Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00186:section:4:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00186
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 3/9)
Character Range: 18404–21224

who was wholly or partly dependent on the employee at the date of the employee's death.
Note: See also subsection 4(2).
dependent means dependent for economic support.
disease has the meaning given by section 5B.
employee has the meaning given in section 5.
Entity means:
 (a) an Agency, within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999, that is not a Commonwealth authority; or
 (b) a Parliamentary Department within the meaning of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999; or
 (c) a person, body, organisation or group of persons prescribed for this paragraph.
household services, in relation to an employee, means services of a domestic nature (including cooking, house cleaning, laundry and gardening services) that are required for the proper running and maintenance of the employee's household.
impairment means the loss, the loss of the use, or the damage or malfunction, of any part of the body or of any bodily system or function or part of such system or function.
injury has the meaning given by section 5A.
legislative rules means rules made under section 122A.
loss, in relation to property used by an employee, includes the destruction of that property.
medical treatment means:
 (a) medical or surgical treatment by, or under the supervision of, a legally qualified medical practitioner; or
 (b) therapeutic treatment obtained at the direction of a legally qualified medical practitioner; or
 (c) dental treatment by, or under the supervision of, a legally qualified dentist; or
 (d) therapeutic treatment by, or under the supervision of, a physiotherapist, osteopath, masseur or chiropractor registered under the law of a State or Territory providing for the registration of physiotherapists, osteopaths, masseurs or chiropractors, as the case may be; or
 (e) an examination, test or analysis carried out on, or in relation to, an employee at the request or direction of a legally qualified medical practitioner or dentist and the provision of a report in respect of such an examination, test or analysis; or
 (f) the supply, replacement or repair of an artificial limb or other artificial substitute or of a medical, surgical or other similar aid or appliance; or
 (g) treatment and maintenance as a patient at a hospital; or
 (h) nursing care, and the provision of medicines, medical and surgical supplies and curative apparatus, whether in a hospital or otherwise; or
 (i) any other form of treatment that is prescribed for the purposes of this definition.
MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
MRCA commencement date means the date on which section 3 of the MRCA commences.
MRCC means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission.
non‑economic loss, in relation to an employee who has suffered an injury resulting in a permanent impairment, means loss or damage of a