In these rules unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) ―Act‖ means Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 (Central Act 30 of 1979);
(b) ―Appellate Officer‖ means an appellate officer nominated by the Government under section 11;
(c) ―Commissioner of Labour‖ means an officer as such appointed by the Government;
(d) ―Form‖ means a form appended to these rules;
_________________________________________________________________________ 1 Vide the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. Extraordinary, Pt. III, Sec. 1(a), dated the 12th September, 1983, at p.1.
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(e) ―Government ― means the Government of Tamil Nadu;
(f) ―Inspector‖ means an Inspector appointed by the Government under section 20;
(g) ―licensing officer‖ means the licensing officer appointed by the Government under section 7;
(h) ―migrant workman‖ means an inter-State migrant workman as defined in section 2;
(i) ―registering officer‖ means a registering officer appointed by the Government under section 3;
(j) ―section‖ means a section of the Act;
(k) ―specified authority‖ means the authority specified by the Government for the purposes of sections 12 and 16;
(l) all other words and expressions used in these rules but not defined therein shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.
CHAPTER II REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING INTER-STATE MIGRANT WORKMEN