{"id":"F2005B02887","name":"Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease No. 26 of 2002","slug":"amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-non-aneurysmal-aortic-atherosclerotic-disease-no-26-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":33074,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B02887-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease No. 26 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.26 of 2002\n\n \n\nAmendment of Statement of Principles\n\nconcerning\n\nNON-ANEURYSMAL AORTIC ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE\n\nICD-9-CM CODES: 440.0, 444.0, 444.1\n\nVeterans’ Entitlements Act 1986   \n\n1. The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, Instrument No.68 of 1998 by:\n\n \n\n1. in paragraph 8 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.68 of 1998 and section 120A of the Act apply.\n\n \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":1033},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendment remains strictly within the original scope of the Statement of Principles concerning non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease. It makes a targeted technical adjustment to definitions without expanding the subject matter, affected population, or legal framework."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (one deletion)","No defined terms within the amending instrument itself","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing (only cites parent Act and original instrument)"],"plain_english_summary":"This minor technical amendment removes the legal definition of \"diabetes mellitus\" from the Statement of Principles that governs compensation for non‑aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease. It affects veterans claiming this specific aortic condition and the medical assessors of those claims, for both existing and future cases. Practically, the Repatriation Medical Authority will likely rely on ordinary medical definitions of diabetes when judging causation for entitlement."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-non-aneurysmal-aortic-atherosclerotic-disease-no-26-","history":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-non-aneurysmal-aortic-atherosclerotic-disease-no-26-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-non-aneurysmal-aortic-atherosclerotic-disease-no-26-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-non-aneurysmal-aortic-atherosclerotic-disease-no-26-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-non-aneurysmal-aortic-atherosclerotic-disease-no-26-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-non-aneurysmal-aortic-atherosclerotic-disease-no-26-/documents"}}