(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
(a) the specifications for lifts and escalators;
(b) the manner in which erection plans of lifts and escalators shall be submitted;
(c) the manner in which the lifts and escalators may be tested;
(d) the form of application for permission to erect a lift or escalator under sub-section (1) of section 3;
(e) details of the construction of the overhead arrangement with the weights and sizes of the beams under item (i) of sub-section (1) of section 3;
(f) other particulars which the application for permission to erect a lift or an escalator shall specify under item (u) of sub-section (1) of section 3;
(g) the form in which an application for licence shall be made and the fee which shall accompany such application under sub-section (2) of section 4;
(h) the form in which and the terms and conditions on which the licence may be granted for the working of a lift or an escalator under sub-section (4) of section 4;
(i) the form in which an application for renewal of licence shall be made and the fee which shall accompany such application under sub-section (2) of section 6;
(j) the form of notice to be given under sub-section
(1) of section 10;
(k) the form in which an application for obtaining authorisation shall be made and the fee and the particulars which shall accompany such application under sub-section (2) of section 13.
(l) the qualifications and other requirements for obtaining authorisation under sub-section (3) of section 13;
(m) the form and the manner in which notice of accident shall be given under sub-section (1) of section 14;
1[(mm) the qualifications and other requirements for appointment of the Chief Inspector, the Inspector and the Assistant Inspector under sub-section(1) of section 15;]
(n) the rate of fee which shall be charged for inspection of every lift or escalator and the period within which and the manner in which such fee shall be paid under sub-section (4) of section 16;
1. Clause (mm) was inserted by Guj.13 of 2013, s.9.
2004 : GUJ. 4 ] The Gujarat Lifts and Escalators Act, 2000. 11 ---------- Government Central Press, Gandhinagar.
(o) any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed.
(3) All rules made under this section shall be laid for not less than thirty days before the State Legislature as soon as possible after they are made and shall be subject to rescission by the State Legislature or to such modification as the State Legislature may make during the session in which they are so laid or the session immediately following.
(4) Any rescission or modification so made by the State Legislature shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall thereupon take effect.
36 of 2003.
1[25. Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 or any rules made thereunder.]
Provisions of Electricity Act, 2003 not affected.
Bom. X of 1939. 26. On the commencement of this Act, the Bombay Lifts Act, 1939 in its application to the State of Gujarat, shall stand repealed:
Repeal and savings.
Provided that such repeal shall not affect the previous operation of the said Act and anything done or action taken (including any appointment or delegation made, application or other document filed, licence granted, inquiry or inspection made, notification or notice issued, rule made, proceeding instituted, fees recovered or penalty imposed) by or under the provisions of the said Act, shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act, and shall continue in force unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act.
SCHEDULE (See section 23)
(1) In section 5, in sub-section (1), for the words "every owner", the words "every Government Officer-in-charge" shall be substituted.
(2) In section 14, in sub-section (2),-
(i) for the words begining with the words "the owner of every building" and ending with the words "in such building", the following shall be substituted, namely:- "for every building in which a lift or an escalator has been installed by Government, the Government or";
(ii) for the words "appointed by the owner" the words "appointed by the Government" shall be substituted.
(3) In section 21, in sub-section (1), for clause (a), the following shall be substituted, namely :- "(a) where Government is the addressee, at the office of the agent appointed by Government under sub-section (2) of section 14".
1. Section 25 with marginal note were substituted by Guj. 13 of 2013, s. 10.