Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00006:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00006
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 3801–6599

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 goitre or death from goitre with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          having iodine deficiency within the 6 months before the clinical onset of goitre;
Note: iodine deficiency is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(2)          having iodine excess within the 6 months before the clinical onset of goitre;
            Note 1: Iodine excess may be due to consuming foods, dietary supplements or medications with a high content of iodine.
            Note 2: iodine excess is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          taking a drug from the specified list of drugs within the 6 months before the clinical onset of goitre;
Note: specified list of drugs is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(4)          taking a drug containing at least 10 milligrams of iodine daily for a continuous period of at least 4 weeks, within the 6 months before the clinical onset of goitre;
(5)          taking amiodarone for a continuous period of at least 2 weeks, within the 1 year before the clinical onset of goitre;
(6)          being administered an iodine-containing radiographic contrast agent within the 6 months before the clinical onset of goitre;
(7)          having smoked tobacco products:
(a)           in an amount of at least 3 pack-years before the clinical onset of goitre; and
(b)           if smoking has ceased before the clinical onset of goitre, then that onset occurred within 5 years of cessation;
Note: one pack-year is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(8)          having a form of thyroiditis from the specified list of forms of thyroiditis at the time of the clinical onset of goitre;
Note: specified list of forms of thyroiditis is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(9)          having a disease involving the thyroid gland from the specified list of diseases at the time of the clinical onset of goitre;
Note: specified list of diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(10)      having chronic renal failure at the time of the clinical onset of goitre;
Note: chronic renal failure is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(11)      having a thyroid-stimulating, hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma at the time of the clinical onset of goitre;
(12)      for nodular goitre only:
(a)           having received a cumulative equivalent dose of at least 0.5 sievert of ionising radiation to the thyroid gland at least 1 year before the clinical onset of nodular goitre; or
(b)          undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the thyroid gland was in the field of radiation, at least 1 year before the clinical onset of