Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 21. In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires- " child worker " means a male worker under sixteen years of age or a female worker under fifteen years of age; " coconut growing trade " has the same meaning as in the Order made by the Minister of Labour under section 6 of the Wages Boards Ordinance in respect of that trade and published in Gazette No. 9,961 of March 30, 1949 ; "Collective Agreement" has the same meaning as in the Industrial Disputes Act : "Commissioner " means the person for the time being holding the office of Commissioner of Labour and includes any person for the time being holding office as a Deputy Commissioner of Labour or as a Senior Assistant Commissioner of Labour or as an Assistant Commissioner of Labour or as a Labour Officer ; " earnings " shall have the same meaning as in the Employees' Provident Fund Act, No. 15 of 1958 ; "employer" means any person who on his own behalf employs, or on whose behalf any other person employs, any worker in any trade and includes any person who on behalf of any other person employs any worker in any trade ; " rubber growing and manufacturing trade" has the same meaning as in the Order made by the Minister of Labour under section 6 of the Wages Boards Ordinance in respect of that trade, and published in Gazette No. 10,035 of October 22, 1949 ; " tea growing and manufacturing trade" has the same meaning as in the Order made by the Minister of Labour under section 6 of the Wages Boards Ordinance in respect of that trade, and published in Gazette No. 9,224 of January 7, 1944 ; " textile manufacturing trade" has the same meaning as in the Order made by the Minister of Labour under section 6 of the Wages Boards Ordinance in respect of that trade and published in Gazette No. 14,763 of August 25, 1967, as amended by the Order published in Gazette No. 53 of March 30, 1973 ; " trade " in Parts II and III has the same meaning as in the Wages Boards Ordinance ; " unskilled worker " has the same meaning as in the decision, made by the Wages Board for the textile manufacturing trade, and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 14,955/19 of April 29, 1971 ; " wages " has the same meaning as in the Wages Boards Ordinance : " worker" in Parts II and III has the same meaning as in the Wages Boards Ordinance ; and " working days " in relation to an estate, means the days on which work is done on the estate. |