The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Andhra Pradesh) Rules, 2026
Rule 71. Permission to work by employees outside industrial premises under Section 76
Official text
(1) The employer, on behalf of the employees, engaged in wetting or cutting of beedi or tobacco leaves outside the industrial premises shall apply in Form XX to the licensing authority in the labour department web portal.
(2) The licensing authority, on receipt of the application through online by considering the following, may issue permission through online within seven (7) days from the date of receipt of the application.
(a) The employer who applies for the above permission shall have a valid licence issued under Section 74 for such premises.
(b) The suitability of the place where it is proposed to be used for wetting or cutting of beedi or tobacco leaves.
(c) Wetting or cutting of beedi or tobacco leaves shall be carried on only in that place where permission is granted.
(d) The total number of employees employed by the employer for wetting or cutting of beedi or tobacco leaves outside the industrial premises shall not exceed the total number of workers for which License issued under Section 74.
(e) The licencing authority may, in addition to the foregoing terms and conditions, determine and specify in the permission such other terms and conditions, in individual cases, as it may deem necessary.
(3) The employer shall maintain the record of the work permitted under sub-rule (1) to be carried outside the industrial premises under Section 76(2) of the Code in Form XXI.