(1) In this Act -

"Act of 1998" means the Employment Equality Act 1998;

"Act of 2000" means the Equal Status Act 2000;

"Act of 2003", other than in Part 5, means the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003;

"advisory committee" means a committee appointed by the Commission under section 18;

"Chief Commissioner" has the meaning assigned to it by section 12;

"Commission" has the meaning assigned to it by section 9;

"Council Regulation 168/2007" means Council Regulation (EC) No. 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights [OJL 053, 22/02/2007 p. 0001 - 0014.];

"dignity" means, in relation to a person, the inviolable intrinsic value, equal to other persons, that the person has and includes the recognition by other persons of such value with respect of that person;