GRANT OF LICENSE TO ACT AS LICENSED AGENCY.

a.The Director/HOD may, from time to time and in accordance with such qualifications, experience or other matter in this behalf as prescribed, grant any person or association of persons, a license to act as Licensed agency tor the purposes of this Act, (see: Schedule of formats chapter XII) b. The license shall be renewed every three years. v. The State Government may, from time to time, prescribe a scale of fee for licensed agencies, if there is no written contract in this behalf to the contrary, d. Where the Director/14013 has reason to believe that any person to whom a license has been granted under sub-section (a) has contravened any provisions, of this Act or the rules made thereunder or has failed to comply with the conditions of the license or is unfit to hold the license by reason of incompetence, misconduct or any other reasons, the Director may, alter grving the person a reasonable opportunity to show cause, suspend or cancel the license, alter recording the reasons in writing.( see: Schedule of formats chapter XII) c. Bar to compromise fire safety Where the willful default on the part of a licensed agency in respect of fire safety of any building or premises is compromised. such licensed agency shall be liable to criminal prosecution and, in the event of any fire accident in such building or premises, shall make good all damages on account of such tire accident. f Appeal against Order of Director. - Any person aggrieved by an order of the Director/HOD under this Chapter may, within thirty days of the service of the order may appeal g. Penalty for furnishing False 'Fire Safety Certificate'. Any person associated with a licensed agency, who knowingly furnishes a false "Fire Safety Certificate', shall be punishable with imprisonment for it term of three years which may extend to five years or with tine of twenty thousand rupees which may extend to five lakh rupees or with both. h. Criteria to act as Licensed Agency: Should posses the Ibilowingeondition to be eligibleas a licensed Agency: 1. "Licensed agency" means a person or an association of persons having technical specialization equivalent to Divisional officer course (D.O. course) conducted by National Fire Service College, Nagpur or its (D.O. course) equivalent course recognized by Government/degree in the field of firel Civil! Mechanical Engineering/Technology. industrial Safety, Disaster Management or Chemical Science from a recognized university and having sufficient domain knowledge and accomplishments tin the Geld ,of Fire Service 2. Minimum of 3 years' experience in the field of Fire Protection. prevention and Life safety. 3.. Must be aware of the legislation and guidelines in the field of fire protection, prevention and life safety measures. 4. Licensed agency may form a part of registered constructional firm/agencyj company or individual or associations of persons. 5. If associated with registered, constructional firmlagencyl company need to obtained licensed issued by the Director/ HOD on behalf of the firm. 6. Any registered firm/ agency beyond the jurisdiction of the state wish to- carried out safety audit, need not necessarily registered themselves under the state, however they will mandatorily obtained work order/ no objection certificate from the Fire & Emergency Services,