Who has to apply for the issuance of licence to supply or engage contract labour, or to undertake or…

Under section 47(1) of the OSH Code, 2020 (formerly section 12 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970), no contractor to whom Part I of Chapter XI applies may supply or engage contract labour, or undertake or execute work through contract labour, except under and in accordance with a licence issued by the authority designated under section 119(1). The contractor applies electronically under sections 48 and 119, and the licence may impose conditions concerning hours of work, wages and amenities. Registration of the establishment under section 3 does not replace this licence, and under section 54 a principal employer's use of contract labour through an unlicensed contractor is deemed a contravention of the Code.