Rule 155: General management
Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 30 August 2026
Rule 155 — Governs general management and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: The employer shall establish, maintain and ensure proper functioning of rescue room or rescue station as required under these rules, to appoint such persons, and to provide necessary rescue equipment and apparatus.
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 were finally notified under G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026. The Central Rules must be read with the Code and any later amendment/corrigendum.
Finin2min analysis — operative rule mechanics
Operative clauses
- The employer shall establish, maintain and ensure proper functioning of rescue room or rescue station as required under these rules, to appoint such persons, and to provide necessary rescue equipment and apparatus.
Provisos / explanations
- No proviso/explanation was separately extracted from this rule.
Thresholds & timelines
- No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.
Mapped Code sections
Full notified text — Rule 155
155. General management.- The employer shall establish, maintain and ensure proper
functioning of rescue room or rescue station as required under these rules, to appoint such persons,
and to provide necessary rescue equipment and apparatus.Application and evidence
- Primary statutory test — The employer shall establish, maintain and ensure proper functioning of rescue room or rescue station as required under these rules, to appoint such persons, and to provide necessary rescue equipment and apparatus.
- Code Section mapping — 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
- Evidence file — retain facts and records proving the role/status of: Employer.
Cross-references & prescribed forms
Sections cited/mapped
Forms
No form is directly mapped in the current rule register.
Worked example
For an establishment affected by general management, the compliance owner should identify the applicable sector and authority, document the prescribed control/notice/record and retain inspection or training evidence. A text point to test is: “The employer shall establish, maintain and ensure proper functioning of rescue room or rescue station as required under these rules, to appoint such persons, and to provide necessary rescue equipment and apparatus.” Reconcile the mapped Code Section(s) 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73.
Illustrative only. Use the exact notified rule, prescribed form and competent authority.
Q&A — Rule 155
What is Rule 155 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026?
Rule 155 — Governs general management and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: The employer shall establish, maintain and ensure proper functioning of rescue room or rescue station as required under these rules, to appoint such persons, and to provide necessary rescue equipment and apparatus.
What does Rule 155 require or permit?
A principal operative clause extracted from the notified rule is: “The employer shall establish, maintain and ensure proper functioning of rescue room or rescue station as required under these rules, to appoint such persons, and to provide necessary rescue equipment and apparatus.” Read it with all sub-rules and provisos below.
Does Rule 155 contain a proviso or explanation?
No standalone proviso or explanation was extracted from this rule text. Check the complete rule below for clause-level conditions.
What deadline, period, percentage or amount appears in Rule 155?
No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.
Which Code sections are linked to Rule 155?
The current concordance maps Rule 155 to Section(s) 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73.
When did Rule 155 come into force?
The final Central Rules were notified as G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026; Rule 1 states that the Rules come into force on publication. Check any later amendment or corrigendum before reliance.