Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00743:clause:1_1:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00743
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 4/4)
Character Range: 36714–38619

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.
polluted air  means air with 24 hour average concentrations of:
(a)          particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres (PM2.5), exceeding 50 micrograms of cubic metre; or
(b)          particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 micrometres (PM10),  exceeding 150 micrograms per cubic metre.
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 defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
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.
thrombolytic (fibrinolytic) therapy means therapeutic administration of a pharmacological agent in order to dissolve a thrombus, retard fibrin deposition on established thrombi or prevent the formation of new thrombi, and includes agents such as streptokinase, urokinase, tissue plasminogen activator, prourokinase, acyl-SK-plasminogen, anistreplase, alteplase, defibrotide, duteplase, lanoteplase, monteplase, nasaruplase, saruplase, staphylokinase or reteplase;
VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
witness means a person who experiences an incident at the time it occurs and can give direct evidence of it. This excludes persons exposed only to public broadcasting or mass media coverage of the incident.