Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01681:clause:1_1
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Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 6834–8790

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                  discoid lupus erythematosus—see subsection 6(2).
                               injury to the skin means any injury which is capable of causing inflammation of the skin, and includes cuts, abrasions, radiation, burns, pressure, tattooing and contact dermatitis.
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                               pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products means a calculation of consumption where one pack-year of cigarettes equals 20 tailor-made cigarettes per day for a period of one calendar year, or 7 300 cigarettes.  One tailor-made cigarette approximates one gram of tobacco or one gram of cigar or pipe tobacco by weight.  One pack-year of tailor-made cigarettes equates to 7.3 kilograms of smoking tobacco by weight.  Tobacco products mean cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, smoked alone or in any combination.
                                  relevant service means:
         (a)          eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA;
         (b)          defence service (other than hazardous service and British nuclear test defence service) under the VEA; or
         (c)          peacetime service under the MRCA.
                               specified list of classes of drugs means:

(a)          fluorouracils, excluding topical agents; or
(b)          tumour necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors.
                                  terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes the following:
         (a)           pneumonia;
         (b)           respiratory failure;
         (c)           cardiac arrest;
         (d)           circulatory failure; or
         (e)           cessation of brain function.
                                  VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.