Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01120:reg:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01120
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7
Character Range: 1665–2656

7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about steatohepatitis and death from steatohepatitis.
Meaning of steatohepatitis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, steatohepatitis:
(a)          means the presence of fatty change and inflammation of the liver with hepatocyte injury, with or without fibrosis; and
(b)          includes alcoholic steatohepatitis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency;
(ii)         biliary obstruction;
(iii)       haemochromatosis; and
(iv)        Wilson's disease.
Death from steatohepatitis
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, steatohepatitis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's steatohepatitis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.