(1) Where the number of Safety Officers to" be appointed in a factory as required by the notification under sub- section (1) of section 40-B of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act LXIII of 1948), published in the Official Gazette exceeds one, anyone among them shall be designated as the Chief Safety Officer and shall have the status higher than that of others. The Chief Safety Officer shall be in overall charge of the safety functions, as specified in rule 8 and other Safety Officers shall work under his control.
(2) The Chief Safety Officer or the Safety Officer in the case of factories where only one Safety Officer is required to be appointed, shall be given the status of a senior executive equivalent to the Head of Department and he shall work directly under the control of the Chief Executive of the factory. All the Safety Officers shall be given appropriate status to enable them to discharge their functions effectively.
(3) The scale of pay and allowance to be granted to the Safety Officers including the Chief Safety Officer and the conditions of their service shall be the same as those of the other officers of corresponding status in the factory.
(4) In the case of dismissal or discharge, the concerned Safety Officer shall have the right to appeal to the Chief Inspector of Factories, whose decision thereon shall be final and binding upon the occupier of the factory.
(5) The appeal shall be preferred within thirty days from the date of the receipt of the order of dismissal or discharge by the Safety Officer concerned.