Commonwealth legislation

Statement of Principles concerning familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy No. 36 of 2007

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This instrument sets medical criteria for assessing Australian veterans’ entitlement to compensation for familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, clarifying how the disease and related terminal events that contribute to death are treated. It also specifies qualifying types of service and introduces the MET exertion measure, affecting veterans, their families and decision-makers who determine service-relatedness.

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Inclusion of Statements of Principles

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.

Other definitions

For the purposes of this Statement of Principles:

"death from familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy" in relation to a person includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person’s familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy;

"MET” means a unit of measurement of the level of physical exertion. 1 MET = 3.5 ml of oxygen/kg of body weight per minute or, 1.0 kcal/kg of body weight per hour, or resting metabolic rate;

"relevant service" means:

(a) eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA; or

(b) defence service (other than hazardous service) under the VEA; or

"terminal event" means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes:

(a) pneumonia;

(b) respiratory failure;

(d) circulatory failure; or

(e) cessation of brain function.

Date of effect

This Instrument takes effect from 7 March 2007.

Dated this twenty-second day of February 2007

The Common Seal of the )

Repatriation Medical Authority )

was affixed to this instrument )

in the presence of: )

KEN DONALD

CHAIRPERSON

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