Part I Preliminary Section 3 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. 2 Compilation No. 17 Racial Discrimination Act 1975 Compilation date: 10/12/15 ComLaw Authoritative Act C2016C00089 Registered: 29/1/16