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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 6273–8466

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                               hallux valgus —see subsection 7(2).
                                  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 defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                  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.
                               trauma to the affected forefoot means a discrete event involving the application of significant physical force to or through the affected forefoot, that causes:
(a)          damage to the forefoot; and
(b)          the development, within 24 hours of the event occurring, of symptoms and signs of pain, tenderness and either altered mobility or range of movement of the forefoot. In the case of sustained unconsciousness or the masking of pain by analgesic medication, these symptoms and signs must appear on return to consciousness or the withdrawal of the analgesic medication; and
(c)          the persistence of these symptoms and signs for a period of at least 7 days following their onset, save for where medical intervention for the trauma to that forefoot has occurred and that medical intervention involves one of the following:
(i)            immobilisation of the forefoot in a boot or similar external agent;
(ii)         injection of a corticosteroid or local anaesthetic into that forefoot; or
(iii)       surgery to that forefoot.
                                  VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.