Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00645:section:3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00645
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 2/7)
Character Range: 12159–14840

an office or appointment, that is declared by the regulations to be an authority of the State for the purposes of this Act; or
 (c) in relation to a Territory:
 (i) a body (whether incorporated or unincorporated) established for a purpose of the Territory by or under a Commonwealth enactment or a law of the Territory;
 (ii) an incorporated company over which the Administration of the Territory is in a position to exercise control;
 (iii) a person holding or performing the duties of an office or appointment established or made under a law of the Territory or by the Administrator of a Territory; or
 (iv) a body, or a person holding or performing the duties of an office or appointment, that is declared by the regulations to be an authority of the Territory for the purposes of this Act.
children means people under the age of 18.
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complaint, means any of the persons on whose behalf the complaint was lodged, but does not include a person who has withdrawn under section 46PC.
Commission means the Australian Human Rights Commission established by this Act.
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.
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.
complaint, except in Part IIC, means a complaint lodged under Division 1 of Part IIB.
compliance notice means a notice mentioned in subsection 35F(1).
compulsory conference means a conference under section 46PJ.
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.
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.
Declarations means:
 (a) the Declaration of the Rights of the Child proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 November 1959, a copy of the English text of which is set 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