The Government of Goa on 15th July 2021 has published the Goa Factories (Fifteenth Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Goa Factories Rules, 1985.
The Amendment is brought under rules 2(a) which has increased the fee from ten thousand to twenty thousand for recognizing a person or an institution as a competent person.
Further under rule 3 which deals with approval of the plan in which the following clause (d) has been substituted:
Where any flammable or non flammable or toxic or non-toxic compressed gas or petroleum product or any other inflammable substance is intended to be possessed in a cylinder or a vessel or a tank in any factory, application for permission shall also be accompanied by an approval/license, if applicable, as required under the Gas Cylinders Rules, 2016 or the Static and Mobile Pressure Vessels (Unfired) Rules, 2016 or the Petroleum Rules, 2002 or the Inflammable Substances Act, 1952 (Act No. 20 of 1952), as the case may be, as amended from time to time, from the authority concerned.
Further, the provisions relating to certificate of stability under rule 5 and application for registration and grant of license under rule 6, renewal of license and the mode of payment has been amended.
