{"id":"F2010L01669","name":"Statement of Principles concerning acute meniscal tear of the knee No. 56 of 2010","slug":"statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-meniscal-tear-of-the-knee-no-56-of-2010","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":152976,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L01669-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-04","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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Inclusion of Statements of Principles","sectionType":"division","heading":"Inclusion of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\n  \nOther definitions\n\n9. For the purposes of this Statement of Principles:\n\n\"death from acute meniscal tear of the knee\" in relation to a person includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person’s acute meniscal tear of the knee;\n\n\"ICD-10-AM code\" means a number assigned to a particular kind of injury or disease in The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), Sixth Edition, effective date of 1 July 2008, copyrighted by the National Centre for Classification in Health, Sydney, NSW, and having ISBN 978 1 74210 016 6;\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":2532},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains a narrow, technical focus specific to acute meniscal tears of the knee and their relationship to veterans' compensation entitlements. It does not expand beyond establishing definitional parameters, rules for interacting with other medical conditions, and eligibility boundaries for non-operational service."},"complexity_factors":["Recursive incorporation by reference: Section 8 creates a cascading effect where other Statements of Principles apply automatically if a relevant factor includes another disease","Cross-references to multiple statutes: simultaneously invokes the Veterans' Entitlements Act (VEA) and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act (MRCA) with distinctions between operational, hazardous, eligible war, and peacetime service","External technical standard: binds the instrument to the ICD-10-AM Sixth Edition (a copyrighted medical classification system) via ISBN reference","Nested definitional structure: defines 'death from' by reference to 'terminal event', which is itself defined by a closed list of five specific medical endpoints plus the legal concept of 'proximate cause'","Conditional logic: the application of other SOPs depends on whether a 'relevant factor' (not defined in the provided text) includes another injury or disease"],"plain_english_summary":"This Statement of Principles decides when an acute meniscal tear (torn knee cartilage) is legally linked to Australian veterans’ service for compensation. It directs medical assessment to the ICD‑10‑AM definition and treats related downstream conditions — including certain deaths from complications — as consequences of the injury.\n\nIt only applies to non‑war, non‑hazardous service under the VEA and MRCA."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-meniscal-tear-of-the-knee-no-56-of-2010","history":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-meniscal-tear-of-the-knee-no-56-of-2010/history","analysis":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-meniscal-tear-of-the-knee-no-56-of-2010/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-meniscal-tear-of-the-knee-no-56-of-2010/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-meniscal-tear-of-the-knee-no-56-of-2010/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-acute-meniscal-tear-of-the-knee-no-56-of-2010/documents"}}