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1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                  fumes means combustion products, aerosols, vapours or dust arising through industrial processes or from workplace practices that involve the refining, manufacture or use of the stated material.
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                  relevant service means:
         (a)          operational service under the VEA;
         (b)          peacekeeping service under the VEA;
         (c)          hazardous service under the VEA;
         (d)          British nuclear test defence service under the VEA;
         (e)          warlike service under the MRCA; or
         (f)           non-warlike service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                               specified list of chemical agents means:
(a)          aminoglycoside-containing ear drops;
(b)          Burow's solution (5% aluminium subacetate); or
(c)          surgical antiseptics.
                                  specified list of drugs means:
(a)          amiodarone;
(b)          aminoglycosides;
(c)          bleomycin;
(d)          chloroquine;
(e)          hydroxychloroquine;
(f)           immune checkpoint inhibitors;
(g)          loop diuretics;
(h)          mefloquine;
(i)            non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs;
(j)            opiates and opioids;
(k)          platinum-based chemotherapy (cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin);
(l)            phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors;
(m)        quinidine;
(n)          quinine;
(o)          sotalol; or
(p)          vincristine.
                                  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.
                                  toxic vestibulopathy—see subsection 6(2).
                                  VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.