Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions



(1) In this Charter-

Aboriginal means a person belonging to the indigenous peoples of Australia,
including the indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands, and any
descendants of those peoples; act includes a failure to act and a proposal to
act; Charter means the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities; child
means a person under 18 years of age; Commission means the Victorian Equal
Opportunity and Human Rights Commission under the Equal Opportunity Act 1995;
court means the Supreme Court, the County Court, the Magistrates' Court, the
Children's Court or the Coroners Court;

declaration of inconsistent interpretation means a declaration made by the
Supreme Court under section 36(2); discrimination, in relation to a person,
means discrimination (within the meaning of the Equal Opportunity Act 1995) on
the basis of an attribute set out in section 6 of that Act; Note Section 6 of
the Equal Opportunity Act 1995 lists a number of attributes in respect of
which discrimination is prohibited, including age; impairment; political
belief or activity; race; religious belief or activity; sex; and sexual
orientation. human rights means the civil and political rights set out in
Part 2; interpreter means-

   (a)  an interpreter accredited by a prescribed body; or

   (b)  if an accredited interpreter is not readily available, a competent
        interpreter- and relates only to the oral rendering of the meaning of
        the spoken word or other form of communication from one language or
        form of communication into another language or form of communication;
        override declaration means a declaration made by Parliament under
        section 31; Parliamentary Committee has the same meaning as Joint
        House Committee has in the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003; person
        means a human being; public authority has the meaning given in section
        4; statutory provision means an Act (including this Charter) or a
        subordinate instrument or a provision of an Act (including this
        Charter) or of a subordinate instrument; trial, in relation to the
        Magistrates' Court or the Children's Court, means hearing of a charge;

Victoria Police has the same meaning as the force has in the
Police Regulation Act 1958. Note In the Police Regulation Act 1958 the force
means officers and other members of the police force.

(2) In this Charter-

   (a)  a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority
        and duty; and

   (b)  a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function
        is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.