Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00587:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00587
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 22352–26453

1               Definitions
  In this instrument:
                                     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.
                                     being obese means having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater.
Note: BMI is also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                     BMI means W/H2 where:
W is the person's weight in kilograms; and
H is the person's height in metres.
                                     chronic suppurative otitis media means a recurrent or continuous infective disorder of the middle ear characterised by perforation of the tympanic membrane and aural discharge.
                             dB(A) means the sound pressure level in decibels measured by a sound level meter using a type A electronic filter.
                             dB(C) means the sound pressure level in decibels measured by a sound level meter using a type C electronic filter.  The type C filter is used to measure peak or impact sound pressure levels.
                                     hyperviscosity syndrome means a disorder causing an increased viscosity of the blood.
        Note: Examples of disorders causing an increased viscosity of the blood include, but are not limited to, polycythaemia and Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia.
                                     MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     ototopical medication as specified means ear drops containing one or more of the following agents:
         (a)          Burow's solution (5% aluminium subacetate);
         (b)          aminoglycosides;
         (c)          chloramphenicol;
         (d)          chlorhexidine; or
         (e)          ethanol.
                                     pack-years 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 7 300 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.
                                     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 under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                     sensorineural hearing loss—see subsection 7(2).
                                     specified list of autoimmune diseases means:
         (a)          antiphospholipid antibody syndrome;
         (b)          Behcet disease;
         (c)          Cogan syndrome;
         (d)          eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg–Strauss syndrome);
         (e)          giant cell arteritis;
         (f)           granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener granulomatosis);
         (g)          Hashimoto's thyroiditis;
         (h)          immune thrombocytopaenia;
         (i)            microscopic polyangiitis;
         (j)            mixed cryoglobulinaemia;
         (k)          mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (Kawasaki disease);
         (l)            polyarteritis nodosa;
         (m)        psoriasis;
         (n)          pyoderma gangrenosum;
         (o)          relapsing polychondritis;
         (p)          rheumatoid arthritis;
         (q)          sarcoidosis;
         (r)           Sjogren syndrome;
         (s)           Susac syndrome;
         (t)            systemic