Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00916:reg:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00916
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4
Character Range: 853–1983

4               Amendment
The Statement of Principles concerning cerebrovascular accident (stroke) (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 46 of 2024) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2024L00745) is amended in the following manner:

Section      Amendment
      9(42)  Replace the existing subsection 9(42) with the following:

                   for intracerebral haemorrhage only, where smoking has ceased before the clinical onset of cerebrovascular accident:
             (a)           smoking at least 2 pack-years but less than 10 pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products, before the clinical onset of cerebrovascular accident, and the clinical onset of cerebrovascular accident has occurred within 5 years of smoking cessation; or
             (b)           smoking at least 10 pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products, before the clinical onset of cerebrovascular accident, and the clinical onset of cerebrovascular accident has occurred within 10 years of smoking cessation;
             Note: one pack-year is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.