Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020C00421:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020C00421
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 19138–23076

1               Definitions
  In this instrument:
                             acromegaly means a chronic disease of adults resulting from hypersecretion of growth hormone after closure of the epiphyses.
                             amyloidosis means the accumulation of insoluble fibrillar proteins in organs or tissues of the body such that vital function is compromised.
                             lesion as specified means:
         (a)          benign or malignant neoplasm;
         (b)          bony fragment or foreign body;
         (c)          calcification;
         (d)          cyst;
         (e)          ganglion;
         (f)           gouty tophus;
         (g)          haemorrhage or haematoma;
         (h)          lymphoedema;
         (i)            scar;
         (j)            tuberculoma; or
         (k)          another pathological lesion that compresses or displaces the ulnar nerve.
Note: This definition includes thickening, scarring or calcification of the ulnar collateral ligament.
                             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)          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.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                             specified list of inflammatory and degenerative joint diseases means:
         (a)          amyloid arthropathy;
         (b)          gout;
         (c)          haemophilic arthropathy;
         (d)          neuropathic arthropathy;
         (e)          nodular fasciitis;
         (f)           osteoarthritis;
         (g)          other inflammatory arthritis requiring treatment with a disease modifying agent or a biological agent;
         (h)          rheumatoid arthritis;
         (i)            sarcoidosis;
         (j)            systemic lupus erythematosus; or
         (k)          systemic sclerosis.
                             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.
                                     trauma to the affected elbow means a discrete event involving the application of significant physical force to or through the affected elbow joint, that causes:
         (a)          damage to the joint; and
         (b)          the development, within 24 hours of the event occurring, of symptoms and signs of pain, tenderness and altered range of movement of the elbow joint.  In the case of sustained unconsciousness or the masking of pain by analgesic medication, these symptoms and signs must appear on return to consciousness or the withdrawal of the analgesic medication; and
         (c)          the persistence of these symptoms and signs for a period of at least seven days following their onset, save for where medical intervention for