Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01109:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01109
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 3860–5464

9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or death from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          receiving treatment involving a human tissue or product as specified at least 6 months before the clinical onset of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease;
Note: human tissue or product as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(2)          undergoing neurosurgery at least 6 months before the clinical onset of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease;
(3)          for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease only:
(a)          receiving blood or blood products from a person infected with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at least 3 years before the clinical onset of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; or
(b)          consuming beef or a beef product from an area or country with evidence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy infection in cattle at the time of consumption, where the beef or beef product was consumed at least 3 years before the clinical onset of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
             Note 1: Consuming beef or beef product contaminated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy has occurred in countries without domestic bovine spongiform encephalopathy that have imported beef or beef product from a country with bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
             Note 2: variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, blood products, beef product, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy are defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.