In this Part—
“act” includes deliberate omission,
“groups” has the meaning given by section 10,
“the Commission” means the Commission for Equality and Human Rights,
“disabled person” has the meaning given by section 8,
“human rights” has the meaning given by section 9,
“race” includes colour, nationality, ethnic origin and national origin,
“religion or belief” has the same meaning as in Part 2 (as defined by section 44), and
“sexual orientation” means an individual's sexual orientation towards—
persons of the same sex as him or her,
persons of the opposite sex, or
both.