Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00645:section:3:p3
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out in Schedule 3;
 (b) the Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 December 1971, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 4; and
 (c) the Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9 December 1975, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 5.
Defence Department means the Department of State that deals with defence and that is administered by the Minister administering section 1 of the Defence Act 1903.
Disability Discrimination Commissioner means the Disability Discrimination Commissioner appointed under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
discrimination, except in Part IIB, means:
 (a) any distinction, exclusion or preference made on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin that has the effect of nullifying or impairing equality of opportunity or treatment in employment or occupation; and
 (b) any other distinction, exclusion or preference that:
 (i) has the effect of nullifying or impairing equality of opportunity or treatment in employment or occupation; and
 (ii) has been declared by the regulations to constitute discrimination for the purposes of this Act;
but does not include any distinction, exclusion or preference:
 (c) in respect of a particular job based on the inherent requirements of the job; or
 (d) in connection with employment as a member of the staff of an institution that is conducted in accordance with the doctrines, tenets, beliefs or teachings of a particular religion or creed, being a distinction, exclusion or preference made in good faith in order to avoid injury to the religious susceptibilities of adherents of that religion or that creed.
enactment means a Commonwealth enactment or a Territory enactment.
examiner of ACIC means an examiner within the meaning of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002.
Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia.
human rights means the rights and freedoms recognised in the Covenant, declared by the Declarations or recognised or declared by any relevant international instrument.
IGIS official means:
 (a) the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security; or
 (b) any other person covered by subsection 32(1) of the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986.
instrument includes a rule, regulation or by‑law.
instrumentality, in relation to a State, includes:
 (a) a person holding or performing the duties of an office established by or under a law of that State;
 (b) a person employed in the public service of that State; and
 (c) a person employed by a body established for a purpose of that State by or under a law of that State.
international instrument includes a declaration made