Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00016:clause:1_1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00016
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 30279–33845

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                                     glucocorticoid therapy as specified means taking:
(a)          hydrocortisone, orally or by injection:
(i)            to a cumulative dose of at least 1,500 milligrams; and
(ii)         at a minimum dose rate averaging 50 milligrams per day; or
(b)          equivalent glucocorticoid therapy, orally or by injection.
Note: equivalent glucocorticoid therapy is also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                                     low-dose aspirin means a daily dose of aspirin of 325 milligrams or less.
                                     MET means a unit of measurement of the level of physical exertion.  1 MET = 3.5 ml of oxygen/kg of body weight per minute, or 1.0 kcal/kg of body weight per hour, or resting metabolic rate.
                                     MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
one pack-year means the amount of tobacco consumed in smoking 20 cigarettes per day for a period of 1 year, or an equivalent amount of tobacco products.
Note 1: An equivalent amount of tobacco products is 7,300 grams of smoking tobacco by weight, either in cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, or a combination of same. For pipe tobacco, cigars or combinations of multiple tobacco types, 1 gram of tobacco is considered to be equal to one cigarette.
Note 2: Pack-years are calculated by dividing the number of cigarettes smoked per day by 20 and multiplying this number by the number of years the person has smoked. For example, smoking 10 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 5 pack-years, and smoking 40 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 20 pack-years.
                                     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.
                                     sepsis means life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by an overwhelming host response to infection.
                                     specified list of drugs means:
(a)          adenosine;
(b)          dobutamine; or
(c)          milrinone.
                                     specified list of thyroid conditions means:
(a)          hyperthyroidism; including goitre or Graves disease which has resulted in hyperthyroidism;
(b)          hypothyroidism, including Hashimoto thyroiditis which has resulted in hypothyroidism;
(c)          subclinical hyperthyroidism; or
(d)          thyrotoxicosis.
Note: subclinical hyperthyroidism is also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                                     spinal cord injury means an injury to the long tracts of the spinal cord resulting in permanent motor or sensory deficits below the level of the lesion.
                                     specified list of autoimmune or inflammatory diseases means:
(a)          ankylosing spondylitis or another autoimmune inflammatory spondyloarthritis;
(b)          atopic dermatitis;
(c)          Behçet's disease;
(d)          coeliac disease;
(e)           giant cell arteritis;
(f)           inflammatory bowel disease;
(g)          polymyalgia rheumatica;
(h)          psoriasis;
(i)             rheumatoid arthritis;
(j)            systemic lupus erythematosus; or