Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01375:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01375
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 13788–17367

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                     being exposed to repeated or extreme aversive details of severe traumatic events means witnessing a person suffering real, severe, traumatic events (for example, first responders collecting human remains, police officers repeatedly exposed to details of child abuse or drone operators viewing planned strikes) or repeatedly listening to a person's account of their exposure to severe traumatic events. This definition includes media exposure of the traumatic event (for example, electronic media, television images or photographs) where viewing these images is a work requirement.
                                     category 1A stressor means one of the following severe traumatic events:
(a)          experiencing a life-threatening event;
(b)          being subject to a serious physical attack or assault including rape and sexual molestation; or
(c)          being threatened with a weapon, being held captive, being kidnapped or being tortured.
                                                   category 1B stressor means one of the following severe traumatic events:
(a)          killing or maiming a person;
(b)          being an eyewitness to a person being killed or critically injured;
(c)          being an eyewitness to atrocities inflicted on another person;
(d)          participating in the clearance of a corpse or a critically injured casualty; or
(e)          viewing a corpse or a critically injured casualty as an eyewitness.
Note: corpse and eyewitness are also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                                     corpse means the human remains or body parts of one or more persons who have met a violent or horrific death.
        Note: Examples of a violent or horrific death may include death due to suicide, gunshot, improvised explosive devices, natural and technological disasters, terrorist attacks or motor vehicle accidents. Seeing a closed body bag or viewing a body in an open-casket coffin are excluded from this definition.
                                     DSM-5-TR means the American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2022.
                                     eyewitness means a person who experiences an incident first hand and can give direct evidence of it. This excludes persons exposed only to public broadcasting or mass media coverage of the incident.
                                     hostile or life-threatening environment means a situation or setting which is characterised by a pervasive threat to life or bodily integrity, such as would be experienced in the following circumstances:
         (a)          experiencing or being under threat of artillery, missile, rocket, mine or bomb attack;
         (b)          experiencing or being under threat of nuclear, biological or chemical agent attack; or
         (c)          being involved in combat or going on combat patrols.
                                     MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     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