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has not permanently ceased:
(i)            being exposed to second-hand smoke for at least 5,000 hours before the clinical worsening of Crohn disease; and
(ii)         the first exposure to second-hand smoke commenced at least one year before the clinical worsening of Crohn disease;
                   Note: being exposed to second-hand smoke is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(c)          where exposure to second-hand smoke has permanently ceased before the clinical worsening of Crohn disease:
(i)            being exposed to second-hand smoke for at least 5,000 hours; and
(ii)         the first exposure to second-hand smoke commenced at least one year before the clinical worsening of Crohn disease; and
(iii)       the clinical worsening of Crohn disease occurs within four years of the last exposure to second-hand smoke;
                   Note: being exposed to second-hand smoke is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(d)          an inability to undertake any physical activity greater than three METs for at least the five years before the clinical worsening of Crohn disease;
Note: MET is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(22)      for ulcerative colitis only, in a person with a prior history of a regular smoking habit as specified, permanently ceasing to smoke between one and 20 years before the clinical worsening of ulcerative colitis;
            Note: regular smoking habit as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(23)      inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for inflammatory bowel disease.
     10           Relationship to service
(1)          The existence in a person of any factor referred to in section 9, must be related to the relevant service rendered by the person.
(2)          The factors set out in subsections 9(12) to 9(23) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, inflammatory bowel disease where the person's inflammatory bowel disease was suffered or contracted before or during (but did not arise out of) the person's relevant service.
     11           Factors referring to an injury or disease covered by another Statement of Principles
In this Statement of Principles:
(1)          if a factor referred to in section 9 applies in relation to a person; and
(2)          that factor refers to an injury or disease in respect of which a Statement of Principles has been determined under subsection 196B(2) of the VEA;
then the factors in that Statement of Principles apply in accordance with the terms of that Statement of Principles as in force from time to time.

Schedule 1 - Dictionary
Note: See Section 6