Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01710:reg:1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01710
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1
Character Range: 19576–22270

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                      bullying means repeated unwanted, aggressive behaviour that involves an observed or perceived imbalance of power.
Note: Bullying may inflict physical, psychological, or social harm. Examples of bullying include physical (e.g. hitting, kicking, spitting, damaging property), verbal (e.g. teasing, insults, slurs), social (e.g. gossiping, spreading rumours, social exclusion), and cyberbullying.
                                      category 1A stressor means one of the following severe traumatic events:
(a)          experiencing a life-threatening event including an illness or injury;
(b)          being subject to a serious physical attack or assault including rape and sexual molestation; or
(c)          being threatened with a weapon, being held captive, being kidnapped, or being tortured.
                                     clinically significant disorder of mental health means a disorder of mental health which is of sufficient severity to warrant ongoing management.
Note: To warrant ongoing management does not require that any actual management was received or given for the condition.
                                     DSM-5-TR means the American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Text Revision Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2022.
                                     eating disorder—see subsection 7(2).
                                     food insecurity means a lack of regular access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life, and can result from an unavailability of food and/or a lack of resources to obtain food.
                                     MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     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 defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                     terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes the following:
         (a)           pneumonia;
         (b)           respiratory failure;
         (c)           cardiac arrest;
         (d)           circulatory failure; or
         (e)           cessation of brain function.
                                     VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.