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is:

        (a)     full thickness burns:

           (i)       for a person aged 16 years or above at the time of the injury–greater than 40 per cent of the total body surface area; or

           (ii)     for a person aged under 16 years at the time of the injury–greater than 30 per cent of the total body surface area; or

           (iii)  to the hands, face or genital area; or

        (b)     inhalation burns resulting in vital capacity or forced expiratory volume in one second which is less than 50% of that predicted for the person's age, height and ethnicity.

11 Catastrophic blindness injury
    An injury is a catastrophic blindness injury if the injury results in one or more of the following:

        (a)     visual acuity after correction by suitable lenses of less than 6/60 in both eyes;

        (b)     constriction to within 10 degrees of fixation in the better eye irrespective of corrected visual acuity;

        (c)     a combination of visual defects resulting in the same degree of visual impairment as that specified in paragraph (a) or (b).

   Note: A person would have visual acuity of 6/60 if he or she is only able to see at a distance of 6 metres a symbol which a person with normal vision could see at a distance of 60 metres.