be necessary to enable the principal employer to comply with the provisions of these Regulations.

(2) If the employee's emoluments are actually paid to him or her by the immediate employer —

(a) the immediate employer shall be notified by the principal employer of the amount of tax to be deducted or repaid when the emoluments are paid to the employee, and shall deduct or repay accordingly the amount so notified, and

(b) the principal employer shall make a corresponding deduction or addition on making to the immediate employer the payment out of which the said emoluments will be paid.