Section 46. Appointment of designated authority

PART I CONTRACT LABOUR 45. Applicability of this Part. —(1) This Part shall apply to— (i) every establishment in which fifty or more contract labour are employed or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months through contract; (ii) every manpower supply contractor who has employed, on any day of the preceding twelve months, fifty or more contract labour. (2) This Part shall not apply to the establishment in which work only of an intermittent or casual nature is performed: Provided that if a question arises as to whether work performed in an establishment is of an intermittent or casual nature, the appropriate Government shall decide that question after consultation with the National Board or a State Advisory Board and its decision thereon shall be final. Explanation. —For the purpose of this sub-section, work performed in an establishment shall not be deemed to be of an intermittent nature— (i) if it was performed for more than one hundred and twenty days in the preceding twelve months; or (ii) if it is of seasonal character and is performed for more than sixty days in a year. 46. Appointment of designated authority. —The appropriate Government may, by an order, appoint such persons, being Gazetted officers of the Government, as it thinks fit to be designated as authority under sub-section (1) of section 119 and specify the limits of their jurisdiction and vest with such powers and duties including dealing with issuance and revocation of licences electronically as may be specified therein.