Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00886:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00886
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 3164–6220

9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, macular degeneration or death from macular degeneration is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          smoking at least 15 pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products, before the clinical onset of macular degeneration, and:
(a)          smoking commenced at least five years before the clinical onset of macular degeneration; and
(b)          where smoking has ceased, the clinical onset of macular degeneration has occurred within 20 years of cessation;
Note: pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(2)          consuming a cumulative total of at least 20 kilograms of alcohol in a continuous period of two years, within the five years before the clinical onset of macular degeneration;
Note:  Alcohol consumption is calculated utilising the Australian Standard of ten grams of alcohol per standard alcoholic drink.
(3)          being obese for at least the five years before the clinical onset of macular degeneration;
Note: being obese is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(4)          having chronic kidney disease within the five years before the clinical onset of macular degeneration;
Note: chronic kidney disease is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(5)          smoking at least 15 pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products, before the clinical worsening of macular degeneration, and:
(a)          smoking commenced at least five years before the clinical worsening of macular degeneration; and
(b)          where smoking has ceased, the clinical worsening of macular degeneration has occurred within 20 years of cessation;
Note: pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(6)          consuming a cumulative total of at least 20 kilograms of alcohol in a continuous period of two years, within the five years before the clinical worsening of macular degeneration;
Note:  Alcohol consumption is calculated utilising the Australian Standard of ten grams of alcohol per standard alcoholic drink.
(7)          being obese for at least the five years before the clinical worsening of macular degeneration;
Note: being obese is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(8)          having chronic kidney disease within the five years before the clinical worsening of macular degeneration;
Note: chronic kidney disease is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(9)          for clinical worsening of wet macular degeneration manifesting as subretinal haemorrhage only, having anticoagulant therapy or thrombolytic therapy, within the seven days before the clinical worsening of macular degeneration;
Note:  anticoagulant therapy and thrombolytic therapy are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(10)      inability to obtain