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1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                  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.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                  Scheuermann's disease—see subsection 6(2).
                                  strenuous physical activity means physical activity equivalent to that undertaken by elite level athletes training and competing in sports such as weightlifting, wrestling, rugby, skiing, gymnastics, rowing or swimming, where torsion, force or load is applied against the resistance of the spine.
                                  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.