Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00032:reg:7
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Provision Reference: reg 7
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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about chemical burn and death from chemical burn.
Meaning of chemical burn
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chemical burn:
(a)          means an injury to the skin and external body covering tissues due to external contact with chemical agents; and
(b)          includes chemical burns of deep tissues and organs that are part of a multiple chemical burn injury that includes injury to the skin and external body covering tissues; and
(c)          excludes irritant contact dermatitis.
Note: chemical burn may include a systemic response of the body with systemic inflammation and vascular shock.

Death from chemical burn
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chemical burn, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's chemical burn.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.