Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00466:reg:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00466
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6
Character Range: 1504–3015

6               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about retinal burn and death from retinal burn.
Meaning of retinal burn
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, retinal burn:
(a)          means an acute photic injury to the retina of the eye from optical radiation passing through the eye's optical system;
(b)          includes:
(i)            arc welding radiation;
(ii)         atomic bomb flash;
(iii)       direct gazing into the sun; and
(iv)        non-therapeutic exposure to lasers; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            electrical injury to the eye including the effects of lightning;
(ii)         external burn of the eye where the retinal burn is a component of eye burns that simultaneously affect the internal and external parts of the eye;
(iii)       intended or accidental retinal burns resulting from operating microscope optical radiation;
(iv)        ionising radiation apart from ultraviolet light; and
(v)          temporary effects such as dazzle, glare, after images, and flash blindness.
Note: Optical radiation includes ultraviolet light, visible light and infrared light.
Death from retinal burn
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, retinal burn, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's retinal burn.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.