Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00922:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00922
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 11001–14247

1               Definitions
                                                                                      In this instrument:
                               being obese means having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater.
Note: BMI is also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                               BMI means W/H2 and where:
(a)          W is the person's weight in kilograms; and
(b)          H is the person's height in metres.
                               clinical onset means the point backwards in time from the first date of imaging confirming thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse, to the date at which the symptoms of thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse were persistently present, as assessed by a registered medical practitioner.
                               imaging evidence of  thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse means an image of the interior of a body obtained by medical techniques, including X-ray radiography or magnetic resonance imaging, showing thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse, that is usually obtained at a date after the date of clinical onset of the disease.
Note: clinical onset is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                               Load-Factor means W2 x T, where:
(a)          W is the weight of the load lifted or carried in kilograms; and
(b)          T is the time the load was lifted or carried in hours.
                               motor vehicle means a motorised vehicle which imparts vibration to the whole body, such as a car, truck, motor cycle, tractor, jeep, armoured personnel carrier, tank, or a construction vehicle, such as a forklift, bulldozer, crane, steam shovel, backhoe or steam roller.
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                               one pack-year means the amount of tobacco consumed in smoking 20 cigarettes per day for a period of 1 year, or an equivalent amount of tobacco products.
Note 1: An equivalent amount of tobacco products is 7,300 grams of smoking tobacco by weight, either in cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, or a combination of same. For pipe tobacco, cigars or combinations of multiple tobacco types, 1 gram of tobacco is considered to be equal to one cigarette.
Note 2: Pack-years are calculated by dividing the number of cigarettes smoked per day by 20 and multiplying this number by the number of years the person has smoked. For example, smoking 10 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 5 pack-years, and smoking 40 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 20 pack-years.
                               penetrating injury to the affected intervertebral disc or adjacent vertebral body means piercing of the affected intervertebral disc or adjacent vertebral body by an object such as a bullet, shell fragment, knife or needle.

                                  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