Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00734:reg:9:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00734
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 5/6)
Character Range: 16317–19253

osteoarthritis in that joint occurs within the 25 years following that period;

             Note: lifting loads is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(c)          carrying loads of at least 20 kilograms while bearing weight through the affected joint:
(i)            to a cumulative total of at least 3 800 hours within any ten year period before the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint; and
(ii)         where the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint occurs within the 25 years following that period; or
(d)          ascending or descending at least 150 stairs or rungs of a ladder per day, on more days than not, for a continuous period of at least five years, within the 25 years before the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint;
(38)      for osteoarthritis of a joint of the lower limb or hand joint only:
Note: joint of the lower limb and hand joint are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(a)          being overweight for at least ten years before the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint;

             Note: being overweight is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(b)          for males, having a waist circumference exceeding 102 centimetres for at least ten years before the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint; or
(c)          for females, having a waist circumference exceeding 88 centimetres for at least ten years before the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint;
(39)      for osteoarthritis of a hip or knee joint only:
(a)          kneeling or squatting for a cumulative period of at least one hour per day, on more days than not, for a continuous period of at two years before the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint; and
(b)          where the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint occurs within the 25 years following that period;
(40)      for osteoarthritis of a knee joint only, having internal derangement of the affected joint before the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint;
(41)      for osteoarthritis of the patello-femoral joint only, having chondromalacia patella before the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint;
(42)      having a disorder associated with loss of pain sensation or proprioception involving the affected joint before the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint;
(43)      having Paget's disease of bone of the affected joint before the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint;
(44)      having acromegaly before the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint;
Note: acromegaly is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(45)      having joint instability or dislocation of the affected joint, at least one year before the clinical worsening of osteoarthritis in that joint;
(46)      for osteoarthritis of a hip joint only, having femoroacetabular impingement syndrome of the affected joint, before the