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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
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1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                     biologic agent means a therapeutic product which is derived from living organisms or which contains components of living organisms.
        Note: Examples of biologic agents used for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease include interferons, monoclonal antibodies, tumour necrosis factor-α inhibitors, tyrosine kinase inhibitors and vascular endothelial growth factor antagonists.
                                      MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     psoriatic arthritis—see subsection 7(2).
                                     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.
                                     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.
                                     trauma to the affected joint means a discrete event involving the application of significant physical force to or through the affected joint, that causes:
(a)          damage to the affected joint; and
(b)          the development, within 24 hours of the event occurring, of symptoms and signs of pain, tenderness and altered range of movement of the affected joint.  In the case of sustained unconsciousness or the masking of pain by analgesic medication, these symptoms and signs must appear on return to consciousness or the withdrawal of the analgesic medication; and
(c)          the persistence of these symptoms and signs for a period of at least seven days following their onset, save for where medical intervention for the trauma to that joint has occurred and that medical intervention involves one of the following:
(i)            immobilisation of the affected joint by splinting or similar external agent;
(ii)         injection of a corticosteroid or local anaesthetic into that joint; or
(iii)       surgery to that joint.
                                     VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.