Rule 3 — References of certain authorities and officers of industrial establishments under the Code.

3(1)

The reference to the Central Government or the Government of India, in relation to an industrial dispute in respect of a Union territory without legislature, shall be construed as a reference to the Administrator of such Union territory, for which the appropriate Government is the Central Government; and the reference to the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) and the Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central) shall be construed as reference to the respective appropriate authority, appointed in that behalf by the Administrator of that Union territory