Definitions

In this Code, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) "Central Labour Codes" means the Code on Wages, 2019 (No. 29 of 2019), the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (No. 35 of 2020), the Code on Social Security, 2020 (No. 36 of 2020) and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 (No. 37 of 2020), as amended from time to time by the Parliament;
2. (b) "Competent Authority" means an officer not below the rank of Assistant Labour Officer;
3. (c) "Designated system" means an electronic governance platform, as may be notified by the State Government;
4. (d) "Facilitator" means an officer designated so by the State Government to facilitate the compliance of the provisions of this Code regarding violations as per the prescribed procedure;
5. (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Code;
6. (f) "Rules" means rules made under this code;
7. (g) "Self Regulatory Organisation" means an independent, non-governmental entity constituted by an association of employers and authorised by the State Government to monitor and enforce specific rules and provisions under this Code and professional standards;
8. (h) "State Government" means the Government of Madhya Pradesh;

1. (2) Extant State enactments means all enactments as in force in the State of Madhya Pradesh, including the Acts stated as repealed in Section 40 of this Code.
2. (3) Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning, as assigned to them in the Central Labour Codes.