In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) "Act " means the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 (XXXIV Of 1948);
(b) "Appointed, the Day" means with reference to any area, factory or establishment, the day from which the whole Chapter IV and V of the Act apply to such area, factory or establishment, as the case may be ;
(c) "Appropriate Office" "appropriate Branch Office" or "appropriate Regional Office" , shall means with reference to many action taken under these regulations, such office of the Corporation as may be specified for that purpose under a general or special order of the Corporation ;
(d) "Central Rules" means the rules made by the Central Government under Section 95 of the Act;
(e) Omitted.
(f ) Omitted.
(g) "Employer" means the principal employer as defined in the Act ;
(h) Employers Code Number" means the registration number allotted by the appropriate Regional Officer to a factory or establishment for the purposes of the Act, the rules and these regulations ;
(i) "Factory or Establishment" means a factory or an establishment to which the Act applies;
(j) "Form" means a form appended to these regulations ;
(k) "Identity Card" means a permanent identity card issued by the appropriate office to an insured person for identification for the purposes of the Act, the Rules and these regulations;
(kk) "Family Identity Card" means a card issued by the appropriate office to an insured person for identification of his family for the purposes of the Act, the rules and these regulations ;
(l) "Inspector" means a person appointed as such by the Corporation under section 45 of the Act;
(m) "Instructions" means instructions or orders issued by the corporation or by such officer or officers of the Corporation as may be authorised by the Corporation in this behalf;
(n) "Insurance Medical Officer" means a medical practitioner appointed as such to provide medical benefit and to perform such other functions as may be assigned to him and shall be deemed to be a duly appointed medical practitioner for the purposes of Chapter V of the Act;
(o) "Insurance Number" means a number allotted by the appropriate Office to an employee for the purposes of the Act,the rules and these regulations;
(p) "Branch office" and "Regional Office" shall mean,according to the context , such subordinate office of the Corporation set up at such place and with such jurisdiction and functions as the Corporation may, from time to time, determine;
(q) "Branch Manager" means a person appointed by the Corporation as such or the officer-in-charge of a local Office ;
(r) "State Rules" means the rules made by a State Government under Section 96 of the Act;
(s) "Regional Director" means a person appointed by the Corporation as such for a specified region;
(t) "Registered Midwife" means a person who is registered as a midwife under any law in force in any State providing for registration of nurses and midwives;
(u) "Rules" means rules made by the Central or a State Government under the Act ;
(v) "Specified" means specified by instructions issued from time to time by the Corporation or any authorised officer;
(w) "Year" means a calendar year except when specifically stated otherwise;
(x) All other words and expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act or the rules, as the case may be.
