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For the purpose of this Convention -
(a) the term “labour administration” means public administration activities in the field of national labour policy;
(b) the term “system of labour administration” covers all public administration bodies responsible for and/or engaged in labour administration - whether they are ministerial departments or public agencies, including parastatal and regional or local agencies or any other form of decentralised administration - and any institutional framework for the co-ordination of the activities of such bodies and for consultation with and participation by employers and workers and their organisations.