Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01632:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01632
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 6525–10148

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                  category 2 stressor means one of the following negative life events, the effects of which are chronic in nature and cause the person to feel ongoing distress, concern or worry:
         (a)          being socially isolated and unable to maintain friendships or family relationships, due to physical location, language barriers, disability, medical illness or psychiatric symptomatology;
         (b)          experiencing a problem with a long-term relationship including the break-up of a close personal relationship, the need for marital or relationship counselling, marital separation or divorce;
         (c)          having concerns in the work or school environment including ongoing disharmony with fellow work or school colleagues, perceived lack of social support within the work or school environment, perceived lack of control over tasks performed and stressful workloads, experiencing demotion at work, or experiencing bullying in the workplace or school environment;
         (d)          experiencing serious legal issues including being detained or held in custody, ongoing involvement with the police concerning violations of the law, or court appearances associated with personal legal problems;
         (e)          having severe financial hardship including loss of employment, long periods of unemployment, foreclosure on a property, or bankruptcy;
         (f)           having a family member or significant other experience a major deterioration in their health; or
         (g)          being a full-time caregiver to a family member or significant other with a severe physical, mental or developmental disability.
Note: significant other is also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                  DSM-5 means the American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
                                  gender dysphoria—see subsection 6(2).
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                  relevant service means:
         (a)          eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA;
         (b)          defence service (other than hazardous service and British nuclear test defence service) under the VEA; or
         (c)          peacetime service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                  severe childhood abuse means:
         (a)          serious physical, emotional, psychological or sexual harm whilst a child aged under 16 years; or
         (b)          neglect involving a serious failure to provide the necessities for health, physical and emotional development, or wellbeing whilst a child aged under 16 years;
     where such serious harm or neglect has been perpetrated by a parent, a care provider, an adult who works with or around that child, or any other adult in contact with that child.
                                  significant other means a person who has a close family bond or a close personal relationship and is important or influential in one's life.
                                  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