Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01709:reg:1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01709
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 20015–23504

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                     bullying means repeated unwanted, aggressive behaviour that involves an observed or perceived imbalance of power.
Note: Bullying may inflict physical, psychological, or social harm. Examples of bullying include physical (e.g. hitting, kicking, spitting, damaging property), verbal (e.g. teasing, insults, slurs), social (e.g. gossiping, spreading rumours, social exclusion), and cyberbullying.
                                      category 1A stressor means one of the following severe traumatic events:
(a)          experiencing a life-threatening event including an illness or injury;
(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 a witness to a person being killed or critically injured;
(c)          being a witness to atrocities inflicted on another person;
(d)          participating in the clearance of a corpse or a critically injured casualty;
(e)          viewing a corpse or a critically injured casualty as a witness.
Note: corpse and witness are defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                                     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 on-going distress, concern or worry:
(a)          being socially isolated and unable to maintain friendships or family relationships, due to physical location, language barriers, disability, or medical or psychiatric illness;
(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 environment including on-going disharmony with fellow work colleagues, perceived lack of social support within the work environment, perceived lack of control over tasks performed and stressful workloads;
(d)          experiencing serious legal issues including being detained or held in custody, on-going 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)           experiencing prejudice or discrimination based on gender, or behaviour or attitudes that foster stereotyped social roles based on gender (sexism);
(g)          experiencing adverse prejudicial differential treatment or unequal access to opportunities based on membership to a particular racial group.
                                     clinically significant disorder of mental health means a disorder of mental health which is of sufficient severity to warrant ongoing management.
Note: To warrant ongoing management does not require that any actual management was received or given for the condition.
                                     corpse means the human remains or body parts of one or more persons who have met a violent or horrific death.
                                     DSM-5-TR means the American Psychiatric