Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00351:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00351
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 4680–7510

9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must as a minimum exist before it can be said that a reasonable hypothesis has been raised connecting suicide or attempted suicide or death from attempted suicide with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          being a prisoner of war before the suicide or the attempted suicide;
(2)          having a clinically significant disorder of mental health as specified at the time of the suicide or the attempted suicide;
Note: clinically significant disorder of mental health as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          experiencing a category 1A stressor before the suicide or the attempted suicide;
Note: category 1A stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(4)          experiencing a category 1B stressor before the suicide or the attempted suicide;
Note: category 1B stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(5)          having a significant other who experiences a category 1A stressor within the two years before the suicide or the attempted suicide;
Note: category 1A stressor and significant other are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(6)          experiencing the death of a significant other within the five years before the suicide or the attempted suicide;
Note: significant other is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(7)          experiencing the death of a parent within the 25 years before the suicide or the attempted suicide, where the person was aged 18 years or younger at the time of the parent's death;
(8)          experiencing the attempted suicide of a parent within the 25 years before the suicide or the attempted suicide, where the person was aged 18 years or younger at the time of the parent's attempted suicide;
(9)          for persons 18 years of age and younger only, experiencing the suicide of a peer within the five years before the suicide or the attempted suicide;
Note: peer is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(10)      experiencing the death of a sibling due to suicide within the 15 years before the suicide or the attempted suicide;
(11)      experiencing a category 2 stressor within the ten years before the suicide or the attempted suicide;
             Note 1: A category 2 stressor can arise in a variety of circumstances connected with service. Such circumstances can arise during the course of service, as a result of separation from service and the conditions associated with that separation, and in the transition to civilian life in the years following separation.
Note 2: category 2 stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(12)      being a perpetrator of bullying within the five years before the suicide or the attempted suicide;
(13)      having experienced severe childhood abuse before the suicide