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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about Wilson disease and death from Wilson disease.
Meaning of Wilson disease
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Wilson disease means a genetic disorder of copper metabolism, which involves impaired biliary copper excretion and toxic accumulation of copper in various organs of the body such as the liver and brain.
Death from Wilson disease
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Wilson disease, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's Wilson disease.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.