246/2026
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Rules, 2026
- Notification number
- 246/2026
- Issued for
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Date
- 12 August 2026
- Topic
- Act
What it says
In force on publication, 12 August 2026. Registration becomes electronic with auto approval and a certificate valid for the establishment's lifetime; annual renewal is abolished; establishments may operate 24x7 against a rotational weekly rest day and a 48-hour week; nineteen conditions are prescribed for employing women between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. and six for hazardous processes; and a new rule 12A settles, in terms, how the Regulation and the OSH Code, 2020 fit together.
What was taken from it
The figures and statements this desk reads off this document, as extracted. Each one is shown on the topic page it belongs to: Establishment calendar · Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Working hours · Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Shops and Establishment Act · Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Timing of establishment · Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Women workers · Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Rest.Compensatory
- An employee may be required to work on the weekly off provided a compensatory holiday with wages is allowed within thirty days of that holiday
- Rest.Weekly
- Every employee shall be allowed a holiday for rest on one day of a week on rotational basis, with notice of the holiday in Form E displayed conspicuously and a copy sent to the Registering Officer
- Code.Dual.Registration
- Where an establishment employing twenty or more workers has obtained registration under the Regulation, that registration is deemed sufficient compliance with registration under the Code; and no establishment to which the Code applies is required to obtain separate registration under the Regulation
- Code.Harmonious
- Where both cover an establishment, the Code governs occupational safety, health, working conditions and welfare; the Regulation continues to apply to matters not expressly provided for or regulated under the Code and its rules; and in case of any inconsistency the provision more beneficial to the employee or worker prevails to the extent of the inconsistency
- Code.Precedence
- Notwithstanding anything in the 2004 Regulation, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 applies to every shop or establishment in which ten or more workers are employed or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months, and every such establishment registers under the Code
- Code.Ten.To.Nineteen
- For shops and establishments employing ten or more but less than twenty workers, the Code applies and the registration provisions of the Regulation do not
- Hours.Weekly.Rules
- Weekly working hours for an employee shall be 48 hours; work beyond 48 hours is paid as overtime under section 8(1) of the 2004 Regulations
- Registration.Certificate
- A certificate of registration in Form-B is issued electronically without any requirement of prior approval, on auto approval mode, and remains valid for the lifetime of the establishment or until an intimation of closing under section 6 of the 2004 Regulations
- Registration.Renewal
- None. The annual renewal the 2005 rules required was omitted
- Timing.Hours
- The Shops and Establishments shall operate 24x7, subject to the weekly rest, the 48-hour week and the conditions the rule attaches
- Women.Hazardous.Conditions
- No pregnant woman may work where she is likely to be exposed to hazardous substances carcinogenic for herself or teratogenic for the foetus; hazardous-process measures must be complied with; women must be trained on the job and on the hazardous properties of substances handled; protective appliances must be provided; women must be trained on means of escape from fire, leakage and spillage; and the A&N Administration may declare by notification the class of establishments and the standard for saf
- Women.Night.Conditions
- Nineteen conditions apply to employing women between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., including written consent; no employment against the maternity provisions of the Code on Social Security, 2020; working hours not exceeding 10 hours in a day; free transport for pick-up and drop at her residence; a separate dining facility; boarding and lodging kept exclusively for women under women wardens or supervisors; not less than twelve consecutive hours of rest when moving between day and night shifts; not less than