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1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                  clonorchiasis—see subsection 7(2).
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                  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 service under the MRCA; or
         (f)           non-warlike service under the MRCA.
                               specified list of countries means:
         (a)          Cambodia;
         (b)          China;
         (c)          Hong Kong;
         (d)          Japan;
         (e)          Korea;
         (f)           Laos;
         (g)          Myanmar (Burma);
         (h)          Russia (far eastern region only);
         (i)            Taiwan;
         (j)            Thailand; or
         (k)          Vietnam.
                                  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.