3Interpretation

#### 3 Interpretation (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. > Commission means the Australian Human Rights Commission. > Commissioner means the Race Discrimination Commissioner appointed under section 29. > Commonwealth agency means an agency within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988. > 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. > 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. > President means President of the Commission. > principal executive, in relation to a Commonwealth agency, has the same meaning as in Part V of the Privacy Act 1988. > registered charity means an entity that is registered under the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Act 2012 as the type of entity mentioned in column 1 of item 1 of the table in subsection 25‑5(5) of that Act. > 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. > 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 the Commonwealth 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.