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1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                               a change in ambient temperature means a decrease in the mean daily temperature from one day to the next day of at least 5 degrees Celsius.
                               being exposed to second-hand smoke means being in an enclosed space and inhaling smoke from burning tobacco products or smoke that has been exhaled by a person who is smoking.
                               clinical worsening of sickle-cell disorder means permanent worsening of sickle-cell disorder as evidenced by:
(a)          a sickle-cell crisis or series of crises resulting in end-organ damage or death; or
(b)          an increase in the requirement for management of the manifestations or complications of sickle-cell disorder.
Note: sickle-cell crisis is also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                               pack-year of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products means a calculation of consumption where one pack-year of cigarettes equals 20 tailor-made cigarettes per day for a period of one calendar year, or 7300 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.
                                  puerperal period means the 42 days following a birth.
                                  relevant service means:
         (a)          eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA;
         (b)          defence service (other than hazardous service and British nuclear test defence service) under the VEA; or
         (c)          peacetime service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                  sickle-cell crisis means a vaso-occlusive, anaemic or infectious complication of sickle-cell disorder requiring hospitalisation or management by a medical practitioner.
                                  sickle-cell disorder—see subsection 7(2).
                               Specified List 1 of stimuli means:
(a)          altitudes above 1 500 metres, including flying;
(b)          dehydration;
(c)          sleep apnoea or other causes of hypoxia; or
(d)          strenuous exercise.
                               Specified List 2 of stimuli means:
(a)          a change in ambient temperature which results in skin cooling;
(b)          fever;
(c)          granulocyte colony-stimulating factors;
(d)          immersion in cold water;
(e)          infection;
(f)           iodinated radiological contrast agents;
(g)          pregnancy or puerperal period;
(h)          scuba diving; or
(i)            surgery.
Note: a change in ambient temperature and puerperal period are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                  terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes the following:
         (a)           pneumonia;
         (b)           respiratory failure;
         (c)           cardiac arrest;
         (d)           circulatory failure; or
         (e)           cessation of brain function.
                                  VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.