Rule 3. Application for registration under Section 3

(1) No establishment shall function without holding a valid certificate of registration granted by the Registering Officer.

(2) The employer seeking registration for an establishment viz Factories, Building and other construction works, Motor Transport undertakings, Plantations, Beedi and Cigar, Sales Promotion, Working Journalist, and Contract Labour and also for the purposes of Gratuity Insurance under Sub Section (3) of Section 57 of the Social Security Code, 2020 (Central Act No.36 of 2020) and the rules made there under, not already registered, shall apply electronically in Form-I to the Registering Officer appointed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Code, within 60 days from the date of such applicability of this code along with the fee prescribed in this rules, electronically through the Online Portal as notified by the Government, by giving details about the establishment, and uploading documents related to Registration of the establishment, proof of Identity and address of the employer(s) as specified in the Form. The Form-I shall be signed digitally or in any other manner as may be required on the portal. The applicant shall be responsible for the veracity of all information submitted in the application.

(3) For registration of Motor Transport Undertaking, Building and other construction work, News Paper establishment and Plantation- the employer; for registration of Audio-Visual Production- the producer, for registration of factories - occupier and for registration of any establishment which employs contract labour including Inter-state Migrant workers, the employer/principal employer, shall apply in Form-I for grant of Registration Certificate electronically through meeseva online portal or any other portal as notified by the government of Andhra Pradesh.

(4) The fees to be paid for the grant of a Registration Certificate for the establishments specified in the above Sub- Rule (3) shall be as given below, namely;

No of Workers Registration Fee Sl.No. 1 10 to 50 workers Rs. 1000 2 51 to 100 workers Rs. 1500 3 101 to 150 workers Rs. 2000 4 151 to 250 workers Rs. 3000 5 251 to 500 workers Rs. 5000 6 501 to 1000 workers Rs. 10000 7 1001 to 5000 workers Rs 20000 8 Above 5000 workers Rs 30000

Provided that the above registration fee shall be as modified by means of a notification issued by the Government from time to time.

(5) Late fee for Registration: If the application (Establishments) for registration is submitted after expiry of the prescribed period specified in the above Sub-Rule (2), the application may be entertained only on payment of the additional fee of 10% of the registration fee specified in the above Sub-Rule (4)for the delay of each month or fraction thereof in submission of application after the prescribed period, in addition to the fee payable under the above Sub-Rule (4).

(6) The Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the applicant or the establishment allotted under the Income Tax Act, 1961, or any other unique number allotted to the establishment under any other Act for the time being in force or any other particulars furnished in the form, may be verified online.

(7) Deemed registration: The certificate of registration shall be issued in Form-II electronically immediately if the application is complete in all respects, but not later than seven days from the date of submission of a complete application, failing which such establishment shall be deemed to have been registered and the certificate of registration shall be auto-generated.

(8) The certificate of registration shall be non-transferable, and a copy of the certificate of registration shall be displayed in the premises of the establishment at a conspicuous place in hard copy or electronically.

(9) The registering officer under the Code may direct the employer who fails to comply with the requirements of sub-rule (2), to do so within the time stated therein, and such employer shall, thereupon, comply with the directions issued by the registering officer in this behalf.

(10) The employer in respect of an establishment including factories already registered under any Central Labour law or any other law which may be notified by the Central Government, for the time being in force shall, update the registration particulars on the portal as notified by Government, within six months from the date on which the Code comes into force.

(11) The employer of an establishment, except factories, who has already registered under any other labour law for the time being in force shall update the registration particulars on the Meeseva portal or any other portal as notified by the Government of Andhra Pradesh within six months from the date on which this rule comes into force.

(12) The employer shall quote the Registration Number on all documents prepared or completed by him in connection with the Code or the Rules or the Regulations or the Scheme, as the case may be, and in all correspondence with the office concerned.

(13) The employer shall within thirty days of the closing of the establishment other than factories, intimate to the registering officer on the meeseva portal or any other portal as notified by the Government of Andhra Pradesh,and also to Inspector-cum-Facilitator having jurisdiction in the area where the establishment is situated intimating the actual date of closing of establishment in Form-IA along with certificate of payment of all dues and statutory returns to the workers employed in such establishments and such information shall be auto-shared to Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation and Employees’ State Insurance Corporation.

(14) On receipt of Form-IA complete in all respects, the registering officer shall cancel the certificate of registration and issue cancellation of certificate of registration in Form-II A electronically within sixty days from the receipt of Form-I A. If registering officer fails to cancel the registration certificate of the establishment within sixty days then the cancellation of registration certificate shall be auto generated in Form-IIA.

Provided that no such application for cancellation of registration shall be entertained unless the employer has furnished all statutory returns, paid all statutory dues under the Central labour Codes and any other labour law in force in accordance with the law applicable for the time being and submitted a self-certification to that effect along with the application.

(15) The registering officer shall maintain a register of establishment electronically in Form-III showing the particulars of establishment in relation to which certificates of registration have been issued by him.

(16) The Registering officer, if satisfied that the Certificate of Registration has been obtained by misrepresentation or suppression of any material, shall issue a show cause notice of fifteen (15) days to the employer electronically. The Registering officer, after having considered the reply of the employer, if any received, in response to the Show Cause Notice within fifteen (15) days, may pass a Speaking Order duly recording the reasons either for initiating prosecution or otherwise, within 60 days and communicate to the employer electronically.

(17) The registering officer, if satisfied that, the Certificate of Registration has been obtained by the employer so fraudulently or otherwise that the registration has become useless or ineffective to run the establishment shall issue a show cause notice of fifteen (15) days to the employer electronically. The registering officer, after having considered the reply of the employer, if any received, in response to the show cause notice within fifteen (15) days, may pass a speaking order recording the reasons for revocation of the certificate of registration within 60 days and communicate to the employer electronically. A copy of the order shall be forwarded to the appellate officer concerned.