Definitions

In this Act: unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Acknowledgement Certificate" means the Acknowledgement Certificate issued under sub-section (3) of section 5; (b) "Appellate Authority" means the Appellate Authority constituted under sub-section (1) of section 12; (c) "approval" means licenses, permissions, approvals, clearances, registration, consents, no objection certificate and the like, required under any State law in connection with the establishment or operation of micro small and medium enterprise in the State; (d) "competent Authority" means any department or agency of the Government, statutory body, Corporation owned by State, Local Self Government Institutions, Urban Development Authorities, or any other Authority or Agency constituted or established by or under any State law or under the administrative control of the Government, which is entrusted with the powers or responsibilities to grant or issue approval for establishment or operation of enterprises in the State; (e) "District Board" means the District Board constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Industrial Single Window Clearance Boards and Industrial Township Area Development Act, 1999 (5 of 2000); (f) "enterprise" means micro small or medium enterprises; (g) "Government" means the Government of Kerala; (h) "micro, small or medium enterprises" means the micro, small or medium enterprises, as defined in the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (Central Act 27 of 2006); (i) "nodal agency" means nodal agency referred to in section 3; (j) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette of the Government of Kerala; (k) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (l) "State" means the State of Kerala; (m) "State Board" means the State Board constituted under section 3 of the Kerala Industrial Single Window Clearance Boards and Industrial Township Area Development Act, 1999 (5 of 2000).