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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about chronic pruritus ani and death from chronic pruritus ani.
Meaning of chronic pruritus ani
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chronic pruritus ani means intense itching of more than six weeks duration affecting the perianal skin.
Death from chronic pruritus ani
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chronic pruritus ani, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's chronic pruritus ani.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.