Amendment Statement of Principles

concerning

CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS

No. 102 of 2019

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 cervical spondylosis No. 102 of 2019.
2. The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, Statement of Principles concerning cervical spondylosis Instrument No. 66 of 2014 (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2014L00928) by:

(A)        Amending paragraph 6 by inserting new factors (ia) & (va) as follows:

"(ia) carrying a large bulky load of at least 15 kilograms positioned between the neck and shoulder to a cumulative total of at least 5 000 hours within any ten year period before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis; or"; and

"(va) carrying a large bulky load of at least 15 kilograms positioned between the neck and shoulder to a cumulative total of at least 5 000 hours within any ten year period before the clinical worsening of cervical spondylosis; or".

3.                       The amendments made by this instrument commence on 18 November 2019.

Dated  18 October 2019