1. Pursuant to section 24 of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014, the Minister for Veterans gives notice of the amendment of forty-three Statements of Principles under the Veterans’ Support Regulations 2014.

2. The amendments take effect on the date of the publication of this notice.

3. Six amendments are:

allergic contact dermatitis (88/2022 and 89/2022, to be read as compiled with 1/2021 and 2/2021)

conjunctivitis (90/2022 and 91/2022, to be read as compiled with 76/2020 and 77/2020)

asthma (92/2022 and 93/2022, to be read as compiled with 31/2021 and 32/2021).

4. Thirty-seven amendments are to take effect by way of compilation of 94/2022 with the Statements of Principles listed below:

ankylosing spondylitis (39/2021 and 40/2021)

anosmia (19/2021 and 20/2021)

aortic aneurysm and aortic wall disorders (21/2021 and 22/2021)

asthma (31/2021 and 32/2021)

carotid artery disease (54/2020 and 55/2020)

chronic pancreatitis (64/2020 and 65/2020)

deep vein thrombosis (35/2021 and 36/2021)

diabetes mellitus (48/2020 and 49/2020)

giant cell arteritis (11/2021 and 12/2021)

inflammatory bowel disease (90/2020 and 91/2020)

malignant neoplasm of the cervix (80/2020 and 81/2020)

malignant neoplasm of the kidney (41/2021 and 42/2021)

non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease (52/2020 and 53/2020)

peripheral artery disease (70/2020 and 71/2020)

psoriasis (13/2021 and 14/2021)

pulmonary thromboembolism (37/2021 and 38/2021)

renal artery atherosclerotic disease (56/2020 and 57/2020)

retinal vascular occlusion (50/2020 and 51/2020)

tinnitus (84/2020, Reasonable hypothesis version only).

5. These amended Statements of Principles are available on the website of the Australian Government Repatriation Medical Authority www.rma.gov.au.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of September 2022.

Hon MEKA WHAITIRI, Minister for Veterans.