In this Act, unless the Context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Acknowledgement Certificate” means the acknowledgement certificate issued under section 5;
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1. Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For statement of objects and reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 23.01.2020, pp.9631-9639.
(b) “approval” means any permission, no objection, clearance, consent, approval, registration, licence and the like, required under any State law as mentioned in THE
SCHEDULE for the establishment or operation of an enterprise in the State;
(c) “Competent Authority” means any department or agency of the Government, a local authority, statutory body, State owned corporation, Panchayati Raj Institution, Municipality, Urban Development Authorities or any other authority or agency constituted or established by or under any State Law or under administrative control of the Government, which is entrusted with the powers or responsibilities to grant or issue approval for establishment or operation of an enterprise in the State;
(d) “Director” means Director or Commissioner of Industries Department of the Government;
(e) “enterprise” means a micro, small or medium enterprise;
(f) “Government” or “State Government” means the Government of Himachal Pradesh;
(g) “micro, small or medium enterprise” means the micro, small or medium enterprises, as defined in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006) ;
(h) “nodal agency” means the nodal agency referred to in Section 3;
(i) “notification” means a notification published in the Rajpatra (e-Gazette), Himachal Pradesh;
(j) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
(k) “SCHEDULE” means THE SCHEDULE appended to this Act; and
(l) “State” means the State of Himachal Pradesh.