Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may declare a disease to be an eligible progressive disease for the purposes of this Act.
(2) An Order under this section—
(a) must only be made on the recommendation of the Minister; and
(b) may relate to a specific disease or a disease of a certain nature; and
(c) may impose any conditions in relation to a disease, including in relation to the date of diagnosis of the disease; and
(d) takes effect on and from the date on which it is published or, if a later date is specified in the Order, that later date.
(3) The Minister must not recommend the making of an Order under this section in respect of a disease unless the Minister is satisfied that the disease is—
(a) serious and potentially life-threatening; and
(b) extremely likely to cause an ongoing deterioration of a person's health, such that the degree of impairment resulting from the disease is unlikely to stabilise for any significant period of time.
(4) A disease is not an eligible progressive disease for the purposes of this Act unless the disease is diagnosed on or after 1 June 2016 or, if a later date is specified in the Order, that later date.
Division 4—Assessment of impairment
Subdivision 1—Preliminary