Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01374:reg:6
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Provision Reference: reg 6
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6               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about diaphragmatic hernia and death from diaphragmatic hernia.
Meaning of diaphragmatic hernia
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, diaphragmatic hernia:
(a)          means an acquired protrusion of intra-abdominal tissue through the diaphragm into the thoracic cavity; and
(b)          excludes:
(i)            congenital diaphragmatic hernia;
(ii)         eventration of the diaphragm; and
(iii)       hiatus hernia.
Death from diaphragmatic hernia
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, diaphragmatic hernia, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's diaphragmatic hernia.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.