Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00215:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00215
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 29981–33606

1               Definitions
  In this instrument:
                                     category 1A stressor means one of the following severe traumatic events:
(a)          experiencing a life-threatening event;
(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.
                                     category 1B stressor means one of the following severe traumatic events:
(a)          killing or maiming a person;
(b)          being a witness to a person being killed or critically injured;
(c)          being a witness to atrocities inflicted on another person;
(d)          participating in the clearance of a corpse or a critically injured casualty; or
(e)          viewing a corpse or a critically injured casualty as a witness.
Note: corpse and witness are defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                                     category 2 stressor means one of the following negative life events, the effects of which are chronic in nature and cause the person to feel on-going distress, concern or worry:
(a)          being socially isolated and unable to maintain friendships or family relationships, due to physical location, ethnicity, sexuality,  disability, or medical or psychiatric illness;
(b)          experiencing a problem with a long-term relationship including the break-up of a close personal relationship, the need for marital or relationship counselling, marital separation, or divorce;
(c)          having concerns in the work or school environment including on-going disharmony with fellow work or school colleagues, perceived lack of social support within the work or school environment, perceived lack of control over tasks performed and stressful workloads, or experiencing bullying in the workplace or school environment;
(d)          experiencing serious legal issues including being detained or held in custody, on-going involvement with the police concerning violations of the law, or court appearances associated with personal legal problems;
(e)          having severe financial hardship including loss of employment, long periods of unemployment, foreclosure on a property, or bankruptcy; or
(f)           having a family member or close friend experience a major deterioration in their health.
                                     clinically significant disorder of mental health means one of the following conditions, which is of sufficient severity to warrant ongoing management:
(a)          alcohol use disorder;
(b)          another depressive disorder;
(c)          anxiety disorder;
(d)          disruptive, impulse-control or conduct disorder;
(e)          dissociative disorder;
(f)           elimination disorder;
(g)          feeding or eating disorder;
(h)          gambling disorder;
(i)            gender dysphoria;
(j)            neurocognitive disorder (including vascular neurocognitive disorder and Alzheimer disease);
(k)          neurodevelopmental disorder;
(l)            obsessive compulsive or related disorder;
(m)        paraphilic disorder;
(n)          personality disorder;
(o)          schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorder (including schizophrenia);
(p)          sexual dysfunction;
(q)          somatic symptom disorder or related disorder;
(r)           substance use disorder; or
(s)           trauma- and stressor-related disorder (including acute stress disorder, adjustment disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder).
Note 1: Management of the condition may involve regular