Rule 175. Repeal and savings

(1) On and from the date of commencement of these rules, the following rules are hereby repealed. 1. Andhra Pradesh Factories Rules, 1950 2. The Andhra Pradesh Building and other Construction workers (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1999. 3. The Andhra Pradesh Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1982; 4. Andhra Pradesh Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1971 5. The Andhra Pradesh Motor Transport Workers Rules, 1963 6. The Andhra Pradesh Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of employment) Rules,1968

(2).Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, where any establishment, to which these rules apply, has already been registered or issued a Registration Certificate or license under any central acts repealed under the OSH Code and rules made there under which are repealed by these rules and which applies to the establishment which is in existence at the time of the commencement of these rules shall be deemed to have been registered or issued license under the provisions of these rules subject to the condition that registration/license holder provides the details of registration to the concerned registering officer within 6 months from the commencement of these rules and in the respective forms of registration of establishment or grant of license

(3) The repeal of the rules specified in sub-rule (1) shall not,-

(i) Revive anything not in force or existing at the time of such repeal; or

(ii) Affect the previous operation of any rules so repealed and orders or anything duly done or suffered there under; or

(iii) Affect any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the rules so repealed or orders issued under such repealed rules:

(iv) affect any investigation, inquiry, verification, adjudication and any other legal proceedings or recovery of arrears or remedy in respect of any such rights, privilege, obligation, liability, forfeiture or punishment, as aforesaid, and any such investigation, inquiry, verification proceedings, adjudication and other legal proceeding or recovery of arrears or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any penalty, fine, interest, for feiture or punishment may be levied or imposed as if these rules had not been so repealed; or

(v) Affect any proceedings including that relating to an appeal, revision, review or reference, instituted before, on or after the commencement of these rules and such proceedings shall be continued under the said repealed rules as if these rules had not come into force and the said rules had not been repealed.

(4) The mention of the particular matters referred to in sub-rules (2) above shall not be held to prejudice or affect the general application of provisions of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (Central Act No. 10 of 1897) with regard to the effect of repeal.