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1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                     bariatric surgery means weight reduction surgical procedures including gastrojejunostomy, gastric stapling, vertical banded gastroplasty and gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y anastomosis.
                                     being obese means:
         (a)          having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater; or
         (b)          for males, having a waist circumference exceeding 102 centimetres; or
         (c)          for females, having a waist circumference exceeding 88 centimetres.
                                     BMI means W/H2 and where:
                                     W is the person's weight in kilograms; and
                                     H is the person's height in metres.
                             cholelithiasis—see subsection 7(2).
                             Crohn's disease means a type of inflammatory bowel disease that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus, particularly the small bowel, with patchy areas of transmural inflammation, and usually with prominent extrainestinal manifestations.
                             estrogen therapy means the continuous, cyclical or intermittent administration of estrogen contained in medications, including the oral contraceptive pill and post-menopausal hormone replacement therapy.
                             foreign body means the presence of exogenous material, including a surgical clip or stent or nonabsorbable suture, a missile fragment or shrapnel, or a fish bone.
                             haemolytic disease means an acquired or inherited disorder characterised by red cell defects and breakdown with bilirubin overproduction, including thalassaemia, hereditary spherocytosis, sickle cell anaemia or haemolytic uraemic syndrome.
                             mechanical obstruction of the biliary tract means a structural or disease process, including benign or malignant stricture, sclerosing cholangitis, or choledochal cyst, which narrows the lumen of the biliary tract.
                             MET means a unit of measurement of the level of physical exertion.  1 MET = 3.5 ml of oxygen/kg of body weight per minute, 1.0 kcal/kg of body weight per hour or resting metabolic rate.
                             MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     rapid and extreme weight loss means total weight loss of at least 15% of initial body weight:
         (a)          within a continuous six month period; or
         (b)          at an average rate of at least 1.5 kilograms per week.
                                     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.
                                     somatostatinoma means a neuroendocrine neoplasm characterised by excessive secretion of somatostatin hormone by tumour cells of D-cell origin.
                                     specified list of drugs means:
         (a)          atazanavir;
         (b)          cyclosporine A;
         (c)          fibrates;
         (d)          somatostatin analogues;
         (e)          tacrolimus; or
         (f)           tamoxifen.
                                     specified list of parasitic diseases means:
(a)          ascariasis;
(b)          clonorchiasis;
(c)          dicrocoeliasis;
(d)          fascioliasis; or
(e)          opisthorchiasis.
                             spinal cord injury means an injury to the long tracts of the spinal cord resulting in permanent motor or sensory deficits below the level of the lesion.
                             terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes the following:
         (a)           pneumonia;
         (b)           respiratory