Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Non-warlike Service

OPERATION CITADEL

I, Danna Vale, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence, determine that service rendered as a member of the ADF assigned for service on or after 18 August 2003 with OPERATION CITADEL in the Area of Operations specified below is non-warlike service for the purposes of subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

• The area of operations comprises East Timor and the territorial sea of East Timor.

Dated  Sixteenth day of September    2003

DANNA VALE

Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on

behalf of the Minister for Defence