Scheme

(1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, make one or more scheme or schemes for any employment or group of employments in one or more area or areas specified in the notification, and by similar notification add to amend or vary any such scheme or substitute another scheme for any such scheme. Provided, that no such notification shall come into force unless a draft therefore is published in the Gazette and unless it is finalized after considering objections and suggestions received within one month of the publication of such draft in the Gazette. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made there under, a scheme made under sub-s. (1) may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: for the welfare of head load workers; for health and safety measures for head load workers; (bb) for providing benefits under the Employees State insurance Act, 1948 Central Act 34 of 1948) to head load workers, for the constitution of any fund or funds including provident fund for the henofit of head load workers, the vesting of such funds, the payment of contributions to be made to such funds and all matters relating thereto.; (a) for regulating the recruitment and entry into the scheme of head load workers, and the registration of head load workers and employers including the maintenance of registers, removal either temporarily or permanently, of names from the registers and the imposition of fee for registration; (e) for regulating the employment of head load workers and the terms and conditions of such employment including maternity benefit, leave with wagesprovision for gratuity and conditions as to weekly and other holidays and pay in respect thereof: (1) for pooling of head load workers who are not employed under any employer or contractor. for the manner in which, and the persons by whom the cost of operating scheme is to be defrayed including any cQntribution or welfare levy to be paid by employers and head load workers and the rate of such bontribution or welfare levy; for appointing persons and authorities who or which are to be responsible for the administration of the scheme and for the administration of funds constituted for the purposes aforesaid; for such incidental and supplementary matters as may be necessary or expedient for giving effect to the purposes of the scheme: generally for making better provision as regards the terms and conditions of employment of head load workers, if any question arises whether any scheme applies to any class of head load workers, the matter shall be referred to the Govemment whose decision thereon shall be final, The Government may, [in consuation with the Board] by notification in the Gazette, add to the schedule any establishment in respect of the head load workers whereof they are of opinion that a scheme should be made under this Act, and thereupon the establishment so added shall be deemed to be an establishment specified in the Schedule for the purposes of this Act. Every notification under sub-s (1) shall be laid as soon as may be alter it is issued, before the Legislative Assembly, while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the notification or decides that the notification should not be issued, the notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so however that any such modificabon or annulment shall be without prejudice to the vafldity of anything previously done under that notification.