Human Rights Act 1993 s1 Version as at 1 July 2024 Schedule 2 Administrative provisions applying in respect of Office of Human Rights Proceedings 135 Schedule 3 Enactments repealed 137 [Repealed] An Act to consolidate and amend the Race Relations Act 1971 and the Human Rights Commission Act 1977 and to provide better protection of human rights in New Zealand in general accordance with United Nations Covenants or Conven‐ tions on Human Rights 1 Short Title and commencement (1) This Act may be cited as the Human Rights Act 1993. (2) This Act shall come into force on 1 February 1994. 2 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— act includes an activity, condition, enactment, policy, practice, or requirement actuary means— (a) a person who is a Fellow of the New Zealand Society of Actuaries Incorporated; or (b) a person whom the Commission or the Complaints Division, as the case may be, considers to have an equivalent professional qualification Chief Commissioner means the Commissioner appointed as the Chief Human Rights Commissioner Commission means the Human Rights Commission continued by section 4 and includes the Office of Human Rights Proceedings Commissioner means a member of the Commission Director of Human Rights Proceedings or Director means the Director of Human Rights Proceedings or alternate Director of Human Rights Proceedings appointed under section 20A disability assist dog has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Dog Control Act 1996 dispose, in sections 53 and 54, includes sell, assign, lease, let, sublease, sublet, license, or mortgage, and agree to dispose dispute resolution meeting means a meeting of the kind referred to in section 77(2)(c) 10