Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L00208:clause:1_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L00208
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 6401–9753

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                  category 1A stressor means one of the following severe traumatic events:
         (a)          experiencing a life-threatening event;
         (b)          being subject to a serious physical attack or assault including rape and sexual molestation; or
         (c)          being threatened with a weapon, being held captive, being kidnapped or being tortured.
                               category 1B stressor means one of the following severe traumatic events:
         (a)          killing or maiming a person;
         (b)          being an eyewitness to a person being killed or critically injured;
         (c)          being an eyewitness to atrocities inflicted on another person;
         (d)          participating in the clearance of a corpse or a critically injured casualty; or
         (e)          viewing a corpse or a critically injured casualty as an eyewitness.
Note: corpse and eyewitness are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                  chronic multisymptom illness—see subsection 7(2).
                               corpse means the human remains or body parts of one or more persons who have met a violent or horrific death.
        Note: Examples of a violent or horrific death may include death due to suicide, gunshot, improvised explosive devices, natural and technological disasters, terrorist attacks or motor vehicle accidents.  Seeing a closed body bag or viewing a body in an open-casket coffin are excluded from this definition.
                               eyewitness means a person who experiences an incident first-hand and can give direct evidence of it.  This excludes persons exposed only to public broadcasting or mass media coverage of the incident.
                                  hostile or life-threatening environment means a situation or setting which is characterised by a pervasive threat to life or bodily integrity, such as would be experienced in the following circumstances:
         (a)          experiencing or being under threat of artillery, missile, rocket, mine or bomb attack; or
         (b)          experiencing or being under threat of nuclear, biological or chemical agent attack; or
         (c)          being involved in combat or going on combat patrols.
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                  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.
                                  VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.