Date: 2020-11-25Category: Not ApplicableState: Tamil NaduCountry: India
SOCIAL WELFARE AND NUTRITIOUS MEAL PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT - Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2009
**Executive Summary**
This document is the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette No. 48, published on December 7, 2016. It includes notifications of amendments to the Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 2000, and the Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1975. These amendments are issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department and Labour and Employment Department, respectively.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendments to Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules:**
* An additional proviso is added to rule 10, sub-rule (1), allowing parents or guardians a further period of five years to provide a child's name to the registrar if the registration was made prior to the commencement of the Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 2000, and the name was not given within the initial time limit.
* In sub-rule (2) of rule 10, the expression "the first proviso" is substituted for the expression "the proviso."
* **Amendments to Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules:**
* In rule 18, sub-rule (1) is substituted to state that the registering officer shall grant a certificate of registration in Form II within thirty days from the date of receipt of the application referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 17.
* In rule 23, sub-rule (2), the words "thirty days" are substituted for the words "sixty days."
**Impact Analysis**
**Health and Family Welfare Department Stakeholders**
* **Impact:** The amendment to the Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules allows parents or guardians additional time to provide a child's name for registrations made before the year 2000.
* **Action Required:** Registrars must accept name information for children registered before the year 2000 for a further period of five years.
**Labour and Employment Department Stakeholders**
* **Impact:** The amendments to the Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules reduce the time for the registration officer to grant a certificate of registration and also impact the time frame related to rule 23, sub-rule (2).
* **Action Required:** The registering officer is now required to grant registration certificates within thirty days, and stakeholders should adhere to the new "thirty days" timeframe in rule 23, sub-rule (2).
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970: Central Act enabling the Tamil Nadu Government to regulate contract labor.
Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1975: The rules framed by the Tamil Nadu Government to implement the Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970.
Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969: Central Act governing the registration of births and deaths.
Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 2000: Rules framed by the Tamil Nadu Government for the registration of births and deaths.
Tamil Nadu: The state to which these amendments apply.