Rule 2. Definitions

(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, —

(a) “appeal” means an appeal preferred under sub-section (1) of section 99 or sub-section (1) of section 105, as the case may be;

(b) "Appellate authority" means in State sphere, an officer, senior in rank to the Assessing Officer for the purposes of section 105, appointed by the State Government, as the case may be;

(c) “Assessing Officer” means a gazetted officer of a State Government or an officer of a local authority holding an equivalent post to a gazetted officer of the State Government appointed by such State Government for assessment of cess under Chapter VIII of the Code;

(d) “Authorised Officer for Employees’ Compensation” means any officer whom the State Government may designate either generally or in respect of any area or class of areas, for the purpose of performing the functions assigned by these rules to the Authorised Officers;

(e) “authority” means the State Government or the authority specified by the State Government for the purpose of sub-section (3) of section 72;

(f) “Board” means the Andhra Pradesh Unorganised Workers Social Security Board referred to in sub section (9) of section 6, or the Andhra Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board referred to in Section 7, as the case may be

(g) “career centre (regional)”, means the career centre as notified by the State Government

(i) over the area in which the establishments concerned are situated;or

(ii) over specified classes or categories of establishments concerned or vacancies;

(h) “cess collector” means an officer appointed by the State Government for collection of cess under the Code;

(i) “chairperson” means the chairperson of the State Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Board or the Andhra Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board

(j) “chartered engineer” means a person having an engineering degree and the corporate membership of the Institute of Engineers India;

(k) “code” means the Code on Social Security, 2020(36 of 2020);

(l) “Commissioner of Labour” means the head of the Labour Department and includes varied designations such as “Special Commissioner of Labour” based on the incumbent Officer;

(m) “competent authority” means an authority appointed under section 91 of the Code for the purpose of Chapter VII of the Code by the State Government;

(n) “electronically” means any information submitted by email or uploading on the designated Portal or digital payment in any mode for the purpose of the Code;

(o) “excluded vacancies” means those vacancies which have been excluded from the purview of the section 139 as per the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 140;

(p) “form” means a form appended to these rules;

(q) “fund” means the Andhra Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Fund referred to in Section 108 or the Social Security Fund referred to in section 141, as the case may be;

(r) “Inspector-cum-Facilitator” means a person appointed by the State Government, by notification under of section 122;

(s) “nomination" means nomination made under section 55;

(t) “register of women employees” means a register of women employees maintained under rule 28(1)(iv) in Form XX;

(u) “Schedule” means the Schedule annexed to the Code;

(v) “section” means a section of the Code;

(w) “specified” means specified by an order of State Government or any officer so authorised by the Government;

(x) “State” or “State Government” shall mean the State of Andhra Pradesh and the Government of Andhra Pradesh, as the case may be;

(y) “transferring authority” means any authority in any country which transfers or causes to be transferred any lump sum awarded under the law relating to employee’s compensation in such country and applicable for the benefit of any person residing or about to reside in India; and

(z) “year” means the financial year, beginning from the 1st day of April and ending with the 31st day of March of the year following.

(2) The words and expressions used in these rules which are not defined therein, but are defined in the Code, shall have their respective meaning as assigned to them in the Code.