Amendment Statement of Principles concerning non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 76 of 2021) (Cth)

Amendment Statement of Principles

concerning

NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
(Balance of Probabilities)

(No. 76 of 2021)

The Repatriation Medical Authority determines the following Amendment Statement of Principles under subsections 196B(3) and (8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

Dated      21 May 2021

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

Professor Nicholas Saunders AO
Chairperson

Contents

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

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

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

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

1. Name

This is the Amendment Statement of Principles concerning non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 76 of 2021).

1. Commencement

This instrument commences on 21 June 2021.

1. Authority

This instrument is made under subsections 196B(3) and (8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

1. Amendment

The Statement of Principles concerning non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 91 of 2018) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2018L01490) is amended in the following manner:

Section

Amendment

9(9)

Replace the existing factor in subsection 9(9) with the following:

having infection with Epstein-Barr virus before the clinical onset of non-Hodgkin lymphoma;