{"id":"F2010L01667","name":"Statement of Principles concerning acute articular cartilage tear No. 54 of 2010","slug":"statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-articular-cartilage-tear-no-54-of-2010","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":84249,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L01667-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Inclusion of Statements of Principles","sectionType":"division","heading":"Inclusion of Statements of Principles","content":"### Inclusion of Statements of Principles\n\n8. In this Statement of Principles if a relevant factor applies and that factor includes an injury or disease in respect of which there is a Statement of Principles then the factors in that last mentioned Statement of Principles apply in accordance with the terms of that Statement of Principles as in force from time to time.\n\nOther definitions\n\n9. For the purposes of this Statement of Principles:\n\n\"death from acute articular cartilage tear\" in relation to a person includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person’s acute articular cartilage tear;\n\n  \n\"relevant service\" means:\n\n(a) eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA; or\n\n(b) defence service (other than hazardous service) under the VEA; or\n\n(c) peacetime service under the MRCA;\n\n\"terminal event\" means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes:\n\n(a) pneumonia;\n\n(b) respiratory failure;\n\n(c) cardiac arrest;\n\n(d) circulatory failure; or\n\n(e) cessation of brain function.\n\nDate of effect\n\n10. This Instrument takes effect from 30 June 2010.\n\nDated this eighteenth day of June 2010\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\nCHAIRPERSON","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":3061},"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":3,"rejection_reason":"The provided text is an incomplete legislative fragment containing only sections 8–10 (cross-referencing provisions, definitions, and commencement). It lacks the essential operative provisions (typically sections 1–7) that establish the kind of injury/disease and the relevant factors connecting acute articular cartilage tear to military service, making substantive legal analysis impossible.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Cannot assess scope changes. The fragment shows only standard definitional and commencement provisions typical of RMA Statements of Principles."},"complexity_factors":["Incomplete fragment — missing operative sections 1-7 containing the relevant factors","Circular cross-referencing mechanism in section 8 requires navigation of multiple SOPs","Definitions span multiple statutory schemes (VEA and MRCA) with distinct service categories"],"plain_english_summary":"This fragment of an RMA Statement of Principles covers procedural points: cross-referencing to other SOPs when linked conditions are relevant, definitions clarifying that “death from” the condition can include terminal events the tear contributed to, and that “relevant service” means VEA/MRCA-covered military service. It also states the instrument took effect 30 June 2010. The substantive medical criteria (relevant factors) are missing, so causal application can’t be determined."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-articular-cartilage-tear-no-54-of-2010","history":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-articular-cartilage-tear-no-54-of-2010/history","analysis":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-articular-cartilage-tear-no-54-of-2010/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-articular-cartilage-tear-no-54-of-2010/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-articular-cartilage-tear-no-54-of-2010/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-articular-cartilage-tear-no-54-of-2010/documents"}}