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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

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Distinguished Terms in this instrument
Term(s) Definition Defined in Legislation See Section(s)
Aboriginal person

means a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
act

means an done:

(a) by or on behalf of the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth;

(b) under an enactment;

(c) wholly within a Territory; or

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 30 Interpretation etc.
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 30 Interpretation etc.
affected person

, in relation to a complaint, means a person on whose behalf the complaint was lodged.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
alleged unlawful discrimination

means:

(a) in relation to a complaintthe acts, omissions or practices that are alleged in the complaint and that would, if proven, constitute unlawful discrimination; and

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
appointed member

means the President or the Human Rights Commissioner.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
Australia

includes the external Territories.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
Australian Capital Territory

enactment

means an enactment of the within the meaning of the

(SelfGovernment) Act 1988

, or an instrument made under such an enactment.

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Australian Capital Territory enactment

means an enactment of the Australian Capital Territory within the meaning of the

Australian Capital Territory (Self‐Government) Act 1988

, or an instrument made under such an enactment.

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authority

means:

(a) in relation to the Commonwealth:

(i) a body (whether incorporated or unincorporated) established for a purpose of the Commonwealth by or under a Commonwealth enactment;

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
children

means people under the age of 18.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
class member

, in relation to a representative complaint, means any of the persons on whose behalf the complaint was lodged, but does not include a person who has withdrawn under section 46PC.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 46PC Additional rules applying to representative complaints
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 46PC Additional rules applying to representative complaints
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Commission

means the Australian Human Rights established by this Act.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
Commissioner

means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice .

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 46A Interpretation
Commonwealth enactment

means an Act or an instrument (other than a Territory enactment, an Australian Capital Territory enactment or a Northern Territory enactment) made under an Act, and includes any other legislation applied as a law of the Commonwealth, to the extent that it operates as such a law.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
complainant

, in relation to a complaint, means a person who lodged the complaint, whether on the persons own behalf or on behalf of another person or persons.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
complaint

, except in Part IIC, means a lodged under Division 1 of Part IIB.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
compliance notice

means a notice mentioned in subsection 35F(1).

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compulsory conference

means a conference under section 46PJ.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 46PJ President may hold conferences
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 46PJ President may hold conferences
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
Convention

means the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) , 1958 adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organization on 25 June 1958, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 1, as that applies in relation to Australia.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation
Covenant

means the International on Civil and Political Rights, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 2, as that International applies in relation to Australia.

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Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 3 Interpretation

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