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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 5691–7743

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                               being exposed to the Ross River virus means:
(a)          being bitten by a mosquito that is infected with Ross River virus; or
(b)          receiving a blood transfusion, a blood product, a stem cell transplant or an organ transplant, where the blood, tissue or organ is derived from a person infected with Ross River virus.
                               country or geographic area that has experienced Ross River virus transmission means:
(a)          American Samoa;
(b)          Australia;
(c)          Cook Islands;
(d)          East Timor;
(e)          Fiji;
(f)           French Polynesia;
(g)          Indonesia east of the Weber line;
(h)          New Caledonia;
(i)            Papua New Guinea;
(j)            Solomon Islands; or
(k)          Wallis and Futuna.
Note: The Weber line means a hypothetical boundary lying along the Australo-Papuan Shelf, which is the common boundary of the Asian and Australian faunal regions, and is located to the east of Timor.
                                  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 also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                               Ross River virus infection—see subsection 7(2).
                                  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.