“Form C” [See rule 6(4)] Certificate of recognition / renewal of recognition as a Safety Auditor.
Certificate No. : MS/DISH/SA/ ......................... /20 .........................
It is to inform that M/S. / SHRI / SMT.......................... , (address), …………………………………………… been Recognised / Renewed the recognition as a “SAFETY AUDITOR”, by the State Government, vide letter No. ....................... dated .......................for the purpose of carrying out Safety Audit under Maharashtra Factories (Safety Audit) Rules, 2014.
The Certificate is valid from .......................to .......................
Audit under Maharashtra Factories (Safety Audit) Rules, 2014.
This certificate is issued subject to the conditions stipulated hereunder :—
(1) Safety audit shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Maharashtra Factories (Safety Audit) Rules, 2014.
(2) Every safety audit shall conform to the Indian Standard, IS 14489 : Code of Practice on Occupational Safety and Health Audit with its latest revision and additional standard, check list, guidelines used in addition to the Indian Standard, IS 14489 : Code of Practice on Occupational Safety and Health Audit.
महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असााधाारण भााग एक-ल, जूून १९, २०२४/ज्येेष्ठ २९, शकेे १९४६ 19 ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004. EDITOR : DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE.
He or the person authorized, in case of the institution, to carry out safety audit shall be physically present at the time of conducting the Safety Audit and shall maintain the record of the work done.
(3) Certificate Number and validity period should be invariably recorded on Safety Audit Report.
(4) No safety audit shall be carried out after expiry of validity period.
(5) The State Government reserves the right to revoke, annul or amend this Certificate at any time during its validity.
(6) He or the person employed, in case of the institution, to carry out safety audit shall not conduct a Safety Audit of any factory where such auditor or person is employed or of any factory which is ancillary factory of the factory in which the such auditor is employed or an occupier, partner, director, or manager of that factory, or of any factory owned, operated, managed, or conducted by immediate family members, relatives or extended family members or wherein that auditor or such person has any direct or indirect interest whatsoever.
Explanation.— “ancillary factory” means any factory which is subsidiary, supplier or vendor or any such factory which has directly or indirectly commercial interest of such factory in which safety auditor is employed.
(7) He or the person employed, in case of the institution, shall not conduct a Safety Audit of any factory to which that auditor or such person supplies any plant, machinery, raw material, safety equipment’s or other materials or equipment or services towards the compliance of provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 or rules made there under.
(8) Safety Auditor shall not conduct a Safety Audit of any factory consecutively on two occasions in the same factory;
(9) Safety Auditor shall not conduct a Safety Audit of any factory where he has carried out safety audit within last three years.
(10) He or the person employed, in case of the institution, to carry out safety audit shall not disclose, even after ceasing to be a recognized Safety Auditor of the employee of the institution, any manufacturing or commercial secrets or working processes or other confidential information which may come to his knowledge in the course of their duties as an auditor. Any failure in this regard may make such auditor or person liable for criminal or civil proceedings, in accordance with the law for the time being in force.
(11) The validity of this certificate is till the date mentioned on this certificate or completion of age fifty eight years of the safety auditor, whichever is earlier.
(12) In case of an Institutions, information about employees whose names were included in the recognition or renewal application and who subsequently resign or terminated or pass away shall be communicated to Director, Industrial Safety and Health, Maharashtra State, within thirty days.”.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra, VINITA SINGAL, Principal Secretary to Government.