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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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act

means an act done:

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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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appointed member

means the President or the Human Rights Commissioner.

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Australia

includes the external Territories.

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Australian Capital Territoryenactment

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:

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children

means people under the age of 18.

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complaint, means any of the persons on whose behalf the complaint was lodged, but does not include a person who has withdrawn under section 46PC.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

means the Australian Human Rights Commission established by this Act.

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Commissioner

means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.

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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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complainant

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

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complaint

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

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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
Convention

means the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 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 Convention applies in relation to Australia .

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Covenant

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

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Declarations

means:

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discrimination

, except in Part IIB, means:

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