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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)            This Statement of Principles is about pleural plaque and death from pleural plaque.
Meaning of pleural plaque
         (2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, pleural plaque means a circumscribed area of thickening of the pleura related to the inhalation of mineral fibres.
             Note 1: Pleural plaque contains dense hyalinised collagen fibres and may be observed as an elevated flat or nodular lesion that may contain calcification.
             Note 2: Pleural plaque is often bilateral and typically affects the parietal pleura, although pleural plaque may rarely occur on the visceral pleura.
Death from pleural plaque
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, pleural plaque, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's pleural plaque.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.