Instrument No.278 of 1995
Amendment of Statement of Principles
concerning
ANALGESIC NEPHROPATHY
ICD CODE: 583.89
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
subsection 196B(3)
The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act), Instrument No.57 of 1994 (Statement of Principles concerning analgesic nephropathy) by:
1. omitting paragraph 1(a) and replacing it with the following:
“(a) chronic analgesic abuse before the clinical onset of analgesic nephropathy; or”.
2. The amendments made by this instrument apply to all matters to which Instrument No.57 of 1994 and section 120B of the Act apply.
Dated this Twenty-first day of June 1995
The Common Seal of the )
Repatriation Medical Authority )
was affixed to this instrument )
in the presence of )
KEN DONALD
CHAIRMAN