Part I Preliminary Section 3 (ii) in the case of an instrument being a declaration made by an international organisation that was adopted by Australia—be read as a reference to the rights and freedoms recognised or declared by the declaration as it was adopted by Australia. (5) A reference in this Act to the making of a declaration by an international organisation shall be read as a reference to the making or adopting of a declaration, proclamation or other statement by such an organisation in any way, whether by the passing of a resolution, the issuing of an instrument or otherwise. (6) A reference in this Act to the adoption by Australia of an international instrument being a declaration made by an international organisation shall be read as a reference to the casting by Australia of a vote in favour of the making of the declaration by the organisation at the meeting of the organisation at which the declaration was made or to the giving of some other public notification by Australia expressing its support for the declaration. (7) A reference in this Act to a person acting on behalf of the Commission is a reference to: (a) a person, or each of a body of persons, acting pursuant to a delegation under section 19; or (b) an instrumentality of a State performing a function of the Commission pursuant to an arrangement in force under section 16. (8) Except so far as the contrary intention appears, an expression that is used both in this Act and in the Convention (whether or not a particular meaning is assigned to it by the Convention) has, in this Act, for the purposes of the operation of this Act in relation to the Convention, the same meaning as it has in the Convention. 10 Compilation No. 48 Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 Compilation date: 20/12/18 Authorised Version C2019C00030 registered 14/01/2019 Registered: 14/1/19