Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00145:reg:1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00145
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1
Character Range: 5258–6585

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                      MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     otic capsule (or bony labyrinth) means the bony cavities in the temporal bone of the inner ear and includes the cochlea, vestibule, and semicircular canals.
                                     otosclerosis—see subsection 7(2).
                                     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 defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                     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.