Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00005:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00005
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 3798–6590

9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, goitre or death from goitre is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          having iodine deficiency within the 3 months before the clinical onset of goitre;
Note: iodine deficiency is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(2)          having iodine excess within the 3 months before the clinical onset of goitre;
            Note 1: Iodine excess may be due to consuming foods, dietary supplements or medications with a high content of iodine.
            Note 2: iodine excess is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          taking a drug from the specified list of drugs within the 3 months before the clinical onset of goitre;
Note: specified list of drugs is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(4)          taking a drug containing at least 10 milligrams of iodine daily for a continuous period of at least 4 weeks, within the 3 months before the clinical onset of goitre;
(5)          taking amiodarone for a continuous period of at least 2 weeks, within the 1 year before the clinical onset of goitre;
(6)          being administered an iodine-containing radiographic contrast agent within the 3 months before the clinical onset of goitre;
(7)          having smoked tobacco products:
(a)          in an amount of at least 5 pack-years before the clinical onset of goitre; and
(b)          if smoking has ceased before the clinical onset of goitre, then that onset occurred within 5 years of cessation;
Note: one pack-year is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(8)          having a form of thyroiditis from the specified list of forms of thyroiditis at the time of the clinical onset of goitre;
Note: specified list of forms of thyroiditis is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(9)          having a disease involving the thyroid gland from the specified list of diseases at the time of the clinical onset of goitre;
Note: specified list of diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(10)      having a thyroid-stimulating, hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma at the time of the clinical onset of goitre;
(11)      for nodular goitre only:
(a)           having received a cumulative equivalent dose of at least 1 sievert of ionising radiation to the thyroid gland by the age of 25 years and at least 1 year before the clinical onset of nodular goitre; or
(b)           undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the thyroid gland was in the field of radiation, by the age of 25 years and at least 1 year before the clinical onset of nodular goitre;
            Note 1: Exposure to ionising radiation does not include radioiodine therapy for goitre