{"id":"F2006B00147","name":"Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning acute pancreatitis No. 41 of 2003","slug":"amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-pancreatitis-no-41-of-2003","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40552,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B00147-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning acute pancreatitis No. 41 of 2003","content":"Instrument No.41 of 2003\n\nAmendment of Statement of Principles\n\nconcerning\n\nACUTE PANCREATITIS\n\nVeterans’ Entitlements Act 1986\n\n1.  The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act), Instrument No.45 of 1997, as amended by Instrument No.74 of 1998 by:\n\n1.  in paragraph 5, deleting factor (b) and inserting in its place the following factor:\n\n“(b) having consumed at least 180kg of alcohol within any five year period, and continuing to consume alcohol at the time of the clinical onset of acute pancreatitis; or”\n\nB. in paragraph 7, deleting the definition of “prolonged and heavy alcohol consumption”.\n\n2. The amendments made by this instrument apply to all matters to which Instrument No.45 of 1997, as amended by Instrument No.74 of 1998 and section 120A of the Act apply.\n\n  \n\nDated this Seventh day of October 2003\n\nThe Common Seal of the )\n\nRepatriation Medical Authority )\n\nwas affixed to this instrument )\n\nin the presence of )\n\nKEN DONALD\n\nCHAIRMAN","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2920},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendment remains strictly within the original scope of determining whether acute pancreatitis is related to military service for veterans' compensation purposes. It merely refines existing criteria by substituting a vague qualitative standard with a quantitative threshold, without expanding into new policy areas or medical conditions."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose amendment affecting only one medical condition","Replacement of one eligibility factor and deletion of one definition only","Minimal cross-referencing to parent Act (Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986) and two previous instruments","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond the basic threshold test"],"plain_english_summary":"This amendment narrows how veterans’ acute pancreatitis claims are judged under the Veterans' Entitlements Act by replacing the undefined phrase \"prolonged and heavy alcohol consumption\" with a concrete test: at least 180 kg of alcohol consumed in any five‑year period (and drinking when the illness began). That bright‑line rule simplifies decision-making and can determine whether a veteran’s condition is treated as service‑related, affecting benefit eligibility, for claimants and review bodies."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-pancreatitis-no-41-of-2003","history":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-pancreatitis-no-41-of-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-pancreatitis-no-41-of-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-pancreatitis-no-41-of-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-pancreatitis-no-41-of-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-pancreatitis-no-41-of-2003/documents"}}