Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00214:clause:1_1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00214
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 18199–22596

averaging of different exposure levels to benzene during an average exposure period equivalent to eight hours.
                             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.
Note: VEA is also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                             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:
(i)            2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid;
(ii)         2,4,5-trichlorophenoxypropionic acid;
(iii)       2,4,5-trichlorophenol;
(iv)        2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)-ethyl 2,2-dichloropropionate;
(v)          o,o-dimethyl-o-(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl)-phosphorothioate;
(vi)        pentachlorophenol;
(vii)     2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol;
(viii)   2,4,6-trichlorophenol;
(ix)        1,3,4-trichloro-2-(4-nitrophenoxy)benzene;
(x)          2,4-dichloro-1-(4-nitrophenoxy)benzene; or
(xi)        2,4-dichloro-1-(3-methoxy-4-nitrophenoxy)-benzene.
                             lindane means a complex synthetic mixture in which the gamma-isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane is present.
                             MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                             non-Hodgkin lymphoma—see subsection 7(2).
                             pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products means a calculation of consumption where one pack-year of cigarettes equals twenty tailor-made cigarettes per day for a period of one calendar year, or 7 300 cigarettes.  One tailor-made cigarette approximates one gram of tobacco or one gram of cigar or pipe tobacco by weight.  One pack-year of tailor-made cigarettes equates to 7.3 kilograms of smoking tobacco by weight.  Tobacco products mean cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, smoked alone or in any combination.
                             phenoxy acid herbicide from the specified list means:
         (a)          2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D);
         (b)          2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T); or
         (c)          2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA).
                             potable water means water used for drinking water, food preparation and beverage production.
                             ppm-years means parts per million multiplied by years of exposure.
                             relevant service means:
         (a)          operational service under the VEA;
         (b)          peacekeeping service under the VEA;
         (c)          hazardous service under the VEA;
         (d)          British nuclear test defence service under the VEA;
         (e)          warlike service under the MRCA; or
         (f)           non-warlike service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                             Richter syndrome means a form of high-grade large cell lymphoma, characterised by systemic symptoms, rapid tumour growth and extra-nodal involvement, which develops in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
                             specified bacteria belonging to the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex means Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia garinii, Borrelia spielmanii, Borrelia bavariensis, Borrelia bissettii, Borrelia lusitaniae, Borrelia valaisiana or Borrelia mayonii.
                             specified list of autoimmune diseases means:
         (a)          ankylosing spondylitis;
         (b)          autoimmune haemolytic anaemia;
         (c)          Behcet disease;
         (d)          biliary cirrhosis;
         (e)          coeliac disease;
         (f)           dermatitis herpetiformis;
         (g)          dermatomyositis;
         (h)          Hashimoto's thyroiditis or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis;
         (i)            immune