Amendment Statement of Principles concerning motor neurone disease No. 88 of 2018 (Cth)

Amendment Statement of Principles

concerning

MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE

No. 88 of 2018

for the purposes of the

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

and

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

1. This Instrument may be cited as Amendment Statement of Principles concerning motor neurone disease No. 88 of 2018.

1. In accordance with the Specialist Medical Review Council Declaration No. 31 of 20 June 2018 under subsection 196W(4) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (the VEA), the Repatriation Medical Authority, pursuant to subsection 196B(10) of the VEA, makes this determination amending Statement of Principles concerning motor neurone disease Instrument No. 67 of 2013 (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2013L01655), by:

(A)Repealing the existing factor "(b)" in clause 6;

(B)Repealing the existing factor "(c)" in clause 6; and

(C)Repealing the existing definitions of "a high impact contact activity" and "blows to the head" in clause 9.

1. The amendment made by this instrument commences on 21 June 2018.

Dated this   twenty-fourth   day of   August   2018

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

PROFESSOR NICHOLAS SAUNDERS AO CHAIRPERSON