Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01099:clause:1_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01099
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 7350–9491

1               Definitions

In this instrument:
                               arteries supplying the testis means the arteries or their branches that supply the testis.
Note: Arteries supplying the testis include, but are not limited to:
           (a)        cremasteric artery;
           (b)       deferential artery;
           (c)        external pudendal artery; and
           (d)       testicular artery.
                                   MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                  occlusion or stenosis means complete or partial obstruction to the blood flow of a blood vessel, which may be due to a number of causes including, but not limited to, thrombosis, tumour invasion or external compression of a vein.
        Note: External compression of a vein may be due to a disease process or impingement by an anatomical structure, including, but not limited to:
           (a)        cyst;
           (b)       left renal vein entrapment syndrome ("nutcracker" syndrome);
           (c)        neoplasm;
           (d)       pseudocyst;
           (e)        renal arteriovenous malformation;
           (f)        retroperitoneal fibrosis; and
           (g)       retroperitoneal mass.
                               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.
                                  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.
                                  varicocoele — see subsection 7(2).
                               VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.