Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00941:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00941
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 20980–25357

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                               acromegaly means a chronic disease of adults resulting from hypersecretion of growth hormone after closure of the epiphyses.
                               acute cholinergic poisoning means symptoms and signs due to the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity which occur within 24 hours following exposure.  These symptoms and signs include bradycardia, miosis, lacrimation, salivation, bronchorrhea, bronchospasm, urination, emesis and diarrhoea.
                               amyloidosis means the accumulation of insoluble fibrillar proteins in organs or tissues of the body such that vital function is compromised.
Note: Diseases that can be associated with amyloidosis include myeloma and chronic inflammatory diseases or chronic infectious diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis.
                               bariatric surgery means weight reduction surgical procedures including gastrojejunostomy, gastric stapling, vertical banded gastroplasty and gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y anastomosis.
                               chronic renal failure means:
(a)          having a glomerular filtration rate of less than 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 for a period of at least 3 months; or
(b)          a need for renal replacement therapy (dialysis or transplantation) for treatment of complications of decreased glomerular filtration rate which would otherwise increase the risk of morbidity and mortality; or
(c)          undergoing chronic dialysis.
                               critical illness means septicaemia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute renal tubular necrosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, multiple organ failure, or a clinical condition requiring mechanical ventilation support, excluding ventilation during surgery.
                               DSM-5-TR means the American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2022.
                               inhaling, ingesting or having cutaneous contact with a chemical agent contaminated by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD) means:
(a)          decanting or spraying;
(b)          cleaning or maintaining equipment used to apply;
(c)          being sprayed with;
(d)          handling or sawing timber treated with;
(e)          being in an environment shrouded in dust from timber treated with; or
(f)           using cutting oils contaminated with;
                               one of the following chemicals:
(a)          2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid;
(b)          2,4,5-trichlorophenoxypropionic acid;
(c)          2,4,5-trichlorophenol;
(d)          2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)-ethyl 2,2-dichloropropionate;
(e)          o,o-dimethyl-o-(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl)-phosphorothioate;
(f)           pentachlorophenol;
(g)          2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol;
(h)          2,4,6-trichlorophenol;
(i)            1,3,5-trichloro-2-(4-nitrophenoxy)benzene;
(j)            2,4-dichloro-1-(4-nitrophenoxy)benzene; or
(k)          2,4-dichloro-1-(3-methoxy-4-nitrophenoxy)-benzene.
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                               non-traumatic means a disease mechanism not being damage due to blunt trauma, penetrating trauma, compression trauma, traction, thermal trauma, electrical trauma, ionising radiation, the effect of a space occupying lesion, or entrapment of a nerve or nerve root.
                               nutritional deficiency as specified means having clinical or biochemical evidence of a deficiency of one of the following:
(a)          copper;
(b)          vitamin B1 (thiamine);
(c)          vitamin B6 (pyridoxine);
(d)          vitamin B12 (cobalamin); or
(e)          vitamin E.
                               organophosphorus compound means an agent used to inhibit acetylcholinesterase, and includes Novichok nerve agents and the organophosphate pesticides chlorpyrifos, dichlorvos, diisopropyl phosphofluoridate, EPN (ethyl p-nitrophenyl theonobenzenephosphonate), ethyl parathion, fenthion, isopenphos, leptophos, malathion, merphos, methamidophos, mevinphos, mipafox (diisopropyl phosphorofluoridate), omethoate, parathion,