Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00646:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00646
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 13000–16751

1               Definitions
  In this instrument:
                                     category 1A stressor means one of the following severe traumatic events:
(a)          experiencing a life-threatening event;
(b)          being subject to a serious physical attack or assault including rape and sexual molestation; or
(c)          being threatened with a weapon, being held captive, being kidnapped, or being tortured.

     category 1B stressor means one of the following severe traumatic events:
(a)          killing or maiming a person;
(b)          being an eyewitness to a person being killed or critically injured;
(c)          being an eyewitness to atrocities inflicted on another person;
(d)          participating in the clearance of a corpse or a critically injured casualty; or
(e)          viewing a corpse or a critically injured casualty as an eyewitness.
            Note: corpse and eyewitness are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                     clinically significant disorder of mental health as specified means one of the following conditions, which is of sufficient severity to warrant ongoing management, which may involve regular visits (for example, at least monthly) to a psychiatrist, counsellor or general practitioner:
(a)          acute stress disorder;
(b)          agoraphobia;
(c)          alcohol use disorder;
(d)          anxiety disorder;
(e)          bipolar disorder;
(f)           depressive disorder;
(g)          eating disorder;
(h)          obsessive-compulsive disorder;
(i)            panic disorder;
(j)            posttraumatic stress disorder;
(k)          psychotic disorder due to another medical condition;
(l)            sleep-wake disorder;
(m)        social anxiety disorder;
(n)          specific phobia;
(o)          substance use disorder; or
(p)          substance/medication-induced psychotic disorder.

     corpse means the human remains or body parts of one or more persons who have met a violent or horrific death.

            Note: Examples of a violent or horrific death may include death due to suicide, gunshot, improvised explosive devices, natural and technological disasters, terrorist attacks or motor vehicle accidents.  Seeing a closed body bag or viewing a body in an open-casket coffin are excluded from this definition.
                                     DSM-5 means the American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.  Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
     eyewitness means a person who experiences an incident first hand and can give direct evidence of it.  This excludes persons exposed only to public broadcasting or mass media coverage of the incident.
                                     inhalants means breathable chemicals that produce psychoactive vapours or fumes and include organic solvents, aerosols and anaesthetics.
            Note: organic solvents is also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                                     MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     organic solvents means:
(a)          aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents; or
(b)          aromatic hydrocarbon solvents; or
(c)          chlorinated organic solvents; or
(d)          oxygenated organic solvents.
                                     related child means your biological, adopted, step- or foster child.
                                     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