Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00011:clause:1_1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00011
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 26704–29943

or an equivalent amount of tobacco products.
Note 1: An equivalent amount of tobacco products is 7,300 grams of smoking tobacco by weight, either in cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, or a combination of same. For pipe tobacco, cigars or combinations of multiple tobacco types, 1 gram of tobacco is considered to be equal to one cigarette.
Note 2: Pack-years are calculated by dividing the number of cigarettes smoked per day by 20 and multiplying this number by the number of years the person has smoked. For example, smoking 10 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 5 pack-years, and smoking 40 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 20 pack-years.
                                  relevant service means:
         (a)          eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA;
         (b)          defence service (other than hazardous service and British nuclear test defence service) under the VEA; or
         (c)          peacetime service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                               sepsis means life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by an overwhelming host response to infection.
                               specified list of drugs means:
(a)          adenosine;
(b)          dobutamine; or
(c)          milrinone.
                               specified list of thyroid conditions means:
(a)          hyperthyroidism; including goitre or Graves disease which has resulted in hyperthyroidism;
(b)          subclinical hyperthyroidism; or
(c)          thyrotoxicosis.
Note: subclinical hyperthyroidism is also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                               spinal cord injury means an injury to the long tracts of the spinal cord resulting in permanent motor or sensory deficits below the level of the lesion.
                               specified list of autoimmune or inflammatory diseases means:
(a)           ankylosing spondylitis or another autoimmune inflammatory spondyloarthritis;
(b)           coeliac disease;
(c)          giant cell arteritis;
(d)          inflammatory bowel disease;
(e)           psoriasis;
(f)            rheumatoid arthritis;
(g)          systemic lupus erythematosus; or
(h)          systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).
                               subclinical hyperthyroidism means having normal free thyroxine (FT4) and total triiodothyronine (T3) levels in conjunction with a thyrotropin (TSH) level persistently below the normal range in the absence of factors known to suppress TSH.
                               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.
                               valvular heart disease means haemodynamically significant stenosis or incompetence of one or more cardiac valves.
Note: An example of a cause of haemodynamically significant valvular heart disease is rheumatic heart disease.
                               VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.