Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00893:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00893
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 21978–25380

1               Definitions
  In this instrument:
                                     acoustic shock means the development of acoustic shock symptoms within 30 days of being exposed to a brief, sudden, unexpected, loud sound.
Note: acoustic shock symptoms is also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                     acoustic shock symptoms means the acoustic shock symptoms identified in Work Health and Safety (Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work) Code of Practice 2015, as in force on 17 December 2015, including:
(a)          a feeling of fullness in the ear;
(b)          burning sensations or sharp pain around or in the ear;
(c)          dizziness;
(d)          hypersensitivity (sensitivity to previously tolerated sounds such as loud voices, television and radio);
(e)          hypervigilance; and
(f)           numbness, tingling or soreness down the side of face, neck or shoulder.
        Note: The sounds associated with the development of acoustic shock symptoms include crackles, hisses, whistles, shrieks and high-pitched noises.
                                     auditory structure means the inner ear, middle ear, cochlear nerve or vestibulocochlear nerve.
                                     being exposed to second-hand smoke means being in an enclosed space and inhaling smoke from burning tobacco products or smoke that has been exhaled by another person who is smoking.
                                     chronic suppurative otitis media means a recurrent or continuous infective disorder of the middle ear characterised by perforation of the tympanic membrane and aural discharge.
                                     clinically significant means sufficient to warrant ongoing management, which may involve regular visits (for example, at least monthly), to a psychiatrist, counsellor or general practitioner.
        Note: To warrant ongoing management does not require that any actual management was received or given for the condition.
                                     dB(A) means the sound pressure level in decibels measured by a sound level meter using a type A electronic filter.
                                     dB(C) means the sound pressure level in decibels measured by a sound level meter using a type C electronic filter. The type C filter is used to measure peak or impact sound pressure levels.
                                     hyperviscosity syndrome means a disorder causing an increased viscosity of the blood.
        Note: Examples of disorders causing an increased viscosity of the blood include polycythaemia and Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia.
                                     MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     one pack-year means the amount of tobacco consumed in smoking 20 cigarettes per day for a period of 1 year, or an equivalent amount of tobacco products.
         Note 1: An equivalent amount of tobacco products is 7,300 grams of smoking tobacco by weight, either in cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, or a combination of same. For pipe tobacco, cigars or combinations of multiple tobacco types, 1 gram of tobacco is considered to be equal to one cigarette.
         Note 2: Pack-years are calculated by dividing the number of cigarettes smoked per day by 20 and multiplying this number by the number of years the