Section 51: Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say-
"appropriate court" means the Industrial Arbitration Panel and the National Industrial Court as the case may be;
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"appropriate High Court", in relation to a trade union means the High Court of the State in which the registered office of the union is situated;
"duly appointed auditor", in relation to a registered body, means the person or persons who, in accordance with the rules of the body, have been appointed with the approval of the Registrar to audit the treasurer's accounts;
"federation of trade unions" means any association or combination of trade unions, whether temporary or permanent, the purposes of which include that of regulating the terms and conditions of employment of workers;
"member of trade union" means a person normally engaged in a trade or industry which the trade union represents and a person either elected or appointed by a trade union to represent workers' interest;
"member", in relation to a federation of trade unions, means a trade union which is a member thereof and, in relation to a central labour organisation, means a trade union or federation of trade unions which is a member thereof;
"Minister" means the Minister of Employment, Labour and Productivity;
"official", in relation to a body which is or is capable of being registered, means any person holding an official position in that body and accordingly includes in particular any president, secretary or treasurer thereof and every member of the committee of management thereof;
"prescribed" means prescribed by the Regulations;
"registered" means registered under this Act;
"registered body" means a trade union, federation of trade unions registered under this Act;
"Registrar" means the Registrar of Trade Unions appointed under section 44 of this Act;
"Regulations" means all Regulations for the time being in force under this Act;
"trade dispute" means any dispute between employers and workers, or between workers and workers, which is connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms of employment or conditions of work of any person;
"trade union" has the meaning assigned in section 1(1) of this Act;
"worker" means any employee, that is to say any member of the public service of the Federation or of a State or any individual (other than a member of any such public service) who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer, whether the contract is for manual labour, clerical work or otherwise, expressed or implied, oral or in writing, and whether it is a contract personally to execute any work or labour or a contract of apprenticeship.