Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning anxiety disorder No. 16 of 2011 (Cth)

Amendment Statement of Principles

concerning

ANXIETY DISORDER

No. 16 of 2011

for the purposes of the

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

and

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

1. This Instrument may be cited as Statement of Principles concerning anxiety disorder No. 16 of 2011.

1. The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(8) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, Statement of Principles concerning anxiety disorder Instrument No. 102 of 2007, as amended by Instrument No. 43 of 2010, by:

A.Deleting factor "(c)(x)" in clause 6; and

B.Inserting a new factor "(a)(x)" immediately following factor "(a)(ix)" in clause 6 as follows:

"(a)(x)               being the victim of severe childhood abuse within the 30 years before the clinical onset of anxiety disorder; or".

1. The amendment made by this instrument applies to all matters to which Instrument No. 102 of 2007, as amended by Instrument No. 43 of 2010, section 120B of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 and section 339 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 apply.

1. The amendment made by this instrument takes effect from 5 January 2011.

Dated this   fourteenth   day of   December   2010

The Common Seal of the   )

Repatriation Medical Authority  )

was affixed to this instrument                 )

in the presence of:   )

KEN DONALD

CHAIRPERSON