Rule 15. Stute Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Bourd under section 17

(1) The State Occupational. Safety and Health Advisory Board shall consist of:- Additional Chief Secretary /Principal Secretary/ Secretary Labour, Skill Development and Employment Department, Goverment of Gujarat - Chairman, ex officio. Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Gujarat, (ii) ex officio Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator of Factories, Government of Gujarat - Member, (iii) ex officio

(iv) Commissioner/Director of Labour, Governinent of Gujarat -Member, ex officio.

(v) Secretary, Gujarat Labour Welfare Board- Member, ex officio

(vi) Member Secretary, Gujarat Pollution Control Board- Member, ex officio

(vii) Director, ESIS, Govt. of Gujarat - Member, et officio

(viii) Five representative of employers shall be nominated by Government of GujaratMembers

(ix) Five representative of employees shall be nominated by goverment of Gujarat - Members

(x) Five eminent persons connected with field of Occupational Safety and health shall be nominated by Government of Gujarat- Members

(xi) Joint Secretary / Deputy Secretary Labour- Member Secretary, ex ofjicio

(xii) Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority. Gandhinagar - Member ex ofjicio:

(xii) a representative of professional body associated with the matter for which standards, rules, policies being framed - Member; () Tenure of Board. - The tenure of Board of members as referred inclause VIII, IX, X, XIII of sub rule (1) shall be three years. Nomination of members and discharge of their functions shall be defined by the (3) State Government at the time of nomination. Pyi

(4) Resignation. -

(a) A member of the board. not being an ex officio membet, may resign his office bya letter in writing addressed to the Chairperson of the Board.

(b) The seat of such a member shall fall vacant from the date on which his resignation is accepted by the state Government, or on the expiry of thirty days from the date of receipt of the letter of resignation by the State Goverbment which is earlier.

(c) A member appointed to fill a casual vacancy, arising due 1o death,resignation or otherwise of the member shall hold office for the remaining period of the tenure of Board of the member in whose place he is appointed.

(5) Cessation of membership.- If any member of the board, not being an ex-officio miomber, fails to attend three consecutive meetings ofthe board. without obtaining the leave sanctioned by the Chairperson of such board for such absence, he shall ecascto be a member of State:

Provided that the Government may, if it is satisfied that such member was prevented by sufficient cause from attending three consecutive meetings, direct that such cessation shall not take place and on such direction being made, such member shall continue 1o be a member of Board.

(6) Disqualification for membership. - A person shall be disqualified for being a member of the Board-

(a) if he is of'unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent authority;

(b) if he is an un-discharged insolvent; or

(c) if he has been convicted for an offence, having a penalty of imprisonment of three months or more;

(7) Removal from membership. - The Government may remove any member of the Board, if in its opinion such member has ceased to represent the interest which he purports to represent on such Board:

Provided that no such member shall bo removed unless a reasonable opportunity is given to him of making are presentation against the proposed action under this rule.

(8) Manner of Filling Vacancies.- When a vacancy occurs or is likely to occur in the membership of the State Advisory Board, the Chairperson of State Advisory Board shall submit a report to the State Government and on receipt of such report, the State Government shall take steps to fill the vacancy by making an appointment from amongst the category of persons to which the person vacating membership belonged and the person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term of office of the member in shose place he is appointed.

(p) Notice of Meeting and List of Business. -

(a) Ordinarily, to weeks' notice shall be given to the members of the State Advisory Board of a proposed meeting:

Provided that, tvo weeks' notice shall not be necessary where, in the opinion of Chairperson of the State Advisory Board, business of an emergent nature has to be transacted.

(b) No business except which is included in the list of business for a meeting of such State Advisory Board shall be considered at such meeting without the permission of the Chairperson of the State Advisory Board.

(10) Disposal of Business. -

(a) Every matter which the State Advisory Board is required to take into consideration shall be considered at a meeting of StaleAdvisory Board, or if the Chairperson of State Advisory Board so directs, by sending the necessary papers to every member for opinion and the matter shall be disposed of in accordance with the decision of the majority:

Provided that where there is no opinion of majority on a matter and the members of the State Advisory Board are equally divided, the Chairperson of the State Advisory Board shall have a second or a casting vote.

(b) No act or proceedings of the State Advisory Board shall be invalid merely for reasons of any vacancy in or any defect in constitution of the State Advisory Board.

(11) Travelling Allowance for members.-

(a) The travelling allowance of an official member shall be governed by the rules applicable to him for journey performed by bin on official duties and shall be paid by the authority paying his salary. of the Board shall be paid travelling allowance for (b) the non-official members attending the meeting of the Board at such places as por the guidelines of Finance Department of the State Government.

(12) Meeting of the Board and Quorum.-

(a) The Board shall meet once in a six month or may meefas often as necessary:

Provided that the Chairperson shall, within fifcen days of the receipt of a requisition in writing from not less than one third of the members of the Board, call a special meeting thereof.

(b) No business shall be transacted at any meeting unleks at least 1/3members are present, Provided that if at any meeting less than 1/3members are present the Chairperson may adjourn the meeting to another dateinforming members present and giving notice to the other members that he propos as to dispose of the business at the adjourned meeting whether there is a prescribediquorum or not, and it shall there upon be lawful for bin to dispose of the business at the adjourned meeting irrespective of the member of members attending:

Provided that when the Chairperson calls a meeting for considering any matter which in his opinion is of urgent nature, notice of not ess than three days shall be deemed sufficient.

(13) Chairperson to preside at meetings. - The Chairperson shall preside over all meetings of the Board, and if the Chairperson is, for any reason, unabic to attend a meeting of the Board, any member nominated by the Chairperson in this behalf, and in the absence of such nomination, any other member elected by the members present from amongst themselves at the meeting, shall preside at the meeting.

(14) Minutes of meetings.- The proceedings of each meeting of the Board shall be recorded and circulated to all members after approval by the Chairperson as soon after the meeting as possible, subject to confirmation in the next meeting of the Board. After such confirmation, they shall be recorded in a Minute Book, which shall be kept for permanent record.

(15) Allowances payable to Non-official members. - Every non-official member shall be paid travelling allowance and daily allowance for attending meetings of the Board and its sub-committees at rates admissible to Class I officers of the State Government.