Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01674:clause:1_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01674
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 5711–8132

1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                               equivalent sunlight exposure in other latitude zones means the cumulative hours of sunlight exposure equivalent to that specified for a tropical area, calculated by multiplying the hours of exposure in each latitude zone by the latitude weighting factor for the zone as per the latitude weighting factor schedule and adding together the result for each zone:
                               Latitude weighting factor schedule
     Latitude zone                                                           Latitude weighting factor
     a latitude between 23° 27' South and 23° 27' North                             1.0
     a latitude from > 23° 27' to 35°                                                            0.75
     a latitude from > 35° to 45°                                                                  0.5
     a latitude from > 45° to 65°                                                                  0.25.
                                heavy exposure of the affected eye to dust means exposure of the affected eye to dust in an environment where the person is covered in dust and is without eye protection.
                               MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                  pterygium—see subsection 7(2).
                                  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.
                                  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.
                                  tropical area means any area between the Tropic of Capricorn (23º 27' South) and the Tropic of Cancer (23º 27' North).
                                  unprotected eye means an eye exposed to sunlight and not protected by ultraviolet radiation screening devices.
                                  VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.