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Amendment Statement of Principles

concerning

IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPAENIA
(Balance of Probabilities)

(No. 58 of 2022)

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

 

Dated                                            29 April 2022

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Professor Terence Campbell AM

Chairperson

 

 

 

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Amendment

 


1               Name

This is the Amendment Statement of Principles concerning immune thrombocytopaenia (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 58 of 2022).

2               Commencement

              This instrument commences on 30 May 2022.

3               Authority

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

4               Amendment

The Statement of Principles concerning immune thrombocytopaenia (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 64 of 2017) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2017L01449) is amended in the following manner:

 

Section

Amendment

Schedule 1 – Dictionary

Before paragraph (a) of the "specified list of vaccines"  insert:

(aa)   ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (Vaxevria, Oxford/Astra-Zeneca);

Schedule 1 – Dictionary

After paragraph (m) of the "specified list of viral infections" insert:

(ma) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);

 

Schedule 1 – Dictionary

Insert the following note to the definition of "specified list of viral infections":

Note: SARS-CoV-2 is the virus which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).