Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) (Specified Diseases and Employment) Amendment Instrument 2021
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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) (Specified Diseases and Employment) Amendment Instrument 2021
I, Andrew Gee, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, make the following instrument.
Dated 17 September 2021.
Andrew Gee
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments relating to firefighters
Part 1—Amendments
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) (Specified Diseases and Employment) Instrument 2017
Part 2—Application provision
1 Name
This instrument is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) (Specified Diseases and Employment) Amendment Instrument 2021.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
The whole of this instrument 20 September 2021. 20 September 2021
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under paragraph 7(1)(b) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988.
4 Schedules
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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments relating to firefighters
Part 1—Amendments
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) (Specified Diseases and Employment) Instrument 2017
1 Section 4
Insert:
ICD–10–AM reference, short for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 11th edition, Australian Modification, means the reference in the alphanumeric coding scheme for diseases and external causes of injury set out in ICD–10–AM, as in force on 1 July 2019.
Note: The text of the ICD–10–AM, could in 2021, be viewed on the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority’s website, (http://www.ihpa.gov.au).
2 Section 5 (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
5 Application–general
3 Section 5
After “disease”, insert “specified in Schedule 1”.
4 After section 5
Insert:
5A Application–firefighters
(1) This instrument applies in relation to a disease specified in Schedule 3 that an employee sustains in relation to:
the employee’s service as a firefighter; or
the employee’s participation in a firefighter training course; or
the employee’s role as an instructor of a firefighter training course;
at the RAAF Base Point Cook between 1 January 1957 and 31 December 1986.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), it does not matter whether the disease was sustained by the employee during the period mentioned in that subsection or at a later time.
5 Section 7
Before “For the purposes of”, insert “(1)”.
6 At the end of section 7
Add:
(2) For the purposes of paragraph 7(1)(b) of the Act, a disease of a kind, including an aggravation of a disease of a kind, specified in column 1 of an item of the table in Schedule 3 by reference to the ICD–10–AM reference in column 2 of that item is a disease related to employment of a kind specified in column 3 of that item.
7 Schedule 1 (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Schedule 1—Specified diseases relating to specified employment
8 At the end of the instrument
Add:
Schedule 3—Specified diseases relating to firefighters
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Item Disease ICD–10–AM reference Employment
Skin diseases
1 Dysplastic naevus D22/M8727/0 Employment involving work relating to:
firefighting; or
participating in a firefighting training course; or
instructing participants in a firefighter training course;at RAAF Base Point Cook between 1 January 1957 and 31 December 1986.
2 Eczema or dermatitis L20–L30 The same as for item 1.
Diseases of the nervous system
3 Multiple sclerosis G35 The same as for item 1.
4 Parkinson’s disease G20 The same as for item 1.
5 Peripheral neuropathy G62 The same as for item 1.
6 Spinal muscular atrophy G12 The same as for item 1.
7 Erectile dysfunction N48.4 The same as for item 1.
8 Cauda equina syndrome G95.9 The same as for item 1.
9 Neurogenic bladder N31.9 The same as for item 1.
10 Non-alcoholic toxic encephalopathy G92 The same as for item 1.
11 Acquired colour vision deficiency H53.5 The same as for item 1.
Mental diseases
12 Depression F32.0-F33.9, F34, F38 and F39 The same as for item 1.
13 Sleep disorders with a neurological basis G47.31 The same as for item 1.
14 Bi-polar affective disorder F31 The same as for item 1.
15 Vertigo R42 The same as for item 1.
16 Memory loss F04 The same as for item 1.
17 Anxiety F41 The same as for item 1.
18 Panic disorders F41.0 The same as for item 1.
19 Impaired cognition F03 The same as for item 1.
20 Agoraphobia with panic disorder F40.01 The same as for item 1.
Malignant diseases
21 Malignant neoplasms C00–C96 The same as for item 1.
22 Myeloproliferative disorders C81–C96, D45 and D47 The same as for item 1.
Liver diseases
23 Liver disease (excluding diabetes) K71 The same as for item 1.
24 Pancreatic disease K85–K86 The same as for item 1.
Gastrointestinal diseases
25 Irritable bowel disorder K58 The same as for item 1.
26 Ulcerative colitis/Crohn’s disease K50–K51 The same as for item 1.
27 Diverticulitis K57 The same as for item 1.
28 Bowel polyps D12 The same as for item 1.
Diseases of the immune system
29 Mixed connective tissue disease M35.1 The same as for item 1.
30 Systemic lupus erythematosus M32 The same as for item 1.
31 Sarcoidosis D86 The same as for item 1.
Part 2—Application provision
9 Application
(1) The amendments made by Part 1 of this Schedule apply in relation to a claim for compensation under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 that is made on or after 20 September 2021 by:
a firefighter; or
the personal representative of a firefighter whose death occurred on or after 11 May 2021.
(2) In this item:
firefighter means a person who:
served as a firefighter; or
participated in a firefighter training course; or
was an instructor of a firefighter training course;
at the RAAF Base Point Cook between 1 January 1957 and 31 December 1986.