(1) In these rules, unless the subject or context otherwise requires,-
(a) ―Authority‖ means the authority appointed by the State Government under sub-section (1) of section 45;
(b) ―appellate authority‖ means the appellate authority appointed by the State Government under sub-section (1) of section 49;
(c) ―appeal‖ means an appeal preferred under sub-section (1) of section 49;
(d) ―Board‖ means the Maharashtra State Advisory Board constituted by the State Government under sub-section
(4) of section 42;
(e) ―Cantonment‖ means any area notified as cantonment area under the Cantonment Act, 2006 (41 of 2006);
(f) ―Chairperson‖ means the Chairperson of the Board;
(g) ―Code‖ means the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019);
(h) ―day‖ means a period of twenty four hours beginning at mid-night;
(i) "family" means all or any of the following relatives of an employee, namely:-
(a) a spouse;
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(b) a minor legitimate or adopted child dependent upon the employee;
(c) a child who is wholly dependent on the earnings of the employee, and who is,-
(i) receiving education, till he attains the age of twenty-one years; and
(ii) an unmarried daughter;
(d) a child who is infirm by reason of any physical or mental abnormality or injury and is wholly dependent on the earnings of the employee, so long as the infirmity continues;
(e) dependent parents (including father-in-law and mother-in-law of a woman employee), whose income from all sources does not exceed such income as may be specified by the State Government, from time to time;
(j) ―Form‖ means a form appended to these rules;
(k) ―highly skilled occupation‖ means an occupation which calls in its performance a specific level of perfection and required competence acquired through intensive technical or professional training or practical occupational experience for a considerable period and also requires of an employee to assume full responsibility for his judgement or decision involved in the execution of such occupation;
(l) ―Inspector-cum-Facilitator‖ means a person appointed by the State Government, by notification under sub-section
(1) of section 51;
(m) ―member‖ means a member of the Board and includes its 3 Chairperson;
(n) ―municipal corporation‖ means a municipal corporation constituted or deemed to have been constituted under the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act (LIX of 1949) and includes the Mumbai Municipal Corporation constituted under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act (III of 1888);
(o) ―municipal council‖ means a municipal council constituted or deemed to be constituted under the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (Mah. XLI of 1965);
(p) ―registered trade union‖ means a trade union registered under the Trade Unions Act, 1926 (16 of 1926);
(q) ―Schedule‖ means the Schedule appended to these rules;
(r) ―section‖ means a section of the Code;
(s) ―semi-skilled occupation‖ means an occupation which in its performance requires the application of skill gained by the experience on job which is capable of being applied under the supervision or guidance of a skilled employee and includes supervision over the unskilled occupation;
(t) ―skilled occupation‖ means an occupation which involves skill and competence in its performance through experience on the job or through training as an apprentice in a technical or vocational institute and the performance of which calls for initiating and judgement;
(u) ―State Government‖ means the Government of 4 Maharashtra;
(v) ―unskilled occupation‖ means an occupation which in its performance requires the application of simply the operating experience and involves no further skills.
(2) Words and expressions used in these rules and not defined herein, but are defined in the Code shall have the same meanings as are respectively assigned to them in the Code.
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