Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00560:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00560
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/6)
Character Range: 4892–8068

9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must as a minimum exist before it can be said that a reasonable hypothesis has been raised connecting Parkinson's disease or secondary parkinsonism or death from Parkinson's disease or secondary parkinsonism with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          for Parkinson's disease only:
            (a)          inhaling, ingesting or having cutaneous contact with a pesticide from the specified list of pesticides, for a cumulative period of at least 1 000 hours, before the clinical onset of Parkinson's disease;

Note: specified list of pesticides is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
            (b)          having moderate to severe traumatic brain injury more than 15 years before the clinical onset of Parkinson's disease;
            (c)          inhaling trichloroethylene vapour in an enclosed space, or having cutaneous contact with trichloroethylene, for a cumulative period of at least 2 000 hours, at least 20 years before the clinical onset of Parkinson's disease;
            (d)          an inability to undertake any physical activity greater than three METs for at least ten years within the 20 years before the clinical onset of Parkinson's disease;

Note: MET is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
            (e)          consuming an average of at least one litre of milk per day for at least the 15 years before the clinical onset of Parkinson's disease;
            (f)           consuming an average of at least 150 grams of cheese per day for at least the 15 years before the clinical onset of Parkinson's disease;
            (g)          having clinically significant depressive disorder or generalised anxiety disorder at least 15 years before the clinical onset of Parkinson's disease; or
Note: clinically significant is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
            (h)          in a person with a history of a regular smoking habit as specified, having not smoked for at least the five years before the clinical onset of Parkinson's disease;
Note: regular smoking habit as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(2)          for secondary parkinsonism only:
            (a)          having an episode of acute cholinergic poisoning from exposure to an organophosphorus ester within the three months before the clinical onset of secondary parkinsonism;
Note: acute cholinergic poisoning and organophosphorus ester are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
            (b)          having moderate to severe traumatic brain injury within the one year before the clinical onset of secondary parkinsonism;
            (c)          having an intracranial space occupying lesion within the three months before the clinical onset of secondary parkinsonism;
            (d)          having hydrocephalus, or draining of hydrocephalus, within the three months before the clinical onset of secondary parkinsonism;
Note: hydrocephalus is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
            (e)          having a cerebrovascular accident, excluding transient ischaemic attack, within the five years before the clinical onset