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Amendment Statement of Principles

concerning

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF THE OVARY
(Balance of Probabilities)

(No. 36 of 2018)

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

 

Dated                                            2 March 2018

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Professor Nicholas Saunders AO

Chairperson

 

 

 

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Application

5 Amendment

 


1               Name

This is the Amendment Statement of Principles concerning malignant neoplasm of the ovary (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 36 of 2018).

2               Commencement

              This instrument commences on 2 April 2018.

3               Authority

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

4               Application

This instrument applies to a claim to which section 120B of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 or section 339 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 applies.

5               Amendment

The Statement of Principles concerning malignant neoplasm of the ovary and death from malignant neoplasm of the ovary No. 10 of 2018 is amended in the following manner:

 

Section

Amendment

10(2)

Replace the existing subsection 10(2) with the following:

(2)               The factor set out in subsection 9(9) applies only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, malignant neoplasm of the ovary where the person's malignant neoplasm of the ovary was suffered or contracted before or during (but did not arise out of) the person's relevant service.