Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00008:clause:1_1
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 13419–15562

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                  alcoholic liver disease means steatohepatitis or cirrhosis of the liver due to chronic, heavy alcohol consumption.
                               clinically significant infection involving the palmar surface of the affected hand means an infection such as flexor tenosynovitis or a palmar abscess.
                               Dupuytren disease—see subsection 7(2).
                                MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                               pack-years of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products means a calculation of consumption where one pack-year of cigarettes equals twenty tailor-made cigarettes per day for a period of one calendar year, or 7 300 cigarettes.  One tailor-made cigarette approximates one gram of tobacco or one gram of cigar or pipe tobacco by weight.  One pack-year of tailor-made cigarettes equates to 7.3 kilograms of smoking tobacco by weight.  Tobacco products mean cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, smoked alone or in any combination.
                                  relevant service means:
         (a)          eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA;
         (b)          defence service (other than hazardous service and British nuclear test defence service) under the VEA; or
         (c)          peacetime 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.
                               trauma means a significant injury, resulting in symptoms and signs lasting for at least seven days, or which is of sufficient severity to warrant medical attention.
                                  VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.