{"id":"F2010L02851","name":"Statement of Principles concerning labral tear No. 95 of 2010","slug":"statement-of-principles-concerning-labral-tear-no-95-of-2010","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":84828,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L02851-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Inclusion of Statements of Principles","sectionType":"division","heading":"Inclusion of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 labral tear\" in relation to a person includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person’s labral 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 10 November 2010.\n\nDated this twenty-seventh day of October 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":1788},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Standard definitional and machinery provisions for a Repatriation Medical Authority Statement of Principles; establishes the framework for assessing service connection of labral tears and associated terminal events without expanding beyond typical SOP scope."},"complexity_factors":["Incorporation by reference of other Statements of Principles (cascading application of rules)","Cross-references to two separate Acts (VEA and MRCA)","Technical medical-legal terminology (proximate cause, terminal event, cessation of brain function)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument defines when a labral tear (shoulder or hip cartilage injury) is treated as service-related for veterans’ compensation. It covers most types of military service under the VEA and MRCA, treats deaths from terminal events caused by the tear as death from the tear, and allows related secondary conditions to be assessed under their own applicable Statements of Principles. It ensures compensation for the injury, fatal complications, and linked diseases."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-labral-tear-no-95-of-2010","history":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-labral-tear-no-95-of-2010/history","analysis":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-labral-tear-no-95-of-2010/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-labral-tear-no-95-of-2010/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-labral-tear-no-95-of-2010/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/statement-of-principles-concerning-labral-tear-no-95-of-2010/documents"}}