PANAJI
Inspectorate of Factories and Boilers has informed that the Government of Goa, has made a provision for the auto-renewal of Licence to Work a Factory issued under the provisions of The Factories Act, 1948 and the Goa Factories Rules, 1985, as amended from time to time.
Further, it is stated that such auto-renewal will be given for a period of one year upon submission of declaration and the payment of required fees.
Inspectorate of Factories and Boilers may make the factories eligible for such auto-renewal based on the conditions such as closure of the findings of Central Inspection System based inspection, if any, conducted during previous period and /or after evaluation of other risk factors.
Also there is no change in the particulars specified in licence to Work a Factory in form 4 issued earlier for previous period and/ or no change in the manager notified in accordance with the prescribed provisions and the fee paid is as specified in Rule 6 of the said Rules, as amended from time to time.
Application for renewal of licence to Work a factory in respect of factories not meeting the criteria laid down at (i) and / or (ii) above shall be dealt with in accordance with the prevailing rules in force, as informed by Department of Information and Publicity.
