Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00901:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00901
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 10478–14041

1               Definitions
  In this instrument:
                             asthma—see subsection 7(2).
                             being overweight or obese means having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or greater.
Note: BMI is also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                             BMI means W/H2 where:
         (a)          W is the person's weight in kilograms; and
         (b)          H is the person's height in metres.
                             clinical worsening of asthma means a change in the nature of asthma resulting in one or more of the following:
         (a)          a persistent change from well controlled to poorly controlled asthma;
         (b)          a persistent increase in the requirement for treatment to prevent asthma from becoming uncontrolled;
         (c)          an episode of severe asthma resulting in status asthmaticus, cerebral hypoxia or death; or
         (d)          an increase in the requirement for hospitalisation for management of the manifestations or complications of asthma.
                             clinically significant means sufficient to warrant ongoing management, which may involve regular visits (for example, at least monthly), to a psychiatrist, counsellor or general practitioner.
        Note: To warrant ongoing management does not require that any actual management was received or given for the condition.
                             having been exposed to second-hand smoke means having been in an enclosed space and inhaling smoke from burning tobacco products or smoke that has been exhaled by another person who is smoking.
                             immunologic or non-immunologic stimulus means an allergenic or irritant substance, an activity or an environment that can cause inflammation of the airways and bronchial hyperresponsiveness.
Note: Examples of immunologic or non-immunologic stimuli include:
           (a)        air pollutants;
           (b)       cereal dusts;
           (c)        chemical fumes;
           (d)       cold air;
           (e)        drugs;
           (f)        exercise;
           (g)       irritant gases (including mustard gas);
           (h)       metals;
           (i)         moulds;
           (j)         proteins derived from animals, insects and fish;
           (k)       respiratory infections; and
           (l)         wood dusts.
                             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.
                             reactive airways dysfunction syndrome means an asthma-like condition satisfying the following criteria:
         (a)          absence of pre-existing asthma symptomatology;
         (b)          onset of asthma symptoms