Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C01042:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C01042
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1               Definitions
  In this instrument:
                               acute cholinergic poisoning means symptoms and signs due to the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity which occur within the 24 hours following exposure.  These symptoms and signs are acute paralysis, overwhelming bronchial secretions, bradycardia, gastrointestinal distress, miosis, lacrimation or diarrhoea.
                               being exposed to manganese as specified means:
         (a)          working in the mining or smelting of ores containing manganese; or
         (b)          welding with rods containing manganese; or
         (c)          inhaling dust containing manganese.
                               chronic renal failure means:
         (a)          having a glomerular filtration rate of less than 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 for a period of at least three months; or
         (b)          a need for renal replacement therapy (dialysis or transplantation) for treatment of complications of decreased glomerular filtration rate which would otherwise increase the risk of morbidity and mortality; or
         (c)          undergoing chronic dialysis.
                               encephalitis means a viral, bacterial or protozoal infection of the brain parenchyma, manifested clinically by acute febrile illness, confusion, behavioural abnormalities, altered level of consciousness, and focal or generalised epileptic seizures, or demonstrated by neuroimaging or laboratory studies.
                               hydrocephalus means a condition characterised by dilation of the cerebral ventricles and accompanied by accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid within the skull.  This definition includes obstructive and non-obstructive hydrocephalus, idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus or traumatic hydrocephalus.
                               hypoxic cerebral insult means an event which results in either a decreased rate of cerebral blood flow or decreased oxygen content of cerebral arterial blood for a sustained period.
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                               neurosyphilis means infection of the central nervous system with Treponema pallidum.
                               organophosphorus ester means an agent used to inhibit acetylcholinesterase, and includes the organophosphate pesticides chlorpyrifos, dichlorvos, EPN, leptophos, methamidophos, mipafox (diisopropyl phosphorofluoridate), omethoate, parathion, TOCP (tri-ortho-cresyl phosphate), trichlorfon and trichlornat.
                                  Parkinson's disease—see subsection 7(2).
                               regular smoking habit as specified means having smoked at least three pack-years of cigarettes or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products.
                                  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.
                               secondary parkinsonism—see subsection 7(3).
                               specified list of autoimmune diseases means:
         (a)          antiphospholipid syndrome;
         (b)          Behçet's disease;
         (c)          Sjogren's syndrome; or
         (d)          systemic lupus erythematosus.
                               specified list of diseases involving the cerebral vessels means:
         (a)          Binswanger's disease;
         (b)          cerebral amyloidosis;
         (c)          cerebral arteriolosclerosis (fibrinoid necrosis, lipohyalinosis, microatheroma microaneurysms, segmental arterial disorganisation);
         (d)          cerebral venous thrombosis;
         (e)          hippocampal sclerosis;
         (f)           inflammatory or immunologically mediated vasculitis;
         (g)          intravascular lymphomatosis;
         (h)          laminar cortical necrosis; or
         (i)            Moyamoya disease.
                               specified list of disorders of calcium metabolism means:
         (a)          Fahr's disease;
         (b)          hyperparathyroidism;
         (c)          hypoparathyroidism; or
         (d)          pseudohypoparathyroidism.
                               specified list of drugs means:
         (a)           5-fluorouracil;