Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00588:reg:1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00588
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 18901–23335

1               Definitions
  In this instrument:
                               chronic suppurative otitis media means a recurrent or continuous infective disorder of the middle ear characterised by perforation of the tympanic membrane and aural discharge.
                                  dB(A) means the sound pressure level in decibels measured by a sound level meter using a type A electronic filter.
                                  dB(C) means the sound pressure level in decibels measured by a sound level meter using a type C electronic filter.  The type C filter is used to measure peak or impact sound pressure levels.
                               hyperviscosity syndrome means a disorder causing an increased viscosity of the blood.
        Note: Examples of disorders causing an increased viscosity of the blood include, but are not limited to, polycythaemia and Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia.
                               MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                               ototopical medication as specified means ear drops containing one or more of the following agents:
         (a)          aminoglycosides;
         (b)          chloramphenicol; or
         (c)          chlorhexidine.
                               pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products means a calculation of consumption where one pack-year of cigarettes equals 20 tailor-made cigarettes per day for a period of one calendar year, or 7 300 cigarettes.  One tailor-made cigarette approximates one gram of tobacco or one gram of cigar or pipe tobacco by weight.  One pack-year of tailor-made cigarettes equates to 7.3 kilograms of smoking tobacco by weight.  Tobacco products mean cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, smoked alone or in any combination.
                                  relevant service means:
         (a)          eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA;
         (b)          defence service (other than hazardous service and British nuclear test defence service) under the VEA; or
         (c)          peacetime service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                               sensorineural hearing loss—see subsection 7(2).
                               specified list of autoimmune diseases means:
         (a)          antiphospholipid antibody syndrome;
         (b)          Behcet disease;
         (c)          Cogan syndrome;
         (d)          giant cell arteritis;
         (e)          granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener granulomatosis);
         (f)           immune thrombocytopaenia;
         (g)          microscopic polyangiitis;
         (h)          mixed cryoglobulinaemia;
         (i)            mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (Kawasaki disease);
         (j)            polyarteritis nodosa;
         (k)          relapsing polychondritis;
         (l)            rheumatoid arthritis;
         (m)        sarcoidosis;
         (n)          Sjogren syndrome;
         (o)          Susac syndrome;
         (p)          systemic lupus erythematosus;
         (q)          systemic sclerosis (scleroderma); or
         (r)           Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.
                               specified list of bacterial infections means:
         (a)          chronic suppurative otitis media; or
         (b)          suppurative labyrinthitis.
        Note: chronic suppurative otitis media and suppurative labyrinthitis are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                               specified list of chemical agents means:
         (a)          allyl benzene;
         (b)          carbon disulphide;
         (c)          ethyl benzene;
         (d)          lead or fumes containing lead;
         (e)          manganese or fumes containing manganese;
         (f)           n-hexane;
         (g)          n-propylbenzene;
         (h)          xylene;
         (i)            styrene;
         (j)            toluene; or
         (k)          trichloroethylene.
                               specified list of drugs means:
         (a)          α-difluoromethylornithine (eflornithine);
         (b)          aminoglycosides;
         (c)          carboplatin;
         (d)          cisplatin;
         (e)          5-fluorouracil (5-FU);
         (f)           gabapentin;
         (g)