Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00150:reg:1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00150
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 19870–23398

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                               acute cholinergic poisoning means symptoms and signs due to the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity which occur within the 24 hours following exposure. These symptoms and signs include muscle weakness, acute paralysis, overwhelming bronchial secretions, bradycardia, gastrointestinal distress, miosis, lacrimation and diarrhoea.
                               being obese means:
                               (a) having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater; or
                               (b) for males, having a waist circumference exceeding 102 centimetres; or
                               (c) for females, having a waist circumference exceeding 88 centimetres.
Note: BMI is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                               BMI means W/H2 and where:
                               (a) W is the person's weight in kilograms; and
                               (b) H is the person's height in metres.
                               category 1A stressor means one of the following severe traumatic events:
(a)          experiencing a life-threatening event;
(b)          being subject to a serious physical attack or assault including rape and sexual molestation;
(c)          being threatened with a weapon, being held captive, being kidnapped, being tortured.
                               category 1B stressor means one of the following severe traumatic events:
(a)          killing or maiming a person;
(b)          being a witness to a person being killed or critically injured;
(c)          being a witness to atrocities inflicted on another person;
(d)          participating in the clearance of a corpse or a critically injured casualty;
(e)          viewing a corpse or a critically injured casualty as a witness.
Note: corpse and witness are defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                               clinically significant disorder of mental health means a disorder of mental health which is of sufficient severity to warrant ongoing management.
Note: To warrant ongoing management does not require that any actual management was received or given for the condition.
                               corpse means the human remains or body parts of one or more persons who have met a violent or horrific death.
                               hypertensive emergency or crisis, also known as malignant hypertension, means a sudden and severe increase in blood pressure to a diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 110 mm Hg or a systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 180 mm Hg, or of a sufficient degree to cause acute impairment to one or more organ systems.
                               ischaemic heart disease—see subsection 7(2).
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                               non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug means any of a large chemically heterogeneous group of drugs that inhibit cyclooxygenase activity, resulting in decreased synthesis of prostaglandin and thromboxane precursors from arachidonic acid. In addition to anti-inflammatory actions, they have analgesic, antipyretic, and platelet inhibitory actions.
                               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