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the Defence Abuse Reparation Scheme.

   service-death has the meaning given by section 28 and subsection 29(3) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.

   service member means a person who is not a veteran under paragraph (a) of the definition of veteran in subsection 5C(1) of the Act or a member of the Forces or
   a member of a Peacekeeping Force but a person who is:

        (a) a member or former member of the Australian Defence Force with an accepted mental health disability; or

        (b) a person who, as a member of the Australian Defence Force, rendered border protection service, Australian or overseas disaster zone service or submariner service; or

        (c) a member or former member of the Australian Defence Force involved in a training accident; or

        (d) a person who has been medically discharged from the Australian Defence Force; or

        (e) a member of the Australian Defence Force killed in a service-related incident; or

        (f) a veteran under paragraph (b) of the definition of veteran in subsection 5C(1) of the Act who satisfies subsection 37(3) of the Act and who is  undertaking a rehabilitation program under the Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme.

            Note:  Subsection 37(3) of the Act refers to a person who is a veteran by reason only of being a Commonwealth veteran, an allied veteran or an allied mariner.

   SHOAMP participant means a person who is a Group 1 or Group 2 participant in the SHOAMP (Study of Health Outcomes in Aircraft Maintenance Personnel) health care scheme.

            Note:   A SHOAMP participant may be a family member or an ex partner (GROUP 2) of the primary participant (GROUP 1) i.e. the aircraft maintenance (aircraft fuel tank) worker.

   sibling has the same meaning as it has in section 23 of the Social Security Act 1991.

            Note: Under section 23 of the Social Security Act 1991, sibling, of a person, is defined to include a half-brother, half-sister, adoptive brother, adoptive sister, stepbrother or stepsister of the person, but does not include a foster-brother or a foster-sister of the person.

   submariner service means service rendered by a member of the Australian Defence Force as part of the crew of a submarine of the Australian Navy.

   training accident means an accident that, in the opinion of the Commission, occurred during a training exercise undertaken by the Australian Defence Force in which a member of the Australian Defence Force died or sustained an injury, that in the opinion of the Commission, was a serious injury.

   Treatment Principles means the legislative instrument known as the Treatment Principles made under section 90 of the Act, as in force from time to time, or the legislative instrument known as the MRCA Treatment Principles made under paragraph 286(1)(a)