Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:- (a) "Acknowledgement Certificate," means the acknowledgement certificate issued under section 5; (b) "approval" means any permissioq no-objectio4 clearance, consent, approval, registration, license and the like, required under any State Law in connection with the establishment or operation of an enterprise in the State of Gujarat; (c) "competent Authority," means any department or agency of the Government or local authority, statutory body, State owned corporation, panchayati Raj Institution, Municipality, Urban Development Authorities, urban Improvement Trusts 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) "District Level Facilitation committee (DLFC)," means the District Level Facilitation committee constituted under section 5 of the Gujarat Single window Clearances Act, 2017; (e) "enterprise" means a micro, small or medium enterprise; (f) "Government" means the Government of Gujarat; (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; (h) "nodal agency" means the nodal agency referred to in section 3; (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act: (j) "State" means the State of Gujarat; (k) "Single Window Facilitation Committee (SWFC)," means the Single window Facilitation committee constituted under section 6 of the Gujarat single window clearances Act, 2017; (l) "undertaking" means a letter to be taken from enterprise under a prescribed format to incrude that the enterprise shalr ensure appropriate labour werfare measures, adequate fire safety and environmental measures as required by the law.