HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2019

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HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2019 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Dictionary

"act" includes a failure to act or a proposal to act.

"annual report" see section 91 (1) .

"approved form" means a form approved under section 104 .

"commission" means the Queensland Human Rights Commission established under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 .

"commissioner" means the Human Rights Commissioner under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 .

"compatible with human rights" see section 8 .

"complainant" , for a human rights complaint, means the individual who is the subject of the complaint.

"conciliation conference" see section 79 .

"councillor" , of a local government—

(a) for the Brisbane City Council—see the City of Brisbane Act 2010 , schedule 2 ; or

(b) for another local government—see the Local Government Act 2009 , schedule 4 .

"court" means the Supreme Court, the District Court, the Magistrates Court, the Childrens Court or the Coroners Court.

"declaration of incompatibility" see section 53 (2) .

"discrimination" , in relation to a person, includes direct discrimination or indirect discrimination, within the meaning of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 , on the basis of an attribute stated in section 7 of that Act.

Note—
The Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 , section 7 , lists attributes in relation to which discrimination is prohibited, including, for example, age, impairment, political belief or activity, race, religious belief or religious activity, sex and sexuality.

"function" includes a power.

"health ombudsman" means the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 .

"human rights" see section 7 .

"human rights complaint" see section 63 .

"information commissioner" means the information commissioner under the Right to Information Act 2009 .

"local government employee" means—

(a) for the Brisbane City Council—a council employee under the City of Brisbane Act 2010 , schedule 2 ; or

(b) for another local government—a local government employee under the Local Government Act 2009 , schedule 4 .

"member" , for part 3 , means a member of the Legislative Assembly.

"NDIS commissioner" means the Commissioner of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) .

"non-Queensland law" means—

(a) a Commonwealth law extending to the State because of a referral by the Parliament to the Commonwealth under the Commonwealth Constitution, section 51 (xxxvii) ; or

(b) a law of another jurisdiction applying, as in force from time to time, as a law of the State.

"notice" means written notice.

"ombudsman" means the ombudsman under the Ombudsman Act 2001 .

"override declaration" see section 43 (2) .

"perform a function" includes exercise a power.

"personal information" see the Information Privacy Act 2009 , section 12 .

"portfolio committee" means a portfolio committee established under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 , section 88 .

"public entity" see section 9 .

"referral Act" means—

(a) the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 ; or

(b) the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ; or

(c) the Information Privacy Act 2009 ; or

(d) the Ombudsman Act 2001 .

"referral entity" means—

(a) the Crime and Corruption Commission; or

(b) the health ombudsman; or

(c) the information commissioner; or

(d) the ombudsman.

"respondent" , for a human rights complaint—

(a) means the public entity that, under the complaint, is alleged to have contravened section 58 (1) ; and

(b) if the public entity mentioned in paragraph (a) is an individual—includes the public entity with which the individual is employed or is otherwise engaged.

"statutory provision" means an Act or statutory instrument or a provision of an Act or statutory instrument.

"trial" means the hearing of a charge, including a committal proceeding or a proceeding in which a person is to be sentenced.

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