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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about macular degeneration and death from macular degeneration.
Meaning of macular degeneration
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, macular degeneration:
(a)          means a group of degenerative diseases of the macula of the eye that may cause progressive, painless loss of central vision; and
(b)          includes:
(i)             early macular degeneration; and
(ii)          late macular degeneration; and
(c)          excludes toxic retinopathy.
            Note:   early macular degeneration and late macular degeneration are defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
Death from macular degeneration
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, macular degeneration, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's macular degeneration.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.