Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00212:reg:1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00212
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 14196–17716

1               Definitions
  In this instrument:
                                     being:
(a) on land in Vietnam; or
(b) at sea in Vietnamese waters;
means service in at least one of the areas and at the times described in Items 3A, 3B, 4 and 8 of Schedule 2 of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
Note: VEA is also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                     estuarine Vietnamese waters means at least one of the waterways or harbours in the relevant areas described in Items 4 and 8 of Schedule 2 of the VEA.
Note: VEA is also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                                     having been exposed to second-hand smoke means having been in an enclosed space and inhaling smoke from burning tobacco products or smoke that has been exhaled by another person who is smoking.
 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:
(i)            2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid;
(ii)         2,4,5-trichlorophenoxypropionic acid;
(iii)       2,4,5-trichlorophenol;
(iv)        2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)-ethyl 2,2-dichloropropionate;
(v)          o,o-dimethyl-o-(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl)-phosphorothioate;
(vi)        pentachlorophenol;
(vii)     2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol;
(viii)   2,4,6-trichlorophenol;
(ix)        1,3,5-trichloro-2-(4-nitrophenoxy)benzene;
(x)          2,4-dichloro-1-(4-nitrophenoxy)benzene; or
(xi)        2,4-dichloro-1-(3-methoxy-4-nitrophenoxy)-benzene.
                                     malignant neoplasm of the larynx—see subsection 7(2).
                                     mist means a liquid aerosol formed by condensation of a vapour or by atomisation of a liquid.
                                     MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     one pack-year means the amount of tobacco consumed in smoking 20 cigarettes per day for a period of 1 year, or an equivalent amount of tobacco products.
         Note 1: An equivalent amount of tobacco products is 7,300 grams of smoking tobacco by weight, either in cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, or a combination of same. For pipe tobacco, cigars or combinations of multiple tobacco types, 1 gram of tobacco is considered to be equal to one cigarette.
         Note 2: Pack-years are calculated by dividing the number of cigarettes smoked per day by 20 and multiplying this number by the number of years the person has smoked. For example, smoking 10 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 5 pack-years, and smoking 40 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 20 pack-years.
                                     opium means the dried or boiled juice (latex) obtained from the seedpod of the poppy plant (Papaver somniferum).
                                     polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons means hydrocarbons with three or more condensed aromatic rings in which certain carbon atoms are common to two or three rings. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons occur in crude oil, shale oil and coal tars, and can be formed during the combustion of organic material