The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018.

The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018

G.S.R. 828(E).––In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 62 of the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (27 of 1996), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, after consultation with the expert committee, further to amend the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998, namely:- 

 1. (1) These rules may be called the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998,-
(i) in rule 23, -

(a) in sub-rule (1),-
     (I)  the words “in triplicate” shall be omitted;
    (II) for the words “to the registering officer of the area appointed under section 6 of the Act in which the building or other construction work is to be carried on by the establishment”, the words “online on the Shram Suvidha Portal of the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India” shall be substituted;
(b) for sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

 “(2)The payment of fees for the registration of the establishment referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be made by e-payment.”;
(c) sub-rule (3) shall be omitted;
(d) for sub-rule (4), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-
“(4) On submission of e-application referred to in sub-rule (1) by the applicant, an automated acknowledgement shall be generated electronically on the web-portal specified in the said subrule.”;

(ii) in rule 24,-

  (a) in sub rule (1),-

         (I) after the words “to the applicant”, the words, brackets and figures “online on the webportal specified in the sub-rule (1) of rule 23” shall be inserted;

         (II) for the word “fifteen”, the word “seven” shall be substituted;

       (III) after the words “by the registering officer shall be”, the words “generated electronically” shall be substituted; 

  (b)   in sub-rule (3), for the words “the registering officer”, the words, brackets and figures “online on the web-portal specified in sub-rule (1) of rule 23” shall be substituted;

(iii) in rule 25, in sub-rule (1), after the words “such employer to pay additional sums”, the words and letter “by e-payment” shall be inserted;
(iv)  in rule 26, in sub-rule (2), for the words “to the registering officer”, the words, brackets and figures “online on the web-portal specified in sub-rule (1) of rule 23” shall be substituted;
(v) rule 33 shall be omitted.