Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00652:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00652
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/6)
Character Range: 6560–9361

5  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) benefit;
(b) member;
(c) Parliamentary office‑holder.
  In this instrument:
Act means the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990.
action for non‑economic loss means any action (whether or not it involves the formal institution of a proceeding):
 (a) to recover an amount for damages for non‑economic loss sustained by a covered person as a result of an injury suffered by the covered person; and
 (b) that is taken by the covered person against the Commonwealth or another covered person; and
 (c) that follows an election made by the covered person under subsection 50(1).
adoption means adoption under a law of a State or Territory or of a foreign country.
aggravation includes acceleration or recurrence.
ailment means any physical or mental ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition (whether of sudden onset or gradual development).
approved Guide has the same meaning as in the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.
Note: For the way the approved Guide applies in relation to the scheme, see section 40 of this instrument.
attendant care services, in relation to a covered person, means services (other than household services, medical or surgical services or nursing care) that are required for the essential and regular personal care of the covered person.
child: without limiting who is a child of a person for the purposes of this instrument, someone is the child of a person if he or she is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.
claimant, in relation to a time after the death of a claimant, means the claimant's legal personal representative.
claim for compensation means a claim under Part 5.
Comcare means the body corporate established by section 68 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.
Commonwealth authority has the same meaning as in the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.
Commonwealth entity means:
 (a) an Agency within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999, that is not a Commonwealth authority; or
 (b) a Department within the meaning of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
covered activities means:
 (a) in relation to a member—the member's Parliamentary activities; or
 (b) in relation to the Prime Minister's spouse—the spouse's official activities as the Prime Minister's spouse.
covered current member means a member who is entitled to receive a Parliamentary allowance.
covered former member means a member who has ceased to be entitled to receive a Parliamentary allowance.
Note: In this instrument, a reference to a member includes a reference to a person who has ceased to be a member, but in relation to whom the Commonwealth has incurred a liability in accordance