5DInjury/disease definitions

#### 5D Injury/disease definitions (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > blinded in an eye has the meaning given by subsection (3). > disease means: (a) any physical or mental ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition (whether of sudden onset or gradual development); or (b) the recurrence of such an ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition; but does not include: (c) the aggravation of such an ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition; or (d) a temporary departure from: (i) the normal physiological state; or (ii) the accepted ranges of physiological or biochemical measures; that results from normal physiological stress (for example, the effect of exercise on blood pressure) or the temporary effect of extraneous agents (for example, alcohol on blood cholesterol levels). > incapacity from a defence‑caused injury or incapacity from a defence‑caused disease has the meaning given by subsection (2). > incapacity from a war‑caused injury or incapacity from a war‑caused disease has the meaning given by subsection (2). > injury means any physical or mental injury (including the recurrence of a physical or mental injury) but does not include: (a) a disease; or (b) the aggravation of a physical or mental injury. War‑caused injury; war‑caused disease; defence‑caused injury; defence‑caused disease (2) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: (a) a reference to the incapacity of a veteran from a war‑caused injury or a war‑caused disease; or (b) a reference to the incapacity of a person who is a member of the Forces, or a member of a Peacekeeping Force (as defined by subsection 68(1)), from a defence‑caused injury or a defence‑caused disease; is a reference to the effects of that injury or disease and not a reference to the injury or disease itself. > Note: For war‑caused injury and war‑caused disease see section 9. Blinded in an eye (3) For the purposes of this Act, a person is taken to have been blinded in an eye if: (a) the person has lost the eye; or (b) in the opinion of the Commission, the eyesight of the person in that eye is so defective that the person has no useful sight in that eye.