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Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) (Catastrophic Injury) Rules 2018

Instrument 2018 No. MRCC65

The Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, under subsection 122A(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988, makes the following instrument.

Dated this        4th           day of    September                 2018

The Seal of the                                                                    )
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission    )  SEAL
was affixed hereto in the                                                     )
presence of:                                                                         )

Elizabeth Cosson  C Orme      M A Kelly
ELIZABETH COSSON  CRAIG ORME  Major General Mark Kelly
AM CSC            DSC AM CSC  AO DSC
CHAIR             MEMBER      MEMBER

B S Wolski                 T Smart
REAR ADMIRAL BRETT WOLSKI  AIR VICE-MARSHAL TRACY SMART
AM                         AM
MEMBER                     MEMBER

1 Name
   This instrument is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) (Catastrophic Injury) Rules 2018.

2 Commencement
  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3 Authority
   This instrument is made under subsection 122A(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988.

4 Purpose
  The purpose of this instrument is to prescribe conditions that must be satisfied for the purpose of the definition of catastrophic injury in section 4 of the Act.

5 Definitions
  In this instrument:

  Act means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988.

  catastrophic amputation injury, see section 9.

catastrophic blindness injury, see section 11.

  catastrophic brain injury, see section 8.

  catastrophic burn injury, see section 10.

catastrophic injury, see subsection 4(1) of the Act.

catastrophic nerve injury, see section 7.

  employee, see subsection 4(1) of the Act.

  FIMTM score sheet is the Functional Independence Measure score sheet which is a basic indicator of severity of functional limitation, being the version of the document as it exists on the day of commencement of this instrument and published by the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre.

  Note: The FIMTM score sheet is available at: https://ahsri.uow.edu.au/aroc/whatisfim/index.html by opening the page and clicking on the excel diagram under the heading "AN-SNAP Calculator With Benchmarks".

injury means an injury in respect of which compensation is payable under the Act.

  Note: Under paragraph 5A(1)(a) of the Act, an injury includes a disease suffered by an employee. For disease, see subsection 5B(1) of the Act.

  Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) tool is a common cognitive screening or assessment tool used in clinical practices, being the version of the document as it exists on the day of commencement of this instrument and published by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.

  Note : The Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) tool is available at: https://www.ihpa.gov.au/what-we-do/standardised-mini-mental-state-examination-smmse by opening the page and clicking on the heading "Standard Mini-Mental Examination (SMMSE) tool".

6 Conditions of a catastrophic injury
  For the purposes of the definition of catastrophic injury