Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01107:clause:1_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01107
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 7432–10423

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                  chloracne—see subsection 7(2).
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                               polychlorodibenzofurans (PCDFs) as specified means:
         (a)          2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF);
         (b)          pentachlorodibenzofurans (PeCDFs);
         (c)          haemachlorodibenzofurans;
         (d)          hexachlorodibenzofurans (HxCDFs);
         (e)          heptachlorodibenzofurans (HpCDFs);
         (f)           octachlorodibenzofurans (OCDFs); or
         (g)          trichlorodibenzofurans.
                               polychlorodibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) as specified means:
         (a)          2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD);
         (b)          1,2,3,7,8-pentachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (PeCDD);
         (c)          hexachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (HxCDD);
         (d)          1,2,3,4,6,7,8-heptachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (HpCDD); or
         (e)          octachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (OCDD).
                                  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.
                               specified list of polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons means:
         (a)          azobenzenes, including 3,3',4,4'-tetrachloroazobenzene;
         (b)          azoxybenzenes, including 3,4,3',4'-tetrachloroazoxybenzene;
         (c)          dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs);
         (d)          o-dichlorobenzene;
         (e)          polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs);
         (f)           polybromodibenzofurans, including tetrabromodibenzofuran;
         (g)          polychlorodibenzofurans (PCDFs) as specified;
         (h)          polychlorodibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) as specified;
         (i)            polychloronaphthalenes, including pentachloronaphthalene (Halowax 1013) and hexachloronaphthalene (HCN);
         (j)            polychromonaphthalenes; or
         (k)          triazoloquinoxalines.
        Note:               polychlorodibenzofurans (PCDFs) as specified and               polychlorodibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) as specified 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.