Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00008:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00008
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 9898–13637

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                     acute precipitating event means a physical or psychological stimulus or event that causes a sudden, intense psychological or physical response.
Note: Examples of an acute precipitating event include:
           (a)                                                                               abrupt cessation or lowering of anti-thyroid therapy;
           (b)        acute illness such as acute myocardial infarction, stroke and congestive heart failure;
           (c)         acute iodine load;
           (d)        experiencing an acute, severe, emotional stressor;
           (e)         infection;
           (f)         parturition;
           (g)        physical trauma or injury; and
           (h)        surgery.
                                     Graves disease—see subsection 7(2).
                                      iodine excess means:
(a)          an average intake of more than 1,100 micrograms of iodine per day for adults, or more than 900 micrograms per day for those aged 18 years and under, for a continuous period of at least 3 months; or
(b)          a urinary iodine concentration of greater than 300 micrograms per litre, or greater than 500 micrograms per litre for pregnant women.
                                     MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     one pack-year means the amount of tobacco consumed in smoking 20 cigarettes per day for a period of 1 year, or an equivalent amount of tobacco products.
         Note 1: An equivalent amount of tobacco products is 7,300 grams of smoking tobacco by weight, either in cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, or a combination of same. For pipe tobacco, cigars or combinations of multiple tobacco types, 1 gram of tobacco is considered to be equal to one cigarette.
         Note 2: Pack-years are calculated by dividing the number of cigarettes smoked per day by 20 and multiplying this number by the number of years the person has smoked. For example, smoking 10 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 5 pack-years, and smoking 40 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 20 pack-years.
                                     relevant service means:
         (a)          operational service under the VEA;
         (b)          peacekeeping service under the VEA;
         (c)          hazardous service under the VEA;
         (d)          British nuclear test defence service under the VEA;
         (e)          warlike service under the MRCA; or
         (f)           non-warlike service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                     specified list of drugs means:
(a)          antiretroviral therapy;
(b)          immune checkpoint inhibitors;
(c)          interferon alpha;
(d)          interleukin-2; or
(e)          tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
                                     terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes the following:
         (a)           pneumonia;
         (b)           respiratory failure;
         (c)           cardiac arrest;
         (d)           circulatory failure; or
         (e)           cessation of brain function.
                                     thyrotoxic crisis means a constellation of severe and life-threatening symptoms of rapid onset in a patient with biochemical evidence of elevated thyroid hormones.  Characteristic symptoms and signs are fever, marked tachycardia, heart failure, tremor, nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea, dehydration, restlessness, extreme agitation, delirium and coma.
Note 1: Thyrotoxic crisis is also known