Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Warlike service

OPERATION TANAGER

I, Mal Brough, Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence:

1. revoke the determination made by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs on behalf of the Minister for Defence dated 18 February 2000 in relation to

 OPERATION TANAGER, and

b. determine that service rendered as a member of the ADF allotted for service during the period 20 February 2000 to 19 May 2002 on OPERATION TANAGER in the area of operations specified below is 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  1st April  2004

  MAL BROUGH

 Minister Assisting the Minister

 For Defence for and on behalf of the

 Minister for Defence