{"id":"F2005B02865","name":"Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning congenital cataract No. 13 of 2002","slug":"amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-congenital-cataract-no-13-of-2002","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":33065,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B02865-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning congenital cataract No. 13 of 2002","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: _\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nInstrument No.13 of 2002\n\n \n\nAmendment of Statement of Principles\n\nconcerning\n\nCONGENITAL CATARACT\n\nICD CODE: 743.30 – 743.34\n\nVeterans’ Entitlements Act 1986   \n\n1. The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, Instrument No.238 of 1995 by:\n\n\n \n\n1. in paragraph 4 deleting the definition of “diabetes mellitus”.\n\n\n \n\n2. The amendment made by this instrument applies to all matters to which Instrument No.238 of 1995 and section 120B of the Act applies.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated this  Ninth day of  January 2002\n\n \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\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2164},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a narrow, technical amendment to definitions within the existing framework for assessing congenital cataract claims. It does not expand the legislation's scope beyond the original purpose of determining service-related disability for this specific condition."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative amendment (deletion of one definition)","No conditional logic or procedural triggers","Minimal cross-referencing (only to parent Instrument No.238 of 1995)","Very short length (2 substantive clauses)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument makes a narrow technical change to the Repatriation Medical Authority’s Statement of Principles for congenital cataract by removing the definition of “diabetes mellitus.” It affects veterans seeking disability pension links between congenital cataract and service, because diabetes will no longer be defined within that rule and may be treated differently (or not at all) in assessing service connection. The amendment applies to existing and future claims."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-congenital-cataract-no-13-of-2002","history":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-congenital-cataract-no-13-of-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-congenital-cataract-no-13-of-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-congenital-cataract-no-13-of-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-congenital-cataract-no-13-of-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-congenital-cataract-no-13-of-2002/documents"}}