Amendment Statement of Principles concerning external burn (Reasonable Hypothesis) (No. 59 of 2023) (Cth)

Amendment Statement of Principles

concerning

EXTERNAL BURN
(Reasonable Hypothesis)

(No. 59 of 2023)

The Repatriation Medical Authority determines the following Amendment Statement of Principles under subsections 196B(2) and (8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

Dated      24 April 2023.

The Common Seal of the
Repatriation Medical Authority
was affixed to this instrument
at the direction of:

Professor Terence Campbell AM
Chairperson

Contents

1Name........................................................................................................................................... 3

2Commencement........................................................................................................................ 3

3Authority..................................................................................................................................... 3

4Amendment............................................................................................................................... 3

1. Name

This is the Amendment Statement of Principles concerning external burn (Reasonable Hypothesis) (No. 59 of 2023).

1. Commencement

This instrument commences on 23 May 2023.

1. Authority

This instrument is made under subsections 196B(2) and (8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

1. Amendment

The Statement of Principles concerning external burn (Reasonable Hypothesis) (No. 110 of 2015) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2015L01330) is amended in the following manner:

Section

Amendment

7(2)

Replace subsection 7(2) with the following:

(2) For the purposes of this Statement of Principles

external burn:

(a)      means a burn due to the external application of an agent; and;

(b)      includes sunburn, burn to the conjunctiva or cornea, and eye burn that simultaneously affects the internal and external parts of the eye; and

(c)      excludes isolated retinal burn of the eye, burn of the respiratory tract, burn of the gastrointestinal tract and internal genitourinary tract, wind burn, frostbite and burns due to electrical injury or friction.