Commonwealth Numbered Acts

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT 1975 No. 52, 1975 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''Aboriginal'' means a person who is a descendant of an indigenous inhabitant
of Australia but does not include a Torres Strait Islander;

''Chairman'' means Chairman of the Council;

''Commissioner'' means-

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), the person holding office as the
        Commissioner for Community Relations; and

   (b)  in relation to the acquisition, holding or disposal of property-the
        corporation referred to in sub-section 29 (2);

''conciliation committee'' means a conciliation committee established under
the regulations;

''Convention'' means the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination that was opened for signature on 21 December
1965 and entered into force on 2 January 1969, being the Convention a copy of
the English text of which is set out in the Schedule;

''Council'' means the Community Relations Council established by section 28;

''Deputy Chairman'' means Deputy Chairman of the Council;

''dispose'' includes sell, assign, lease, let, sub-lease, sub-let, license or
mortgage, and also includes agree to dispose and grant consent to the disposal
of;

''employment'' includes work under a contract for services, and cognate
expressions have corresponding meanings;

''member'' means a member of the Council and includes the Chairman and the
Deputy Chairman;

''relative'', in relation to a person, means a person who is related to the
first mentioned person by blood, marriage, affinity or adoption and includes a
person who is wholly or mainly dependent on, or is a member of the household
of, the first-mentioned person;

''residential accommodation'' includes accommodation in a dwelling-house,
flat, hotel, motel or boarding-house or on a camping ground;

''services'' includes services consisting of the provision of facilities by
way of banking or insurance or of facilities for grants, loans, credit or
finance;

''Territory'' does not include Papua New Guinea;

''Torres Strait Islander'' means a person who is a descendant of an indigenous
inhabitant of the Torres Strait Islands;

''vehicle'' includes a ship, an aircraft and a hovercraft.

(2) A reference in this Act to an Australian ship or aircraft shall be
construed as a reference to a ship or aircraft registered in Australia or
belonging to or in the possession of Australia or a State.

(3) For the purposes of this Act, refusing or failing to do an act shall be
deemed to be the doing of an act and a reference to an act includes a
reference to such a refusal or failure.

(4) A reference in this Act to the doing of an act by a person includes a
reference to the doing of an act by a person in association with other
persons.