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Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
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#### 87 Definitions
87 Definitions
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> agent includes Australian legal practitioner.
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> complainant means a person by whom or on whose behalf a complaint is made.
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> complaint means a complaint made under section 87A and includes a matter referred to the Tribunal as a complaint under section 95 (2).
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> representative body means a body (whether incorporated or unincorporated) that represents or purports to represent a group of people within New South Wales (whether or not the body is authorised to do so by the group concerned) and that has as its primary object the promotion of the interests or welfare of the group.
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> representative complaint means a complaint made by one or more persons (which may comprise or include a representative body) on his, her or their own behalf as well as on behalf of another person or persons, and that is treated by the Tribunal as a representative complaint.
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> respondent means a person about whose conduct a complaint has been made.
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> vilification complaint means a complaint in respect of a contravention of section 20C, 38S, 49ZT or 49ZXB.
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> **s 87:** Am 1981 No 15, Sch 2 (20); 1982 No 142, Sch 4 (18); 1989 No 48, Sch 1 (2); 1993 No 97, Sch 1 (2), 1994 No 28, Schs 4 (26), 5 (28); 1996 No 22, Sch 1 \[5\]; 1997 No 9, Sch 1 \[28\] \[29\]. Subst 2004 No 79, Sch 1 \[3\]. Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.4 \[1\].