Amendment Statement of Principles concerning trochanteric bursitis and gluteal tendinopathy No. 68 of 2020 (Cth)
Amendment Statement of Principles
concerning
TROCHANTERIC BURSITIS AND GLUTEAL TENDINOPATHY
No. 68 of 2020
for the purposes of the
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
and
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
This Instrument may be cited as Amendment Statement of Principles concerning trochanteric bursitis and gluteal tendinopathy No. 68 of 2020.
The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, Statement of Principles concerning trochanteric bursitis and gluteal tendinopathy Instrument No. 45 of 2015 (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2015L00010) by:
(A)revising factor "(h)" in clause 6 as follows:
"(h) having a significant disturbance of normal gait for at least the four weeks before the clinical onset of trochanteric bursitis or gluteal tendinopathy; or
Note: Examples of conditions which may cause a significant disturbance of normal gait include a deformity of a joint or bone of a lower limb, lower limb amputation, osteoarthritis of a joint of a lower limb and chronic neurological disorders."
(B)revising factor "(p)" in clause 6 as follows:
"(p) having a significant disturbance of normal gait for at least the four weeks before the clinical worsening of trochanteric bursitis or gluteal tendinopathy; or
Note: Examples of conditions which may cause a significant disturbance of normal gait include a deformity of a joint or bone of a lower limb, lower limb amputation, osteoarthritis of a joint of a lower limb and chronic neurological disorders."
(C)deleting the definition of "a significant disturbance of normal gait" in clause 9.
The amendments made by this instrument commence on 28 September 2020.
Dated 28 August 2020
| The Common Seal of the ) Repatriation Medical Authority ) was affixed to this instrument ) at the direction of: ) |
| PROFESSOR NICHOLAS SAUNDERS AO CHAIRPERSON |
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