Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01323:front:0:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01323
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 5662–8583

clinical worsening;
 1.           consuming foods, beverages or other products containing sugar or processed starch:
         1.           continuously over a period of at least 6 hours per day; or
         2.           on at least 10 separate occasions per day with more than 30 minutes between exposures; and
for a continuous period of at least 3 months, within the 2 years before clinical onset or clinical worsening;
 1.           having smoked at least 3 pack-years before clinical onset or clinical worsening, and where smoking has ceased, clinical onset or clinical worsening occurred within 10 years of cessation;
Note: one pack-year is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
 1.           the use of chewing tobacco:
         1.           on more days than not; and
         2.           for at least 10 years before clinical onset or clinical worsening; and
where the use of chewing tobacco has ceased, clinical onset or clinical worsening occurred within 10 years of cessation;
 1.           inability to perform effective personal cleaning of the affected tooth for a continuous period of at least 3 months, within the 2 years before clinical onset or clinical worsening;
Note: Examples of circumstances where there can be an inability to perform effective personal cleaning of the affected tooth include active combat, the presence of a physical disability or a severe mental disability affecting self-care, and the presence of a fixed orthodontic appliance.
 1.       inability to access preventive professional dental care at least every 15 months, within the 5 years before clinical onset or clinical worsening;
 2.       being a prisoner of war before clinical onset or clinical worsening;
 3.       inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for tooth decay (dental caries) before clinical worsening.
 1.            Relationship to service
         1.           The existence in a person of any factor referred to in section 9, must be related to the relevant service rendered by the person.
         2.           The clinical worsening aspects of factors in Section 9 apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, tooth decay (dental caries) where the person's tooth decay (dental caries) was suffered or contracted before or during (but did not arise out of) the person's relevant service.
 2.            Factors referring to an injury or disease covered by another Statement of Principles
In this Statement of Principles:
 1.           if a factor referred to in section 9 applies in relation to a person; and
 2.           that factor refers to an injury or disease in respect of which a Statement of Principles has been determined under subsection 196B(2) of the VEA;
then the factors in that Statement of Principles apply in accordance with the terms of that Statement of Principles as in force from time to time.

Schedule 1 - Dictionary
Note:               See Section 6