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1 Name
1 Name
This instrument is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) (Specified Diseases and Employment) Instrument 2017.
3 Authority
3 Authority
This instrument is made under paragraph 7(1)(b) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988.
4 Definitions
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
Act means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.
disease has its ordinary meaning.
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).
substance means any natural or artificial substance, whether in the form of a solid, liquid, gas or vapour.
5 Application-general
5 Application-general
This instrument applies in relation to a disease specified in Schedule 1 that an employee sustains on or after the day this instrument commences.
5A Application–firefighters
(1) This instrument applies in relation to a disease specified in Schedule 3 that an employee sustains in relation to:
(a) the employee’s service as a firefighter; or
(b) the employee’s participation in a firefighter training course; or
(c) 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.
6 Schedules
6 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
7 Specification
7 Specification
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 7(1)(b) of the Act, a disease of a kind specified in column 1 of an item of the table in Schedule 1 is a disease related to employment of a kind specified in column 2 of that item.
(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.
Schedule 1—Specified diseases relating to specified employment
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-right:9pt; margin-left:9pt; border-collapse:collapse; float:left"><tbody><tr><td style="width:24pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:132.75pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column</span><span> </span><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:188.75pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column</span><span> </span><span>2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:132.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Disease</span></p></td><td style="width:188.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Employment</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:167.55pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Infectious diseases</span></p></td><td style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>1</span></span><span style="width:13pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:132.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Anthrax</span></p></td><td style="width:188.75pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Employment involving work with:</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>(a)</span></span><span style="width:6.9pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span>animals; or</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>(b)</span></span><span style="width:6.34pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span>animal carcasses; or</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>(c)</span></span><span style="width:6.9pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span>animal parts.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>2</span></span><span style="width:13pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:132.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Brucellosis</span></p></td><td style="width:188.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Employment involving work with:</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>(a)</span></span><span style="width:6.9pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span>animals; or</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>(b)</span></span><span style="width:6.34pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span>animal carcasses; or</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>(c)</span></span><span style="width:6.9pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span>animal parts; or</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>(d)</span></span><span style="width:6.34pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span>animal waste.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>3</span></span><span style="width:13pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:132.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Hepatitis A</span></p></td><td style="width:188.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Employment involving work with human waste.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>4</span></span><span style="width:13pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:132.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C</span></p></td><td style="width:188.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Employment involving work with human body fluids.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>5</span></span><span style="width:13pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:132.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)</span></p></td><td style="width:188.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Employment involving work with:</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span>(a)</span></span><span style="width:6.9pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">needles in a healthcare services setting; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span>(b)</span></span><span style="width:6.34pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">sharps in a healthcare services setting.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>6</span></span><span style="width:13pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:132.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Leptospirosis</span></p></td><td style="width:188.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Employment involving work with:</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span>(a)</span></span><span style="width:6.9pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">animals; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span>(b)</span></span><span style="width:6.34pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">animal carcasses; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span>(c)</span></span><span style="width:6.9pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">animal parts; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span>(d)</span></span><span style="width:6.34pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">animal waste.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>7</span></span><span style="width:13pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:132.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Orf</span></p></td><td style="width:188.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Employment involving work with:</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span>(a)</span></span><span style="width:6.9pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">goats; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span>(b)</span></span><span style="width:6.34pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">goat carcasses; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span>(c)</span></span><span style="width:6.9pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">sheep; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span>(d)</span></span><span style="width:6.34pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">sheep carcasses.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>8</span></span><span style="width:13pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:132.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Q-fever</span></p></td><td style="width:188.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Employment involving work with:</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span>(a)</span></span><span style="width:6.9pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">animals; or</span><
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