Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00209:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00209
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 12815–16389

1               Definitions
  In this instrument:
                                     angiosarcoma means angiosarcoma, lymphangiosarcoma or haemangiosarcoma.
                                     being exposed to arsenic means:
(a)          consuming drinking water with an average arsenic concentration of at least 50 micrograms per litre for a cumulative period of at least ten years; or
(b)          consuming drinking water resulting in a cumulative total arsenic exposure equivalent to having consumed drinking water containing at least 50 micrograms per litre for at least ten years; or
(c)          having clinical evidence of chronic arsenic toxicity.
                                     being obese means having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater where BMI means W/H2 where:
                                     (a) W is the person's weight in kilograms; and
                                     (b) H is the person's height in metres.
                                     being:
(a) on land in Vietnam; or
(b) at sea in Vietnamese waters;
means service in at least one of the areas and at the times described in Items 3A, 3B, 4 and 8 of Schedule 2 of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
                                     cumulative equivalent dose means the total dose of ionising radiation received by the particular organ or tissue from external exposure, internal exposure or both, apart from normal background radiation exposure in Australia, calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Guide to calculation of 'cumulative equivalent dose' for the purpose of applying ionising radiation factors contained in Statements of Principles determined under Part XIA of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth), Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, as in force on 2 August 2017.
Note 1:  Examples of circumstances that might lead to exposure to ionising radiation include being present during or subsequent to the testing or use of nuclear weapons, undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic medical procedures involving ionising radiation, and being a member of an aircrew, leading to increased levels of exposure to cosmic radiation.
Note 2:  For the purpose of dose reconstruction, dose is calculated as an average over the mass of a specific tissue or organ. If a tissue is exposed to multiple sources of ionising radiation, the various dose estimates for each type of radiation must be combined.
                             estuarine Vietnamese waters means at least one of the waterways or harbours in the relevant areas described in Items 4 and 8 of Schedule 2 of the VEA.
                                     inhaling, ingesting or having cutaneous contact with a chemical agent contaminated by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD) means:
(a)          decanting or spraying;
(b)          cleaning or maintaining equipment used to apply;
(c)          being sprayed with;
(d)          handling or sawing timber treated with;
(e)          being in an environment shrouded in dust from timber treated with; or
(f)           using cutting oils contaminated with;
                                     one of the following chemicals:
(a)          2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid;
(b)          2,4,5-trichlorophenoxypropionic acid;
(c)          2,4,5-trichlorophenol;
(d)          2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)-ethyl2,2-dichloropropionate;
(e)          o,o-dimethyl-o-(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl)-phosphorothioate;
(f)           pentachlorophenol;
(g)          2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol;
(h)          2,4,6-trichlorophenol;