Amendment Statement of Principles

concerning

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT

No. 54 of 2021

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 cerebrovascular accident No. 54 of 2021.

2.                     The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, Statement of Principles concerning cerebrovascular accident Instrument No. 66 of 2015 (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2015L00653) by:

(A)             Amending paragraph 6 by inserting new factor (eea) as follows:

"(eea) having infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) within the three months before the clinical onset of cerebrovascular accident; or

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

3.                     The amendments made by this instrument commence on 24 May 2021.

Dated             23 April 2021