Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning soft tissue sarcoma No. 36 of 2008 (Cth)

Amendment Statement of Principles

concerning

SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA

No. 36 of 2008

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 soft tissue sarcoma No. 36 of 2008.

1. The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(8) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, Statement of Principles concerning soft tissue sarcoma No. 14 of 2006 by:

A.Replacing the existing factor (i) in clause 6 with the following:

"(i)      for uterine sarcoma only,

(i)undergoing treatment with tamoxifen for a period of at least four months before the clinical onset of soft tissue sarcoma; or

(ii)being obese for a period of at least ten years within the twenty years before the clinical onset of soft tissue sarcoma; or"; and

B.Inserting the following definition of "being obese" in clause 9;

'"being obese" means an increase in body weight by way of fat accumulation which results in a Body Mass Index (BMI) of thirty or greater.

The BMI = W/H² and where:

W is the person’s weight in kilograms and

H is the person’s height in metres;'.

1. The amendment made by this instrument applies to all matters to which Instrument No. 14 of 2006, 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 30 April 2008.

Dated this       fourteenth     day of              April         2008

The Common Seal of the                  )

Repatriation Medical Authority       )

was affixed to this instrument          )

in the presence of   )

KEN DONALD

CHAIRPERSON