209. Safety officer.- (1) In every establishment wherein five hundred or more building workers are ordinarily employed, the employer shall appoint safety officers as per the scale laid down in Schedule-VIII annexed to these rules. Such safety officers may be assisted by suitable and adequate staff. (2) Duties, qualifications and the condition of service of safety officers appointed under sub-rule (1) shall be as provided in Schedule-VIII annexed to these rules. (3) Wherever number of workers employed by single employer is less than five hundred, such employers may form a group and appoint a common safety officer for such group of employers with prior permission of Chief Inspector of Inspections of Building and Construction, Delhi. | 
