The Repatriation Medical Authority determines the following Amendment Statement of Principles under subsections 196B(3) and (8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
Dated 25 June 2021
| The Common Seal of the
Repatriation Medical Authority
was affixed to this instrument
at the direction of: |
| Professor Nicholas Saunders AO Chairperson |
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2 Commencement........................................................................................................................ 3
3 Authority..................................................................................................................................... 3
4 Amendment............................................................................................................................... 3
1 Name
This is the Amendment Statement of Principles concerning hypopituitarism (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 82 of 2021).
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on 26 July 2021.
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 hypopituitarism (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 12 of 2019) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2019L00012) is amended in the following manner:
| Section | Amendment |
| 7(2)(a) | Replace the existing definition in paragraph 7(2)(a) with the following: means an endocrine disease characterised by biochemically-documented deficient production of one or more pituitary hormones, sufficient to produce clinical symptoms and signs, or to necessitate pituitary hormone replacement therapy, as a result of loss or damage to pituitary hormone-secreting cells in the pituitary gland, hypothalamus or pituitary stalk; and |