(1) In these rules unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Act” means the Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2019 (Guj. 4 of 2019);
(b) “Compounding Officer” means an authority appointed by the Government under subsection (1) of section 34;
(c) “Form” means the form appended to these rules;
(d) “Government” means the Government of Gujarat;
(e) “Managerial Functions” means all such functions which are inherently supervisory in nature and are bestowed with powers and authority to take all policy and administrative decision in an organization, e.g. power to sanction leave, award increment, take disciplinary action, to terminate, suspend or dismiss a worker or indulge in policy making decision regarding any aspect of the business or service conditions of workers and such other similar powers.
(f) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to these rules;
(g) “Section” means a section of the Act.
(2) Words and expressions used in these rules but not defined hereinabove shall have the same meanings as are respectively assigned to them in the Act.