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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 malignant neoplasm of the salivary gland and death from malignant neoplasm of the salivary gland.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the salivary gland
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the salivary gland:
(a)          means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the major salivary glands (parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands), minor salivary glands or salivary gland ducts; and
(b)          excludes:
(i)            carcinoid tumour;
(ii)         haematolymphoid tumours including non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma; and
(iii)       soft tissue sarcoma.
Death from malignant neoplasm of the salivary gland
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the salivary gland, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's malignant neoplasm of the salivary gland.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.