Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Warlike service

OPERATION WARDEN

I, Bruce Scott, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence:

a. revoke my determination of 20 September 1999 in relation to OPERATION WARDEN, and

b.                   determine that service rendered as a member of the ADF on OPERATION

WARDEN during the period 16 September 1999 to 10 April 2000 in the area

of operations specified below is warlike service for the proposes of subsection

5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

• The area of operations comprises East Timor and the sea area that on

16 September 1999 was the territorial sea of Indonesia adjacent to East

Timor.

Dated  21st June        2000

BRUCE SCOTT

Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on

behalf of the Minister for Defence